How many people dump fat down the drain after cooking?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t eat meat so we don’t have this gross problem.

I was just thinking the same thing. I don't cook a single thing that requires fat drainage.

Olive oil, vegetable oil, etc. are still fat.

If you make veggie tempura, for example, what are you frying in?

But they don’t get hard so they don’t cause blockage

You need to learn basic chemistry. ALL fats will solidify when they react with bases:


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification

[Anonymous]

Never put anything fatty down the drain. I always scrape the plates off too into the garbage and only tiny amounts go into the sink.

[Anonymous]

Pretty much every renter does this.

"Welp, it's the landlord's problem now!"

[Anonymous]

Never.

[Anonymous]

I pour anything pourable in to a jar or the trash but do not worry about small amount in the bottom of a pan. No issue with pipes.

[Anonymous]

Olive oil all the time and have never ever had an issue with it. Even if we cook with it, it's not such a large quantity in the pan, it's just a part of washing the pan and it gets broken up with soap.

Bacon fat we put in the trash.

We rarely cook dinner with butter and if we do, it's not enough that we'd have to pour it out of the pan.

[Anonymous]

Don’t flush tampons down the toilet either.

[Anonymous]

We put it in our compost

[Anonymous]

If you pour grease down the drain, you are creating extra work for yourself later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hell no. Put some foil to cover the drain, pour it into foil. Ball up the foil. Toss the foil.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do it all the time. With a squirt of dawn and hot water. Never had a problem with plumbing.

Again, google "saponification."

And try to remember -- everyone who had a problem with plumbing never had a problem with plumbing until they had a problem with plumbing. The clock is ticking.

- PP who has posted before my "7 Years of Tampons" story

[Anonymous]

I dump in a jar or container and then throw away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t eat meat so we don’t have this gross problem.

Oils do the same to drains and creates “fatburgs,” you’re welcome for this extremely useful information.

[Anonymous]

Also, please don't use "Flushable" wipes. They do not break down and are a major culprit of fatbergs.

[Anonymous]

No. How often is it even necessary? My ground beef is lean so doesn’t need draining. Bacon is cooked in the oven on a tinfoil lined pan, grease is thrown away once solidified.