Kendall Christiansen

surprise: disposers are factory-tested on frozen steer bones, so can easily handle peach pits – allowing for a bit of noise, of course; perfectly ok to grind bones, as long as they fit w/in the grind chamber and don’t just spin around vertically. mango pods tend to get jammed in the grind chamber because of their size.

Yes, this topic tends to generate alot of misinformation/misperception, vs. looking at the research (e.g., water consumption); it has been a more legit issue with respect to commercial/food service disposers, which conventionally run continuously along with a water feed, but water-control sensors are available that minimize water use when the…[Read more]

Not quite sure why this topic appears on this site, but the basic assertions are significantly misinformed. Food scraps increasingly are regarded as a resource – not waste – suitable for conversion back into clean water, fertilizer products and renewable energy (principally methane via anaerobic e). Given that food averages 70% water, in most…[Read more]