A few weeks ago I got the chance to attend an awesome event where not only did I have an awesome meal but I checked out some amazing products from Cascade and KitchenAid. Who was our chef for the evening? Well none other than Stephanie Izard from Top Chef Season 4 and most recently known for her Chicago restaurant “Girl and the Goat.” Now I am not a cooking show watcher (they make me too hungry!) but I am not one to turn down a nice meal, especially one where its hands on because we all know I need all the help I can get in the kitchen!
The event was held at the World of Whirlpool (penthouse of clock building downtown) and it was a just a small group of us who mingled, cooked, and heard about how well Cascade works with Kitchen Aid appliances.
So we all took our seats around a kitchen counter with all the ingredients, a burner and kitchen utensils we would need. Stephanie led the class, instructing us that we’d be making a recipe called “Artichoke Fideos with Fresh Mozzarella and Dill” from her cookbook “A Girl in the Kitchen.” We cooked with an artichoke, which I’d say most of us had never cooked with (or seen fresh) before! I volunteered Melisa from Suburban Scrawl to be our group’s chef and she did awesome! After mixing up all the ingredients, we put them in little ramekins and off to the oven they went.
Hi Melisa! Thanks for cooking!
So now your probably thinking “What does cooking Artichoke Fideos have to do with Cascade?” Well, as you can imagine the dishes were quite dirty after we were done eating and cooking.
Cascade Complete ActionPacs are little pod-like packages that make it so you don’t have to pre-wash or soak dishes before loading them in them in the dishwasher. Just scrape off the dish and load the dishwasher. Luckily I have a relatively new KitchenAid dishwasher that rocks so combined with Cascade Complete ActionPacs my dishes come clean (the first time!)
Cascade Complete All-in-1 ActionPacs™ combines the best of powder and gel in one powerful pac to conquer tough food cleaning and greasy messes. It pre-treats, fights stains, and rinses away tough food particles; all while fighting through layers of residue and leaving nothing behind but shine.
Next we watched a video of Stephanie loading some pretty nasty dishes from her earlier cooking into the dishwasher and pulling out the dishes: Clean! I admit I would have hand washed those dishes, after pre-soaking them. I should also add that the dishwasher was not overpacked so the few big dirty dishes did get the cleaning they deserved from the dishwasher.
Here is a quick picture showing a competitor pac in one glass of hot water and the Cascade Complete ActionPac in the other. I will say I have tried competitor packages before and found them half-dissolved in my dishwasher. It was amazing to see how fast the package completely dissolved and filled the glass with suds.
Like I said earlier this event was showing how well Cascade worked with KitchenAid, but of course Cascade Complete can be used in any brand dishwasher! Anyways though we did get to see some amazing KitchenAid dishwashers with adjustable racks, ProScrub, culinary tool racks, silverware separator and many other cool features. Yes I have one, and I love it!
Wall of Art!
Finally, we got a tour of the World of Whirlpool. We saw some amazing products from Whirlpool and its family of brands.
The fridge is hidden to the left in the picture:
We ended the tour inside the clock tower which was so cool!
And here is our view from the balcony:
Overall, this was an amazing brand experience for me. I felt we were entertained, educated and valued. I didn’t feel pushed or overwhelmed with information. It was an easy going night of dinner with friends, quick cleaning and checking out some neat products!
BUY IT: Look for Cascade Complete ActionPacs at a store near you!
WIN IT: (5) US winners will receive Cascade Complete ActionPacs and a bottle of Rinse Aid
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Mom and More Disclosure: I attended a media event and left with some goodies in exchange for sharing my thoughts and opinions. Please see my Disclosure Policy.
Cheryl Free says
I replied to your email — *Thanks so much* Mom and More and Cascade! I look forward to trying washing my dishes with Cascade Complete ActionPacs and Rinse Aid 🙂
Cher says
No prob! Congrats again!
TRACY SIMMS says
baked spaghetti..too tough to clean after all that cheese 🙂 thanks, [email protected]
DanV says
I had to scrub a lasagna pan
Deborah Wallin says
I haad to scrub a lasagna dish. No fun.
Harmony B says
my stuffed pepper caserole dish
brian e. says
Thanks for the giveaway…had to scrub a stainless steel pot with caked on creamed corn chowder.
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Karen says
I would love to win these for my dishwasher!
