My new apartment comes with a garbage disposal. I never had one, how do I use it?

Question

How much stuff can I put down there?

Answer 1

Its hard to say,but they take a lot of food, just make sure your silverware stays out of it :) and you must keep the water running while it is on for the motors sake, if not you can burn it up.
also, ice cubes are good to put in disposal, it will help sharpen the blades.
if you want it to smell fresh, put a little baking soda and vinegar in it, or lemon rinds and orange rinds make it smell good.
The only thing I ever had problems with are egg shells I would not recommend putting those in the disposal.

Answer 2

Follow what everyone else said, only make sure that you keep it on for 30 seconds after you are done, so the stuff definitely gets down the pipes. also, keep the water on an additional 30 seconds after you have finished turning it off, I'm not sure why but that's what my maintenance man told me before. He said "it's in the manual you should have read it before you used the appliance." LOL Men are soo funny. But a cool way to use oranges and citrus when they start getting too soft to eat anymore is to put down the garbage disposal and leaves a nice fragrance in the air.

Answer 3

DO NOT use it
Avoid it like the plague
Have a drain screen in place - always.
Through your food scraps in the trash
You will have happier days - only if you follow these directions

note - seriously just use it after you do dishes
and never put greasy foods down there

YOU WOMEN are totally cracking me up -
No Wonder we have to fix these things all the time.
They should have a Judge Judy for home appliance ABUSE

Maam - you have been charged with trying to toast bread with butter allready applied - 30 days judge

Answer 4

Generally you should have a look at the manual that comes with it to determine how much stuff / what stuff you can chomp with it. Different models have different capacities.

Keep in mind that you should run water at the same time to help the chomping process/

Also watch out for rings/knives/other kitchen type implements falling down the hole. They make a hideous sound when being disposed of!

Answer 5

I just use mine for little scraps left in the sink. I once put macaroni in it, running the water the whole time, and it clogged real bad. I had to take it apart. My lease has a long list of things not to put in it, but I can't remember where I put the list. I do remember that celery cannot go in it.

Answer 6

I was told by the installer of my most recent disposal to use it only for the small things that fall into the sink during food prep, or clean-up. Don't use it for vegetable peelings, rice, etc. That's not what it's mean for.

Answer 7

You can put bout anything down it...but no bones...just turn the disposal on and the water and put leftovers or whatever down. Watch ur fingers though....I use a spoon to push food down there...

Answer 8

Don't ever put your hand in!

Run the water while it is running.

Don't put too much stuff in at a time.

Don't ever put your hand in!

Answer 9

some are great, some are sorry. never throw a bunch of potatoe peels down there.

Answer 10

not too much, it will clog......when u use it run water also down the drain, this will help the food soften and be more pliable...