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Kitchen sink disposal

Walter Cohen

2008-02-10, 8:25 pm

I had read or seen somewhere that the majority of kitchen sink disposal
units were made by a single company and it didn't matter too much in
agonizing over the various different manufacturers. Perhaps it was the
motor manufacturer.

Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks,
Walter

JoeSpareBedroom

2008-02-10, 8:25 pm

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I had read or seen somewhere that the majority of kitchen sink disposal
>units were made by a single company and it didn't matter too much in
>agonizing over the various different manufacturers. Perhaps it was the
>motor manufacturer.
>
> Anyone know anything about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Walter

Without knowing more about the "somewhere" (see your paragraph, above), it's
kind of hard to comment on this. If you don't remember the "somewhere", it
probably wasn't a very impressive source, and any further discussion is not
worth your time or energy.

Edwin Pawlowski

2008-02-10, 9:25 pm

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:47af9588$0$25029$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>I had read or seen somewhere that the majority of kitchen sink disposal
>units were made by a single company and it didn't matter too much in
>agonizing over the various different manufacturers. Perhaps it was the
>motor manufacturer.
>
> Anyone know anything about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Walter

Whirlpool owns In Sink Erator and Kitchen Aid and they are all the same,
aside from cosmetics. I don't know about Badger.

Big_Jake

2008-02-11, 3:25 am

On Feb 10, 9:21 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
> "Walter Cohen" <w_co...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:47af9588$0$25029$607ed4bc@cv.net...
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> Whirlpool owns In Sink Erator and Kitchen Aid and they are all the same,
> aside from cosmetics. I don't know about Badger.

InSinkErator is/was headquartered in Racine, WI. They have nearly
always had models called Badger 1, Badger 5, etc. I had heard that
they make something like 75% of the disposals out there.

JK (In WI)

DerbyDad03

2008-02-11, 3:25 am

On Feb 10, 7:24=A0pm, "Walter Cohen" <w_co...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I had read or seen somewhere that the majority of kitchen sink disposal
> units were made by a single company and it didn't matter too much in
> agonizing over the various different manufacturers. =A0Perhaps it was the
> motor manufacturer.
>
> Anyone know anything about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Walter

Prove it to yourself.

Go listen to a Insinkerator Evolution series disposal and then go
listen to a cheap Kenmore and tell us if you think it's worth
"agonizing over the various different manufacturers".

BobK207

2008-02-11, 3:25 am

On Feb 10, 7:21 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
> "Walter Cohen" <w_co...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:47af9588$0$25029$607ed4bc@cv.net...
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> Whirlpool owns In Sink Erator and Kitchen Aid and they are all the same,
> aside from cosmetics. I don't know about Badger.

Badger is (was?) the low end of InSinkErator

I would suggest an InSinkErator 555SS or better.....I changed over to
many InSinkErator's over the years, had good luck with all (except
Badger, a contractor special, which was typically the unit being
replaced)

The nice thing about going over to InSinkErator is that it makes
subsequent replacements a snap...... can be done in less than 15
minutes.

cheers
Bob

Edwin Pawlowski

2008-02-11, 1:25 pm

"DerbyDad03" <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote in message
Prove it to yourself.

Go listen to a Insinkerator Evolution series disposal and then go
listen to a cheap Kenmore and tell us if you think it's worth
"agonizing over the various different manufacturers".

The Evolution may be TOL, but the Kenmore was made in the same factory.

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