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Which sent some of her followers into a whirl this weekend, posting comments such as, \"I cannot believe what I'm seeing, knives and all in there. I thought it was a big no-no.\"

Garten clarified in her response, \"I do it many times a day and some are 40 years old.\"

The All-Clad stainless steel collection is dishwasher safe, but some pans -- like those of the cast-iron variety -- should always be washed by hand.

Even if her fans contested her cleaning tactics, there was one part of the chore even the Barefoot Contessa agrees on -- not wanting to put away the clean dishes.

\"If you’re not sick of unloading the dishwasher, could you please come unload mine??\"

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