Open dishwasher full of clean dishes - Oscar Wong/Getty Images When it's time to make an upgrade to how you clean your dishes, choosing the right dishwasher for your kitchen doesn't have to be a ...

Have you ever had a major kitchen appliance break, only to spend days torn between makes and models, trying to make a critical spending choice that will prevent this from ever happening, ever again?

Despite having a dishwasher in the house as a kid, we rarely used it beyond cleaning up after large dinners. Only as an adult did I discover how much easier it was than washing everything by hand.