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Also dishwashers are huge, and then as I don't have like 50 plates that it would take to fill one I would need to get a lot more of those. Probably the same for spoons and forks. Would take over a week to fill it too.
Then it still doesn't help me from cleaning because of all the things that are not washable in a dishwasher. Plus the plates are the easy part and least in need of automating.
You can get smaller dishwashers. They make some very compact ones.
And it's not a hard and fast rule but... If it's not machine washable, it usually remains on the shelf.
I like wood chopping boards and cast iron pans. Neither should be machine washed unless you like damaging them unnecessarily. As I am cleaning those by hand, adding a couple of plates isn't really much extra effort.
I am European, and cast iron is not used much here (outside of dutch ovens obviously), and neither is carbon steel. To be completely honest, on this side of the altantic we are all a little puzzled as to why y'all like cast iron so much.
I have one non-stick pan for omelettes and fish, a seldom used dutch oven for stews, and I can do everything else with straight stainless steel so it all goes in the wash (except the valve of my pressure cooker).
Even my forged WΓΌsthof knife goes in.
I like my wood chopping board, but rarely use it because of the hassle of cleaning it. Machine-washed plastic boards don't stink, so that's what I use most days.
I am British, I know most shops sell pans that will need to be replaced within a few years at most and can't survive being touched by a metal spoon. But Le Creuset is French, there used to be a British manufacturer of non enamelled pans but they went out of business, not sure who else there is but haven't had a reason to look since as I don't really need any more pans right now.
Maybe a small to medium size pan could be nice to get, got a large, extra large and very tiny one.
Bought myself a 300$ 'portable' dishwasher from my "local big box home improvement store". Fits about a day and a half of dishes, up another half day depending. Runs in 1.5h and right off my tap so no dedicated installation.
I invested another 100 in a flat topped utility/tool cart and set it up on that so i can wheel it out of my kitchen when i am not using it.
My wife approved.