Argh. The dishwasher detergent is failing me again.

How can something so trivial be so frustrating? Right now I am not as motivated to find the magic for my dishwasher as I was 6 weeks ago. Right now I want to be playing in the dirt... not in the caked on food. Nonetheless, our powder recipe is failing me and driving me crazy. It works about 90% of the time. 10%, however, inexplicably, it just fails. I have done some re-thinking and now that I own glycerine and Dr. Bronner's castile soap, I am much more willing to try some liquid/gel recipes for my machine. Fingers crossed, dishes getting loaded and an update to follow.