The Fall of the King

[sudsmaster]

I've been getting a bit weary of having to be so gentle with the vintage Waste King disposer here. It's a good model, and one that I displayed in photos over the past year, but it does tend to jam fairly easily. It will even jam on a rubber band. So I'm thinking of replacing it with a modern one.

The local parts store features Insinkerator Evolution Pro series disposers - they are nice looking and seem to be well built.

Any opinons on what else I should look at?

 

[hoover1060]

my 2 cents

If you buy and ISE, buy TOL, that is get the one with the fixed as well as swivel hammers.

Also check out modern Waste King, these are today made by Anaheim and a decent disposal. I currently have one installed in my sink(a 3/4 version with the Whirlaway name on it) While they are a bit on the noisy side, they are well made and chew fast. If you get a Custom series with the 3-bolt mount, you can re-use your current mount.

 

[rp2813]

If it's still possible to find a Maytag or Jenn-Air, I highly recommend either one, they are/were the same machine. These may only be available as NOS items but I thought I read somewhere that certain products out of Newton were still being made.

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: I agree:

I've got a "TOL" Maytag Continuous Feed Disposer, with the Auto-Reverse. I've had mine for 12-years now, without any problems ever from it. In case some of you might not know what that means, it means that each time that you turn on the Disposer, the Chamber Baseplate turns the opposite direction. This helps to prevent jamming of items, while grinding.

Good luck with your search and findings, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[sudsmaster]

The Insinkerator brochures I looked at say that the higher end models also have auto-reversing feature.

 

[toggleswitch]

In the meantime perhaps a few chicken bones down there will sharpen it up.

Or is it too far gone for those?

 

[nmaineman36]

We have a Waste King Gourmet disposer that does a great job. The disposer I have in my condo in Maine is a WhirlAway and its been in the condo since it was built and that was in the mid 90's. Not a lick of trouble with it. I do put bones down the Waste King and she seems to ask for more it seems. I call the disposer a pig.

 

[lightedcontrols]

You might want to look at a Viking!

It's the old Hobart design. Tried and true. Mark

 

[sudsmaster]

I happened to watch a home improvement show, where they demonstrated how to unjam a disposer. I had some 1.25x1.25x24 inch fir left over from making a mobile base for the bead blaster. After checking for obvious problems (metal can lids, bottle tops, you name it), it was pretty simple to put that in the disposer at an angle and turn it one way and then the other. The stick now lives under the sink, ready for the next jam.

I have put plenty of chicken bones down this thing. It's just quite old - from the 60's I think - and any sharp edges are long gone. That's why stuff like rubber bands and plastic film can jam it so easily - it probably doesn't have any cutting capability left, just blunt shredding.

 

[hoover1060]

Just say no

To Viking disposals, they are now made by ISE. Well most of them anyway. Current model Vikings 1000 and 750 are ISE made, with a Hobart-like disk and ring. The performance is not all that much different from ISE, for lots more $$$!

I just swapped out my Viking 750 for a 3/4 hp Anaheim made Whirlaway 984. Its louder than an ISE would be, but seems to work very well. If you go with a new Waste King, get a Custom series model with the three bolt mount.
If you'd rather have a new ISE, get the Excel model. That looks to offer the most disposer for the buck.

 

[bobbyderegis]

Hey,
I thought the old Maytag disposers were uni-directional! (no reversing)???????
Bobby in Boston

 

[hoover1060]

They were...

Maytag made ones anyway... today's maytag disposer is made by ISE, which reverses(deluxe ones do anyway)