Is hot, cold or normal water best for washing dishes?

If the things you are washing are greasy then the water should be hot almost boiling with washing up liquid, but otherwise hand hot water is alright for washing up, also i find it easier to wash up as i go, like get the pots and pans out the way as i serve up the food, then i change the water ready for the plates etcIs hot, cold or normal water best for washing dishes?
Hot water is generally known as the best for washing dishes.





Here's an article which states four reasons why hot water is the best:


1. Cleaning Power- Washing dishes in hot water actually helps to lift away and clean dirty dishes reducing the amount of time you'll have to spend scrubbing and reducing the need for extra dish cleaning products.





2. Killing Bacteria and Microorganisms.-Hot water is needed to effectively kill bacteria on dishes. It may seem like you can squeeze a little more use out of a dishpan full of cool water, but compromising your families exposure to bacteria is not worth the extra trouble of running a new pan of hot water.





3. Cutting grease.- Water temperatures under about 90 degrees will leave a nasty greasy film on your dishes as they dry. Grease cutting ability is severely hampered by cool water leaving your dishes less than clean.





4. Drying Time- Hot water dries much more quickly on dishes than warm or cool water. Dishes can essentially dry themselves if the water temperature is right. As an added benefit, dishes will dry spot and streak free with hotter water. Many people try to conserve hot water during the rinsing part of dishwashing and just hand dry dishes. Keep in mind that pools of water and wet dishtowels are a haven for bacteria. You may have just spent a lot of effort to get dishes clean only to allow them to become contaminated.Is hot, cold or normal water best for washing dishes?
I remember reading when first married on how to clean around the house (this is years ago) and one of the big things was after your strainer was loaded with the clean and rinsed dishes to Pour hot hot (heated on stove hot) water over the rinsed dishes.





I stopped doing that about 2 weeks after first reading it but the prinicple is there.





I fyou look on dishwasher you have choices on cleaning with turbo hot etc.





Steam works great to kill bacteria.
if there is only a few i use cold water with a spray bottle of ammonia and white vinegar, see to really kill germs you must have boiling water , which no one really has in there hot water system,and i've never been sick
hot water is best for washing dishes and also hot rinse water
I'd say nice and hot, it gets rid of gems and thick dirt, use a good ditergent too, something like fairy.
Hot. It gets rid of more bacteria on the dishes and cuts through food stains easier.
Hot........only. Use gloves.
hot, it just cleans better, cuts through the grease with ease.
hot with good soap