{"id":206,"date":"2014-11-24T18:17:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/tampa_plumber\/?p=206"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:17:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:17:18","slug":"holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Food Prep: How to Avoid Kitchen Sink Clogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/tampa_plumber\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iStock_000001073877XSmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-211\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"Avoid a Clogged Drain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/tampa_plumber\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iStock_000001073877XSmall-300x300.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a>As you prep for your holiday meal this year, want to avoid nasty kitchen sink clogs and problems with your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/installation.html\">garbage disposal<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll show you how.<\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t treat your garbage disposal like a garbage disposal<\/h2>\n<p>The name garbage disposal seems to encourage people to put everything down it.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t!<\/p>\n<p>The garbage disposal is there in case food scraps end up in the drain, <strong>it\u2019s not an alternative to a trash can<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Throw scraps from food prep into the garbage instead of the sink, and you\u2019ll save yourself a lot of headache.<\/p>\n<p>Definitely avoid putting these foods down the drain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fats, oils and grease.<\/strong> It\u2019ll stick to the inside of your pipes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/bookacall.html\">clogging your pipes<\/a> like plaque clogs arteries. And it\u2019ll stink when it starts decomposing in the pipes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carrot peels, celery and potato skins<\/strong>. Stringy foods like these can wrap around the garbage disposal\u2019s blades, causing it to fail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bones, peach pits and other hard items<\/strong>. Obviously, these things can do real damage to your disposal and also get stuck in your pipes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chicken skin<\/strong>. This wins for plumbers\u2019 least favorite thing to find in your drain because it really stinks when it\u2019s in there for awhile. Plus, chicken skin gets stuck in your pipes and on your disposal\u2019s blades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When using the garbage disposal, run more water than you think you need to<\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest causes of kitchen sink clogs is that people don\u2019t flush enough water through the disposal after using it. And that\u2019s easy to prevent.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you run your disposal, do this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Always, always, always run water down the drain whenever the disposal is running.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the disposal on for 10-15 seconds after there are no more grinding sounds.<\/li>\n<li>Shut off the disposal, but keep the water running for another 30 seconds to a minute.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This will help keep your pipes and disposal free from food buildup.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep a good plumber\u2019s number handy<\/h2>\n<p>Even when you do everything right, there\u2019s a chance you could have a kitchen sink clog from things you can\u2019t control (like tree roots in your pipes). So keep a good plumber\u2019s name and number handy (preferably ours!). That way, you\u2019ll always be prepared.<\/p>\n<p><em>Red Cap Plumbing serves the plumbing needs of the entire Tampa Bay, Florida area. Need a repair or just want to say hey? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/bookacall.html\">Contact us online<\/a> or call 813-963-3056.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you prep for your holiday meal this year, want to avoid nasty kitchen sink clogs and problems with your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holiday Food Prep: How to Avoid Kitchen Sink Clogs - MMG Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holiday Food Prep: How to Avoid Kitchen Sink Clogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As you prep for your holiday meal this year, want to avoid nasty kitchen sink clogs and problems with your [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MMG Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-24T18:17:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.redcapplumbing.com\/tampa_plumber\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/iStock_000001073877XSmall-300x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"headline\":\"Holiday Food Prep: How to Avoid Kitchen Sink Clogs\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-24T18:17:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.redcapplumbing.com\\\/tampa_plumber\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/iStock_000001073877XSmall-300x300.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Plumbing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/holiday-food-prep-avoid-kitchen-sink-clogs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Holiday Food Prep: How to Avoid Kitchen Sink Clogs - 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