When pouring grease down the kitchen sink, which would be better to flush it down with, warm or cold water?
Question:When I am done cooking with foods that have grease, I pour the extra grease down the kitchen sink and I just need to know what is better to flush it down with as far as cold water and warm water?
Answers:
Don't wash it down the sink at all...just wait until it cools and congeals, then scrape it into the trash with a paper towel.
If you simply must pour it down the sick, start the hot water and let it run for at least a minute, then pour the grease down the sink, and keep the hot water on for at least another minute. Otherwise it'll congeal in the pipes, causing an easily avoidable repair.
neither - I don't think you are supposed to pour grease down a sink.
don't pour it down the sink. I always have a jar that i pour it in, and put the lid back on. I just throw it away when its full. i use old salsa jars and stuff like that. Or you can scrape it into garabe when it becomes hard.
You should not be pouring grease down your kitchen sink, EVER! Pour it into a can or plastic container and throw it in the garbage.
Do not pour the grease into the sink. Period.
Shouldn't do it at all. But if you do then hot water and lots of detergent to break it up but you should just not do it.
my husband freaks out when i do this, because hes the one who has to take the drain apart and unclog it.lol.. id suggest scraping it in the garbage!!
Arggg you'll block the sink big time!!
Run the hot tap for a couple of minutes first, pour fat, and leave HOT tap running for a few minutes more. If you use anything other than hot, the fat will set in the pipes!!
It would be best not to wash it down the sink at all.that's the way drains get clogged. Instead keep an extra can/container to the side to keep all the extra grease in and get rid of it when it is convenient to you at a designated landfill that takes grease.
As the others said, never pour grease down the drain - it clogs the drain. But, if you must, hot water is better as it can help "melt" the oil & get it on down the drain. Also try a squirt of dishwashing liquid with it.
Looks like you are not supposed to pour it down the sink, at all... BUT... I DO.
I put a bunch (like 5-10 squirts) of dish soap in the grease and run a lot of hot water in it so it is mixed too much to clog the drain. Then I empty it in the drain. It hasn't clogged yet. (Knocking on wood)
i say warm or hot water is better- cold will help it turn solid faster
Put it aside and let it harden, then throw it away in the trash.
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first you shouldn't pour grease in your sink...but if you do follow it with hottest water available..you might even want to get a cup or so boiling. you don't want that grease to clump up and then other debri will congeal in it and you will be calling roto-rooter.just set a tin can or a little grease container nearby..and also some of that grease can add some mighty good taste to veggies such as green beans..& others..good luck
I always flush grease down the kitchen sink with you-rine.
You shouldn't really do this because it will cause havok with your pipes & the environment (see link below). I recently got a 'fat trap'. You pour your used oil into a melt proof tub, mix in some seeds & put it out for the birds to feast on by hanging it on a string or place it on a bird table.
If you listen to half these guys you'll be wasting detergent & hot water... it takes more energy to do that!
you should put it in a container and throw it away,when hard. if it does go down the sink you need Boiling water,and detergent,to disperse it. Grease is not good for the pipes
I pour the grease into an empty metal can and let it cool. Usually you end up with a mixture of solid and liquid. Then I pour the liquid down the drain and put the solid in the trash.
If you don't want to wait for it to cool, I'd say hot water so it is less likely to form a clog.
Number one; don't pour grease down the sink. Scoop it out with paper towels, or heat it up, liquefy, carefully pour into a dry can or jar then trash it after it cools.
Use cold water for excess. Hot may seem to work, but the grease then coats the walls of the drains, also will eventually smell bad. If having trouble with this first soak the pan in very hot soapy water. Let it cool, then drain.
The objective is to have the grease congeal (cold) so it 'tumbles" through the drains rather than sticking to the sides.
You should never pour grease down a sink unless you want to call a plumber later due to poor drainage..if some grease does happen to go down the drain use hot water.
yeah, whatever...don't listen to the damn tree huggers...i do it all the time...use super hot water...cold water will harden it!
Better to let it sit & cool, then put it in the trash. Pouring grease down the sink will cause clogging - even if you flush with really hot water!
When I was a kid I washed dishes at a busy country club for a part time job. We had a Grease heater that would basically boil water in a seperate tank at 3 AM then empty it down the drain pipes. The idea was to melt any grease build up. It worked like a charm, but it ran daily.
Unless you want to boil water to chase your cooking oil, put it in the trash or save it in a can and sell it as biodiesel. to some bloke. Properly thinned, you can put cooking oil and grease into a diesel powered car. The car would smell like fried food when running, but it does work.
Hot tap water won't come close to hot enough to prevent a grease plug from forming. Who has the time to sit there while you run scalding hot water down the drain?
NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!
if you have to pour it down the sink, use cold water, cold water makes it lump together and go down the drain completely, while hot water melts it and leaves a residue in the pipes
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