If a funky odor is coming out of your dishwasher, here are some likely sources A stinky dishwasher is a sign that food bits and bacteria might be hanging around inside your appliance. By Pang-Chieh Ho ...

Dishwashers should be thoroughly cleaned once a month. Vinegar and baking soda are safe, natural options for cleaning; use them separately in hot cycles, skipping detergent and letting the appliance ...

When you open your dishwasher after running a cycle, it’s with an expectation that everything will be clean, sanitized and smelling fresh. So, it’s a bad sign if your first impression is, “Why does my ...

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woman realizes her dishwasher is smelly - Jota Buyinch Photo/Shutterstock It's early in the morning and you head into the kitchen, hoping to unload the dishwasher before your coffee finishes brewing.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but I hope I’m not alone: Sometimes, my dishwasher stinks. I wish I could claim it smelled and felt sparkling clean 24/7, but that’d be a lie. Recently, I got ...

Do you have a constant smell in your dishwasher? I get that question a lot. My readers smell sewer gas in the appliance as soon as they open the door. It’s not a dirty dishwasher. It has nothing to do ...

Dishwashers should be thoroughly cleaned once a month. Vinegar and baking soda are safe, natural options for cleaning; use them separately in hot cycles, skipping detergent and letting the appliance ...

Dear Ken: I have a stinky dishwasher. We use it rather infrequently and so it smells. Is there a trap inside that dries out? Should we fill it? — Pam Answer: You apparently like to wash by hand — but ...

Our tenants are complaining that the dishwasher smells bad after they run it, even if they have scraped all the food off their plates beforehand. It’s getting stuff clean but they say it smells as if ...