Breanne says
Crock pot
Tara says
The crockpot after I made veggie casserole.
colleen says
I had to scrub the pot I used to make rice krispie treats.
peggy whisenhunt says
burnt around the edges lasagne, soak the pan overnight and then still have to scrub it.
carol lewis says
A raw dogfood dish bowl. YUCK!
Lisa L says
I made lasagna and had to scrub for awhile
Amy says
Enchiladas. Ugh!
Cynthia W says
I had to scrub out a dish after I made lasagna not too long ago. It was a lot of work!
Nancy says
We always have to scrub lasagna pans!
Small Footprints says
I recently had to scrub a pot with burnt beans in it. Ugh!
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Dawn Reid says
A pan my husband cooked eggs in and then left it to sit.
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Michelle Tucker says
Made chicken enchiladas the other day and I had to scrub forever. It was good though! BTW, love the pics!!!
robyn paris says
i had to scrub a dish that had dried salad.
Alicia Zirjacks says
I had to scrub the dish that I baked bbq chicken in and forgot overnight! What a mess
McKim says
baked chicken
C.P. says
I had to scrub a dish with stuck on chicken casserole. No fun!!
christal c says
lasagna
Amber Carter says
Ground beef on my skillet
Heather W says
lasagna!
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Melanie Montgomery says
Any time I make burgers!
Kelly Britton says
We had baked chicken the other night and the dish ended up with tons of baked on chicken skin. Was really hard to clean!
Heather R says
I had to wash a pan used for pasta! Lots of cheese to scrub off
James Coyne says
Lasagna is tough
Lana Bradstream says
I had to watch my Dutch oven. I made southwestern tater tot casserole and it was awful to scrub it!
MommaMary says
My son had cooked some concoction and left the pan in the sink, not discovered until after I got home work. It involved cheese and other unidentifiable items. I had to let it soak for an hour, couldn’t get the baked on cheese off. So gross! Not a happy mom!
Carrie says
A cookie sheet we made nachos on
Kristie says
My crock-pot :-/
renee says
A dish that had dried lasagna in it–yuck!
Erin Cook says
The Omelet machine I have to spend hours scrubbing off egg on it
john says
Last night baked macaroni and cheese dish.
Caryn Haluska says
My giant baking pan that I made salsa verde enchiladas in, then baked. THAT was a pain in the butt to get clean. Soak, scrub, dishwasher. Ugh!
Russell Moore says
I made an enchilada casserole that was a bit of a mess.
Penny B W says
I have this gorgeous cobalt blue casserole dish that I love using for pot luck, but no matter what I make in it, I always have to scrub and scrub it!
Jamie Brigham says
I had to scrub a baking dish that I made homemade Lasagna in. It was horrible.
Kayla says
We made spaghetti and meatballs and the sauce is impossible!
Kimberly Hilbert says
My husband, whom we love so much, decided on his day off (Wednesday, middle of my week) to make lasagna. While it was wonderful, I was the one who had to do the clean up. I think this is the worst dish to clean up from.
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
casserole dish with scalloped potatoes in it
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Abby Kraynick says
A big pot that had chili in it.. Took FOREVER to clean!!
Lindsey G. says
I recently had to scrub a pot from spagetti sauce in it.
Paula Tavernie says
I had to scrub a cassarole dish!
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Paul Rio says
Always used Cascade, never a concern.
clynsg says
A casserole that had a chicken and cheese dish made in it.
Brittney House says
A pan containing pasta.
Tricha says
baked chicken
Tiffany says
I had to scrub a pan with spaghetti sauce stuck to it.
April V. says
I made baked chicken in a white pyrex dish and everything above the juice line baked onto the dish like dark brown sludge. I don’t even try putting those into the dishwasher anymore, I just wash them by hand.
Linda L says
A half-pot of soup that burned on the bottom. Thought I had turned off the stove. Oops. Thanks for the giveaway.
Robin says
It had to be the last time I made my baked mac and cheese
Caryn S says
I made oven-baked spaghetti and had to scrub the casserole dish
Roxann Clark says
I recently had to clean a mess from grill cheese, the cheese melted everywhere
Hendy M says
I recently had to scrub the cheese off my casserole dish after making some mac and cheese, my fault because I didn’t rinse it when I was done.
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Cheri Anne says
My big dutch oven. I made baked ziti, and it was a pain to scrub that thing down.
