Return of the King

[Burpalator]

It seems to work better to feed the cubes in small batches, four to six at a time. A couple of trays is probably sufficient. If you fill the chamber, they turn into a crushed frozen mess. My ice maker produces tons more than I can possibly use so my disposer gets frequent frozen treats!

 

[hoover1060]

HAs anyone ever used

You can get it at the grocery store, little packets you grind and they foam out and clean the disposal.

When putting ice cubes down don't run the faucet, just turn on the disposal and drop in the cubes.

Peach pits will clean/scour out the disposal as well as chicken bones, so will walnut shells.

I've put pork chop bones down the disposal with no problem. About the only think I won't put down is onion skins... for some reason they won't grind!

 

[neptuneguy27]

Disposer Care

I have 4 boxes of Disposer Care under my sink and I love it. It really does dislodge any bits stuck to the sides of the hopper. Plus it leaves the drain with a nice lemon fresh smell. Besides it is a lot of fun to watch the foam come up from the opening...hehehe. I also grind bones in my ISE 777ss. It handles them with relative ease. Makes a bit noise but it is still neat to listen to. As far as onion skins are concerned, if you mix them with other food waste such as vegetable peelings and such, they'll grind right up for you.

Chris

 

[deeptub]

I've noticed this with onion skins...they just sort of paste themselves to the chamber walls, out of reach of the hammers. You don't even know they're there until a few days later when the stench is overwhelming and you have to reach in and pull out half-rotten onion skin. Grinding them down with other things doesn't seem to help either--they immediately sort themselves out and take shelter.

T.

 

[sudsmaster]

I have a number of citrus trees, and the King gets regular feedings of citrus peels. Seems to smell nice after that.

I don't often send bones down the disposer, and have never deliberately used it to crush ice. Mostly I use it for stuff that would otherwise cause a stink in the garbage.

Occasionally I'll fill up the sink with hot soapy water and then send that down the disposer, with the disposer on. Seems to flush it out pretty good. I like that snapping suction sound it makes as it grabs onto that column of H20.

I would think that walnut shells would be rather abrasive. They are used in the metal industry for abrading off paint/rust and leaving a satin finish (finer than glass bead or sand blasting).

 

[hoover1060]

Most anything that will fit, goes...

My trash cans sit outside, so I use the disposal alot.
Bones and hard stuff keep them clean, and every now and again I put a lemon down, as well as using disposer care.
I have yet to have one that will eat onion peels though, they seem to go right through and clog the drain really well...

 

[tolivac]

Most disposer makers use removable splash guards-you can replace them when rotted-or remove them for cleaning-the scum that collects on their bottoms can smell.ISE doesn't use removable splash guards.

 

[Designgeek]

Sudsmaster thanks for the item about nut shells and metal finishing; I can make practical use of that doing geekstuff. And Tolivac thanks for the further item about using them for reloading, I'll relay that to friends who have rifles. And Hoover1060 thanks for the blue blob, I can see how that would go over at parties as well as for practical use. That's one of the cool things about this place; lots of good ideas going around.

 

[gadgetgary]

Maybe this is what you needed...........

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[hoover1060]

funny....

I've never lost a spoon to a disposal, a few dishrags but never any silverware.

Suds: the guard on your WK will come right out, just grab it and pull it up...they are however kinda tricky to replace mainly because they don't sit in the sink flange but down in the WK's rubber throat.

Blue Blob: When I was in college in Nebraska, my apartment was equipped with an ISE model 333ss. I remember cleaning up after one dinner and then getting out the disposer care. My guests were fascinated, and watched this stuff OOOOHHH-ing and AHHHH-ing like it was something special. At some of the parties the "blue stuff" was even asked for!
College students...we were easily entertained!

 

[sudsmaster]

Thanks.

I pulled out the splash guard, and ran several cups of ice through the disposer, alternating with a lemon and then an orange. I found I had to take a good old dish brush to the upper part of the disposer throat to get rid of old blackened grime, esp around the drain entry for the dishwasher. It's great to be able to see fully into the maw of the disposer with the guard off.

It was a little tricky getting it back in, but once I figured out how it wants to sit, no problem. There is one slight tear in one of the flanges of the guard, but otherwise it's in good condition. I am wondering where one can get a replacement.

I did find the probably cause of the jams. Chicken skin/meat cartilage seems to defeat this disposer. It turns into a big glob that resists chopping, and eventually it seems to jam the disposer in some way. I removed a big glob of it the other day, and another smaller glob today when the disposer jammed again. After that, it had no problem handling multiple cups of ice, lemons, oranges.

 

[hoover1060]

I have replacements

Suds, I have a few extra's of the genuine WK guard.

The genuine ISE guard is also a good replacement too, available at home depot.

I wish I could install the SS5000 I have, but alas the drainpipe on the wall is too high.
So I have an SS 3300 instead.

 

[insulinpumpuser]

I have that King too!!!

Hey there. I have that same WK model waiting to be installed. I got it for free at a liquidation store here in Phx. that resells appliances and everything, toilets that aren't that 1.6 gal. flush. Right now I have a newer WK model that will gring up ANYTHING!!! Including corn cob husks,and any type of bone. Then I will install my new KM batch model that I made to run as a non-batch. I used to have a new Electroway disposer from the 60's that my dad took apart because of his Alzeihmer's and now its in a million pieces and will never work. Too bad!!!....Bill in Az....