GARBAGE DISPOSALS:

Thanksgiving is a holiday marked by family, food, and the possibility of a major plumbing crisis.

Why?

So many people flush Thanksgiving leftovers down the drain when they really shouldn’t. This results in costly jams and garbage disposals that fail. As a result, the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers.

Avoid pouring these 5 Thanksgiving delicacies down your kitchen drain to avoid the same fate as thousands of other homes.

1. Grease and fatty foods, such as turkey skins

Throwing turkey skins and frying pan grease down the drain is a bad idea. The grease will solidify over time and clog your pipes.

Toss the turkey skins in the trash and clean your frying pans with a soft cloth.

2. Pastas 

Your about-to-be-thrown-away casserole is a massive drain blockage in the making. Pasta swells in water and clogs your drain trap, which is common in casseroles.

3) Bones

Throwing turkey bones or chicken wings down the garbage disposal is not a good idea. The blades will be dulled or broken. They may even cause it to jam, resulting in the motor’s failure.

4) Vegetables with a stringy, fibrous texture

• Tough-skinned and stringy-fibrous vegetables can wrap themselves around the garbage disposal blades, making it impossible for them to turn.
• These are some of the vegetables:
• Asparagus & Artichokes
• Carrot peels
• Potato skins with celery
• husks of horn

In tiny doses, these won’t cause any harm. However, the amount of food that some families pour down their drains on Thanksgiving might cause issues.

5) Shells of eggs

People claim that these aid in blade sharpening, but this is a fiction. When your garbage disposal’s blades grind together enough egg shells, they might clog your drain.

Tips for cleaning up after Thanksgiving

• As you pour the food down the drain, keep the garbage disposal running. Don’t wait until it’s completely full before turning it on.
• While you’re putting food down the drain, keep the water running.
• Pouring too much food down the drain at once is not a good idea.
• Several trash bags are kept on hand. You’ll need additional trash bags to handle the extra food because you’ll be putting more meals down the garbage disposal.