Everyone loves a perfectly running garbage disposal, but the second you start to see water building up in your sink, the panic starts to set in. Clogs are annoying and unsightly (plus also smelly), ...

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Trash cans are kind of gross. You keep a container of food waste and plastic wrappers in the kitchen, and it starts to smell. Garbage disposals are supposed to alleviate the smelly trash problem. They ...

Many of us take our garbage disposal for granted, but when it stops working, it can shut down most kitchen tasks. We depend on this contraption to help break down a variety of soft food items when ...

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You probably spend almost no time thinking about the disposal in your kitchen sink right up until the garbage disposal is not working. Just as soon as that sink drain backs up, figuring out how to fix ...