How to choose a food waste chopper

Perhaps each of us paid attention to how Western housewives often dump all food waste directly into the sink, and then, clicking on a button, calmly go about their business, while all the garbage in the sink magically leaves for sewer.

Many housewives immediately begin to exclaim perplexedly that all this is for the lazy, and soon the Americans and Europeans, in general, will forget how to do anything in the kitchen, because various devices will do all the work for them.

Meanwhile, this wonderful mechanism, called a dispozer (food waste shredder), is a very useful thing in the household, and even can make life easier for any modern person.

Thanks to the recycle bin, unpleasant odors, which are usually the result of the discharge of food waste into the garbage bin stored in the kitchen, will disappear in your home. All food waste - cleaning from vegetables and fruits, chicken and fish bones, and even napkins, cigarette butts and tea bags will go straight to the sewer, and you do not need to worry about blockages: the disposer can easily cope with all this garbage, crushing it to the state of small crumbs .

Of course, it might seem that a waste shredder for a kitchen is a luxury. However, in the end, you rightly appreciate the comfort in the kitchen that he can give you. But you should choose the right one so that your money does not turn out to be wasted.

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TYPES OF SHINDER GRINDERS

Mechanical Disposers

Shredders for washing mechanical action are started with the help of pressure from the tap water. Sharpened knives inside the dispenser begin to work from it, turning food waste into porridge. Such devices have obvious advantages, the main of which are excellent performance, noiselessness and safety.

Contrary to the myths born of American films, a person will not be able to cut off his finger if he gets into the drain: the chopper's knives are located deep enough from the sink sink, which once again convinces him of his complete safety.

Electric Disposers

Unlike the mechanical one, the electric dispenser is started using a special switch, and instead of knives, crushing hammers are installed inside it, which turn the waste into small crumbs, after which they are washed off with a stream of water into a sewer pipe.

Electric Disposer copes with chopping chicken bones, watermelon peels, plum seeds and much more. However, avoid getting large meat bones, rags and metal objects.

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HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD KITCHEN GRINDER

Since you have decided to make your life and cooking even more comfortable by installing a kitchen chopper, then you should not save on this. Quality above all! It depends on him how long the utilizer will last. So you need a high-quality device with efficient operation. It should be borne in mind that, despite the existence of only two types of disposers, there are much more models. So choosing a good chopper for the kitchen is not as easy as it seems initially.

So, in order to choose the right device, you need to pay attention to the following characteristics:

• For an electric disposer, its power matters.At the same time, it is necessary to build on the number of family members: the more people in the house, the more powerful the utilizer should be, because according to the logic, there will be more food waste in a family of six people than in a family of four. Again, do not forget that powerful shredders consume more energy, and this fact also plays an important role in choosing a model.
• Speed ​​of rotation. If for mechanical devices it all depends on the pressure of the water, then when choosing an electric dispenser, you need to pay attention to its design features and inherent characteristics.
• Camera capacity. The chopper unit should be placed under the sink, but this should not be too small, otherwise you may run into the problem of clogging and poor processing of food waste. Especially if you have a large family.
• Parts made of stainless steel or with anti-corrosion coating. Only in this way you can be absolutely sure that you get a reliable and durable chopper that can work perfectly even under the most difficult operating conditions.

Do not forget about such qualities of the dispozer as good noise isolation, several speeds, reverse rotation.

There are 2 world brands on the Russian market, but I personally chose the Bone Crusher food waste grinder, as for me, this is the best combination of price and quality.

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HOW TO USE THE DISPOSER CORRECTLY

The principle of using a grinder for washing is quite simple:

1. Open water.
2. Turn on the chopper (in case of electric).
3. Put food waste in the sink drain.
4. Wait until the appliance is finished (stopping grinding noise).
5. Wait 10-15 seconds and close the tap.

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Grinders for the kitchen are very convenient to use, environmentally friendly, and most importantly - economical. Do not forget about the ease of installation of the dispozer and the subsequent care of it. All you need to do is to clean it 2-3 times a year with a special cleaning agent for kitchen utensils.