Dishwasher heated dry and temper

[Will Batayte]

Do you think a dishwasher's heated drying cycle would be enough to ruin the temper on a knife. I have a 10 inch dexter Russell chefs knife and my lady put it in the dishwasher even though I said not to. Now it seems to dull quickly and not take as good an edge as when it was new. I can't think of anything else that would have been able to cause this.

 

[Jens Schuetz]

Never seen this. What's the max temperature of steam?

How do you sharpen?

 

[upnorth]

No idea, but I have heard banging in the dryer more than once.

 

[Lieblad]

.,/., ..

 

[DocT]

Your dishwasher will not reach high enough temperatures to affect the temper of your knife. It is made of plastic, mostly, you know. Now, an oven on self clean is another story.

 

[Armadew]

Blade will be fine. The rest depends...