I like to clean and wash as I cook. Then I wash the pans before I serve. So when we are finished eating, it is just easier to go ahead and wash them by hand and be done. I ALWAYS despised having to unload the dishwasher. I hate to have dishes on my cabinet or in the sink so as soon as something appears there, it gets washed. Now I see that I really would not need a dishwasher. I have used ours once in over a year.