We normally only run a load of dishes through the disher once a day and sometimes every other day. The problem with this is that the food gets dried on, so will not come clean. When I partially fill the dishwasher, I run it through a rinse cycle to soak the dishes until it's time to wash. It's only a 7 minute cycle.

Well, today we had a power outage in the middle of washing the dishes. Then it dawned on me that instead of putting the dishes through a rinse cycle, I could stop the washer during a regular cycle to let the dishes soak. Since it's hot soapy water, they shouldn't need to soak as long. Then I could restart the washing. This will save me a rinse cycle.