[Bavarian]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I had a bad experience with a garbage disposal years ago......on Thanksgiving Day. My single sink got blocked up while I was preparing Thanksgiving Dinner. I have never used a garbage disposal since then. Nope....won't do it......can't make me use it. Never.

Did you follow manuacturer's directions? Do not fill up disposer before turning on water and having it run down disposer before turning on electricity to disposer, and then feed garbage down a bit at a time. Also coffee filter bags do not not go down the disposer. If you want, empty them into disposer. Now that we have sewer, we use garbage disposer more.
Don't want to have to go back to ugly cans. If Bear proof cans start being necessary, put a big one down by the postal stations and have people put their wast bags in it.