Gina Ferrell says
I had to scrub my lasagna Pyrex glass dish.
tung ton says
pyrex – lasagna (enough said)
Corey Olomon says
I REALLY had to scrub to get a casserole dish with baked on cheese sauce clean!
BusyWorkingMama says
I had to scrub a baked spaghetti dish.
Virginia Rowell says
A pot of baked beans that my husband burnt!
katfam says
I’m terrible and make my hubby scrub the dishes. I hate it so much. The last pan he scrubbed was probably the pot I made some soup in last weekend.
Ashley says
The crockpot is the worst when it comes to scrubbing.
Jackie says
A glass pyrex dish I made baked ziti in
Lisa says
I hate making scrambled eggs, its always a pain to clean the pan.
Kristy H says
Getting the lasagna out of my glass pan is a huge pain!!!
Sherry S. says
A baking pan I used for lasagna.
Heather says
I had to scrub my glass pyrex dish because my daughter and her father made a mess with brownies and didnt soak the dish at all!
Rachel Miller says
I had a glass lasagna pan I had to soak and scrub…my arm felt like falling off 😀 Thanks for the giveaway!
Brandi says
We had to scrub our lasagna pan!
Susan Chester says
Potatoes Au Gratin in a glass baking dish. I almost wanted to just throw it in the garbage rather than clean it.
s riches says
I had to scrub a dish of burnt macaroni and cheese.
Christine says
baked mac and cheese made a mess to clean
Anne N. says
I hate cleaning lasagna pans.
Seyma Shabbir says
Dish I had to scrub was Roasted chicken.
Kim Henrichs says
I had to scrub a pyrex dish that I made orange sauce in.
Allison Downes says
Eggplant Parmesan
Wendy Rozema says
a Lasagna pan!!
ky2here says
I made turkey tetrazini and the dish was nasty.
Elizabeth says
My glass casserole dish. Ugh.
AndreaH says
I recently had to scrub a glass casserole dish that had burnt brownie on it. A nightmare to do trying not to scratch it up.
Katie Morris Crider says
Pyrex dish that had diced potatoes cooked in it
ShellieAndBrutus says
A pyrex 9×12 pan. Had caked pasta in it and was very hard to clean.
holly says
i’m constantly scrubbing my skillets!
Yolanda Robinson says
Mac and cheese dish
Lori S says
We made lasagna and the pan was very hard to clean.
Thanks!
Thuy Vu says
baked macaronni and cheese
DeeJ says
This is a must have in any kitchen!
Nikki bergin says
baked spaghetti!
Jennifer B says
Macaroni and cheese left in a casserole dish
Sheila K. says
Cleaning up after lasagna is always a trial!
Jean F says
Lasagne
Crafty says
I hit the Enter button on the Blog or email about this giveaway by mistake… please void that entry. Sorry
Stacey Jacobson says
Made Carmel bars recently.
Fawn H says
I had to scrub the pan after frying bacon Sunday morning.
January B says
Glass pan with dried on rice, and burned on cheese! Yuck!
Cheryl Free says
I always have to scrub after tomato-based pasta dishes ヅ *Thanks* for the giveaway!
Janna Johnson says
egg casserole
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Jeanna says
A goulash pan. Even letting it soak for awhile didn’t work!
Susan Salerno says
Just tonight one of my girls made rice and the rice is burnt on the bottom of the pan. It is still soaking.
C Wilson says
Burnt on butter from a pan….My 12 year olds attempt at pancakes
Myra Rzepa says
kraft dinner pot! it sucked!:(
Barb Stewart says
the bowls that we use to put pasta in! If you forget to add a little water in the bowl to rinse it immediately after dinner, and don’t get it in the dishwasher right away—- a pain to scrub!
ColleenMarie82 says
The crock pot, hate it
Brenda says
spaghetti sauce with sausage that i put on low simmer and forgot to stir…. horrible!
julieann r says
pan after cooking ground beef
Selene M. says
Pots that have cooked rice dried on them are a pain, but luckily most of the time my son cleans them for me. They’re my worst pot problem.
Crafty says
I just scrubbed my slow cooker last night.
Kathy Davis says
The Crock Pot!
steph says
I had to scrub a huge pan that my kids left in the sink.
