I’ve heard multiple times that it’s not okay to allow any food to go down the drain even with a garbage disposal, I guess because solids shouldn’t go down the drain. But we put a shit ton of solids down the drain through the toilet and that seems to be fine. Does the toilet go to a different sewage pipe then the sink? Or does shit have different properties that make it dissolve better?
The diameter of the pipes from a toilet ate large enough to accommodate any poop that goes thru a toilet.
The diameter of the pipes from a sink often get very very small, which is why if you let a sink run long enough it may start to back up. But they have a large drain hole so they can drain fast.
For garbage disposals they’re usually fine unless you have a septic tank.
But the big problem is grease/fat. It’s liquid with hot water, but will solidly later and water builds up insulating the fat/grease so it remains a solid. When George Foreman grills were big lots of people fucked up their plumbing by always dumping the grease.
Yeah, grease is a big deal. After things like bacon, drain the fat into the trash (or into a bowl and later the trash), then wash in the sink. This minimizes how much grease is entering your pipes and thus vastly reducing the need to unclog your pipes.
It’s either Japan or Korea, I can’t remember.
But they have a powder that you sprinkle a little on used cooking grease. And it solidifies into a non sticky plastic like chunk that’s easy to dispose of in the trash.
But bacon grease? Chile just put that in a mason jar, you don’t waste bacon fat…
It’s not unique to Japan/Korea, you can definitely get it in the US. Fryaway is at least one brand of it, but I’d be shocked if you couldn’t get others.