In article . com, professorpaul wrote:
Nice Insinkerator. Generally nothing more than the occasional stall,
fixed with the hex wrench. However, recently have had a couple of jams
in the connection between the GD and the "T" that comes down from the
other sink. There is a baffle there to deflect the water down, which
seems to be a good thing.

Yeah, that's what I thought at first, too: "oh, cool, a baffle - that's a good
idea!"

NOT.

A bad dose of Brussel sprouts and broccoli clogged it up. Cleaned out
OK, with the usual water in the face and appropriate profanity. This
has happened twice now.

The chief domestic engineer might be feeding it too rapidly, but any
thought on different "T" designs or general observations?

Yeah -- baffle tees suck for garbage disposal drains. Don't wait for a
third time. Get rid of it now.

This is a
new house, and never had that kind of problem in another house I
owned. No obvious burrs, etc. to catch things. Before I start
replacing fittings, I thought I'd seek the advice of the group.

We have two sinks in our kitchen, each with a garbage disposer -- and each,
originally, with one of those damned baffle tees in the line. The drains used
to get plugged regularly, and always at the baffles. I finally got sick and
tired of cleaning the stupid things out, and replaced them with baffle-less
tees. No more clogs.

Cutting or grinding away as much of the baffle as you can reach is a waste of
time. It will reduce the frequency of clogs, but not eliminate them. BTDT,
didn't work.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.