double or single kitchen sink?

[Anonymous]

http://www.build.com/kohler-k-3839-3/s562427

Best sink ever - low divide between means you can put your pots in without them weirdly sticking out. THe larger side you can put a casserole dish or cookie pan. Love it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

The fact that you shouldn't be shoving food down the disposal.

WTF does this mean?

Disposal is for bits of food you miss, puts a lot of strain on sewar system when folks cram food down. Food should go in compost or trash.

This is ridiculous. I have put all sorts of food in my disposal, barring the usual shalt-nots (celery, broccoli, asparagus, etc) and have had no problems for 40+ years...my mother has done the same. If it really gets jammed (I've had this happen about 3 times in very frequent use over the years), then you just need an Allen wrench and turn the blades on the bottom and it will dislodge the food. Or you can remove the U-trap and shake out what's lodged down there.

As I said, we cook regularly and I put everything down the disposal, eggs shells, fruit rinds (citrus rinds are good for freshening the smell), veggie peelings, and the odd soft foods washed off plates. As long as you have a decent disposal (we have the middle-of-the-line Insinkerator) it takes care of itself.

Honestly, some of you are like people who buy pick-up trucks as cars and never use the bed for carrying anything because you're afraid you'll use it wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just got a nice farm/single sink. What is that grate on the bottom for? Do I leave it in there all the time??? I feel like it impedes me getting my food down the disposal. What am I missing?

The grate is for catching things you don't want to go down, like silverware or bones. When you are cleaning and have some things that can go down but others that can't, you use the grate, check whats in the sink and if there is nothing that shouldn't go down, you lift the grate and the food goes down. You don't have to use it if you don't need to worry about everything going down.

[Anonymous]

Two big double sinks. This is how you clean dishes--wash dishes with a sink full of soap and water on the right side, rinse them in the left sink then set them out on a drainer. Takes no time at all with with two people working simultaneously. Good china, crystal, silver and knives should be hand washed. Am a dying species--grew up in a house with no dishwasher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The fact that you shouldn't be shoving food down the disposal.

WTF does this mean?

Disposal is for bits of food you miss, puts a lot of strain on sewar system when folks cram food down. Food should go in compost or trash.

This is ridiculous. I have put all sorts of food in my disposal, barring the usual shalt-nots (celery, broccoli, asparagus, etc) and have had no problems for 40+ years...my mother has done the same. If it really gets jammed (I've had this happen about 3 times in very frequent use over the years), then you just need an Allen wrench and turn the blades on the bottom and it will dislodge the food. Or you can remove the U-trap and shake out what's lodged down there.

As I said, we cook regularly and I put everything down the disposal, eggs shells, fruit rinds (citrus rinds are good for freshening the smell), veggie peelings, and the odd soft foods washed off plates. As long as you have a decent disposal (we have the middle-of-the-line Insinkerator) it takes care of itself.

Honestly, some of you are like people who buy pick-up trucks as cars and never use the bed for carrying anything because you're afraid you'll use it wrong.

The point is that if you shove excess food down your disposal it will need to be removed by the treatment plant and disposed of properly. It is best if the food is never added plus it takes less energy to throw out most waste. Neither I nor my mother has had any of the issues you describe with garbage disposals despite frequent cooking for many, many years.

Having said that, I prefer a large, single sink.

[Anonymous]

It's wasteful to use the disposal -- wastes water and energy. Try to put food waste into the trash can or compost bin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.build.com/kohler-k-3839-3/s562427

Best sink ever - low divide between means you can put your pots in without them weirdly sticking out. THe larger side you can put a casserole dish or cookie pan. Love it.

that doesn't fit a 1/2 sheet pan....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.build.com/kohler-k-3839-3/s562427

Best sink ever - low divide between means you can put your pots in without them weirdly sticking out. THe larger side you can put a casserole dish or cookie pan. Love it.

that doesn't fit a 1/2 sheet pan....

Um, yes, it does. I think you might be looking at the wrong dimensions. In any case, it does - love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.build.com/kohler-k-3839-3/s562427

Best sink ever - low divide between means you can put your pots in without them weirdly sticking out. THe larger side you can put a casserole dish or cookie pan. Love it.

that doesn't fit a 1/2 sheet pan....

Um, yes, it does. I think you might be looking at the wrong dimensions. In any case, it does - love it.

I have this sink and I love it! Best sink ever!

[Anonymous]

Double for me! One side to wash dishes, the other side for an in-sink drying rack. Dishes drying on the counter irritates me.

FWIW - this is my dream sink

http://www.atoutpizza.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kitchen-sink-won-t-drain1.jpg

[Anonymous]

As a property manager, please don't put food down the disposal! It's meant for the little bits of food you miss AFTER scraping your plates in the trash. Thanks to one tenant putting all his discarded dodo down the disposal, we had a sewage backup to the tune of 5k in damage. Plumber after plumber has told me to NOT use the disposal in this manner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.build.com/kohler-k-3839-3/s562427

Best sink ever - low divide between means you can put your pots in without them weirdly sticking out. THe larger side you can put a casserole dish or cookie pan. Love it.

that doesn't fit a 1/2 sheet pan....

Um, yes, it does. I think you might be looking at the wrong dimensions. In any case, it does - love it.

It holds a standard 18x13 sheet pan?

Looks like the "big" side is 17.5x16.5 - am I reading that wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:double. one side has dish with soap and dirty pans, other side has the clean, rinsed pans.

worked as dishwasher for many years. Always had double sinks.

Good knives and cookware should not be put in the dishwasher, but should be washed by hand. I was taught to do that in a double-sink with "hot as hand can bear" water. Maybe knowing how to do dishes is a Midwest thing. I never saw single sinks until I moved to DC. Hate single sinks.

[Anonymous]

I would do 2 full sized sinks.

[Anonymous]

Single for sure.