Garbage Disposal Deal

[mrb627]

This popped up this morning.  Anyone need a new Garbage Disposal?

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[3beltwesty]

When I first was in California eons ago a Badger 1 was 19 dollars, and it was about 40bucks 15 years ago. They go for 55 to 62 today in singles, way lower by the case.

My apartment went through about 3 badger 1's in 2 decades. They would rust up and lock if not uses a lot when they got older. One uses a broom handle to free up the rusted cutters, after ahile this got old and one got the apartment manager to replace them.

 

[yogitunes]

Thanks Malcolm....what a great deal....can't beat the price, not to mention free shipping.....

 

[austinado16]

Waste King used to bo TOL back in the day

When I was a kid, my dad sold Waste King and other TOL kitchen appliances. Waste King has a slogan that was something about their 1/4hp model was equivelant to a 1hp model made by others.

At the annual home show they had a WK disposer hooked up, and they'd run all kinds of "difficult" food down it, to show how good it was. Part of that demonstration was to take a handful of coins and throw them into it. It would keep grinding away, and the coins would come flying back out the top opening...but it would never jam up.

I put a 1hp ISE Pro-77 in 17 years ago and have never had a problem with it. It's all stainless inside and it'll take rib and steak bones if you care to.

 

[tolivac]

Yes,the OLDER WK design-PLEASE bring it back-the new Chinese made machines are so WIMPY-bet they wouldn't pass the coin test with their cheezy stampted shredders-the old REAL WK machines had heavier duty motors and cast shred rings-and swivel hammers.the ISE-PRO77 is the last of the GOOD ISE disposers.when I think of it the OLDER disposers from all brands were better quality machines than what is made now.

 

[austinado16]

I bought the ISE at the local "Do-It" home building center. It was a couple hundred bucks, which I thought was crazy, but when I read that it had all stainless, I took a chance that it would be worth the money. I've seen a lot of rusted out, crappy, low power disposers over the years at other people's homes, and there was just no way I was going to own one.

It was kinda cool growing up with my dad working in the appliance/kitchen cabinet distributorship. Our kitchen became a display kitchen where customers could come over to the house and see stuff in action. We had some super expensive "gold edition" WK disposer that was supposed to be even better than their "standard" model. We had a flat top electric corning range and all the special corning pans to go with it. I can't remember the brand of dishwasher, possible a Kitchenaid, but we had a clear plastic door that could be locked inplace with the real door open, and then the machine could be run to demonstrate the cleaning power. Huge Kelvinator fridge, Tappen(I think) Microwave that could take metal objects inside, and possibly the coolest thing, a huge Char Glo natural gas grill...right there next to the Corning range.

 

[sudsmaster]

Costco currently is back to selling the 1.25 HP Waste King/Jameco/Titan disposal with stainless steel cutters for $80.

 

 

 

[austinado16]

1.25hp is a monster! That price is crazy cheap. Gee, wonder where those are made?