Re: Chicken bones and Kenmore disposal

on 8/19/2007 8:54 AM trader4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx said the following:
On Aug 19, 7:47 am, trader-of-some-jacks <tradej...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Our home garbage disposal is a Kenmore model, recommended to us by our
longtime trusted appliance repair guy. I think it's a 3/4 hp model;
it's certainly a big one.

One thing this disposal does not do that previous Insinkerator models
did well is dispose of chicken bones. The Insinkerators would, in 30
seconds or less, take several chicken drumsticks and flush them and the
disposal would again run quietly.

By contrast, the Kenmore gets rid of MOST of the bone, but has problems
with the cartilage, and the small chips of the bone just rattle around
making noise and getting stuck under the grinders (or whatever the sharp
twirly projections in the disposal are called, that grind the garbage). Yesterday, I pulled out of the disposal a large heaping handful of
cartilage bits and pulverized and smooth-edged bits of bone, and the
disposal is still making rattling noises.

Is this normal? Understand, the disposal doesn't balk at chicken bones
going into it (we've never ever tried turkey bones) - it smoothly chops
them up in seconds. What it's failing to do is chop up the small pieces
and flush them out.

If this isn't normal, what are some simple fixes/adjustments I might
make to correct this?

Yes, stop putting all that crap in the disposal to begin with.
Disposals are great, but IMO, they should be used for the occasional
scraps of food from washing, prep-work, etc, not the main vehicle for
getting rid of bulk garbage. For example, if I do prep work peeling
vegs, I'll scoop most of it out of the sink and toss it in the trash,
then wash the remaining down the disposal. I think the more stuff
you send down there, the more problems you're asking for, either with
clogged pipes, septic tanks (if u have one), etc.


....and more solids that the water treatment plants have to get rid of in municipal sewer systems.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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