Excuse me for asking but I would figure that electric dishwashers would be on the top of the list of anti-mustasching appliances ?
I haven't used one in probably 20 years
Heck no. They use less water, less energy and take less time then handwashing unless you are a handwashing super - organized and have a perfect system.
My perfect system in 10 easy steps:
1) Don't be afraid to touch dirty dishes with your bare hands.
2) Scrape as much food off dishes and briefly rinse sticky liquids off plates --rub with your fingers to help remove it quickly rather than blasting it with water pressure. Turn off water between dishes -- this is not hard.
3) Put newly scraped dishes into one half of kitchen sink. Don't fill it with water yet, but plug the sink with a stopper.
4) Starting with the least "gross" dishes, use a small amount of soap on your scrub brush and wash the dish OVER the other dishes. Turn off water between dishes.
5) Allow soapy water to build up around other dishes and fill half of sink.
6) Once soapy water starts to fill sink, let dishes that need soaking do their thing.
7) Use soapy water already in sink to wash the second half of dishes. Rinse with small amount of clean water from faucet.
8) Dry clean dishes.
9-10) Do whatever you want, you smart dish washing Mustachian, you. Maybe water your plants with your grey water or use your clean dishes to cook a homemade meal.