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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A garbage disposal makes short work of food scraps. Installing the small but powerful device beneath your kitchen sink helps to keep stinky ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Garbage disposals come with all kinds of devilry: weird smells, stringent rules on what you can put down them, erroneous urban myths like the ...

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So my current in-sink-erator has stopped working. Flip the switch and it makes a quiet hum, but no turning. I stuck my hand down there (when it's off, of course) and was able to turn the plate the ...