Kimberly Bauer says
I had to rewash a dish that I served pasta with sauce
Mary Casper says
I made bajed macaroni the other day and I am still scrubbing that dish!
Kasandria Reasoner says
What a cool event! I want just about everything you shown! lol
Kas
Erinn A says
the worst is the Crock pot!
Kristy Thiel says
a lasagne pan. yuck!
Debbie Welchert says
I had to scrub my baked on lasagna pan.
Glenna F says
My daughter made Mac and cheese and it stuck, it took a lot of scrubbing.
Kristi C says
We has lasagna the other night and the pan was a mess.
Michelle Macaluso says
Lasagna is the worst!
Debra B says
I wash all my pans by hand but everything else goes into the dishwasher and the last pan I washed was today, I made egg rolls and had to wash the pan that I cooked the filling in
Thanks for the great giveaway
Donna George says
Baked chicken – stuck on there hard
carla garcia says
baked pasta tonight
Sue Ellison says
I had to scrub a dish left from breakfast that had eggs over easy, YUK!
angie says
Mine was lasagna.
Linda Lansford says
A roaster I made a roast in
Joyce says
Chicken cooked in the oven cooked onto the cooking sheet. [email protected]
Denise B. says
I usually soak things that have stuff crusted up on them. This way, I usually can clean everything easily.
crystle tellerday says
a pan i cooked fish on
jessica hays says
My meatloaf dish!
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Kyl Neusch says
made baked zita
Susan says
A pan that I had made lasagna in.
Jessica T. says
I had to scrub the baking dish I made baked macaroni and cheese in.
Sarah W says
A pan for my cream cheese mexi casserole. I left it sitting overnight (not soaking) and had to scrub it before I put it in the dishwasher. Boo!
Karen Gonyea says
Lasagna – it gets me every time … you think I would learn to line the pan or something !!
brandy c says
Lasagna, was stuck 🙁
VickieCoturier says
Baked chicken cassarole that had stuck
Pamela Halligan says
I just finished scrubbing a muffin tin that had remnants of cake batter stuck to it even though it’s suppose to be stick free. Thanks for the giveaway.
Cynthia C says
I scrubbed the dish I baked chicken in.
Kathleen says
I had to scrub lasagna
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Debra Guillen says
baked bean pot
Thereasa Gargano says
oops, it pays to read the details. I scrubbed a baking dish that had cheese stuck to it. What a mess!
Thereasa Gargano says
Awesome giveaway, thank you for the opportunity! Good Luck everyone
tml says
lasagna pan
Cathy R. says
Enchiladas and the pan was a mess!
Jill Harper says
I cooked barbecue chicken in the oven and the pan was a nightmare to clean…ended up having to soak overnight.
Leanne M says
lasagna dish.
sus says
Lasagne !
Julie says
i am not one to burn not bragging just dont leave the pot but I acc burned some beans we were having with cornbread I got busy with fam outside and forgot to add more water to the pot well it took me a while but I got the burned stuff out with my trusty green sratchy brush:)
Azslyn Cole says
I had to scrub my skillet pan
stephanie rowe says
i recently had to really scrub out a skillet! my daughter was over and helped me cook dinner, she burned the oil in the pan, along with the salmon and onions and it was stuck!!! yuck! it soaked overnight and i had to scour it clean! guess thats why they came up with non stick pans huh….
nannypanpan says
mexican lasagna
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sandra says
cheesy bacon potatoes
Teresa Young says
a cookie sheet
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Debbie says
the lasanga pan
Danielle says
My casserole dish gets so much baked cheese and sauce from lasagne, I have to let it soak over night.
tess says
when i make shrimp and rice- it goes in the oven and the rice gets stuck on- ugh- i made that wed
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Peggy says
The pan to the chocolate banana cake I made
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Debbie C says
I made a cheese sauce in the microwave and it left a ring around the bowl that the dishwasher did not remove. I had to scrub it by hand.
DEBRA HALL says
it was cabbage rolls very greasy
Amanda Hoffman says
i had to scrub a dish that had old tuna in it
denise says
had to scrub a dish with baked on cheese
Candice says
My boyfriend left a lasagna dish on the counter for a day, and it was a nightmare to scrub.
Renee Bruno says
I had to spend some time scrubbing the pot I use to make stews. What a pain!
Irene says
Baked penne Alfredo with chicken
gail says
had to scrub a pan used for omlettes