Watch First Before Buying a Kitchen Sink

If you want a large single bowl but want to fill up a section with soapy water occasionally, simply use a dish pan that fits into half your sink. That's what our great-grandmothers did!

I definitely prefer a double bowl sink. Someone is always gonna put dishes in one and you can at least use the other side, a disposal is on one side, you can rinse on one side/wash on the other, just so many uses. I also prefer offset drains so if someone puts a plate in there it's not stopping the drain (my pet peeve is dishes in the sink but it's hard to train housemates. lol) I love granite composite in black best, over 20 yrs and still cleans up looking new. Stainless ends up with so many scratches and dull and always looks dirty to me.

I am a professional cook and I've worked with many different sinks. I much prefer the double sinks as I clean as I go. So on one side I can wash vegetables, the other side I can wash a pot a few seconds later and then rinse it. It drive me crazy working with one sink now. I hate having to wait and wash all the dishes at once. It's a personal preference but clean as you go is much harder with one sink. And the dish pans put in one sink are too small, in my opinion. Plus if you always have a sink with clean water, it's so much easier to wash your hands in the sink.

I just remodeled my kitchen. Replaced a worthless double sink with a 31” single. It’s so nice. I was tired of cleaning my roasting pan in the bathtub.

I had a freakin corner sink, which is why I’m in the process of renovations now for the entire kitchen.

For soaking dishes I just use the larger dishes as the vessel to soak smaller dishes. I’ll use something like a yogurt container to soak my flatware, and a pot to soak small bowls or plates. I don’t have a lot of money for fancy under-sink storage, so I just purchased appropriate-sized semi-clear plastic containers to hold cleaning supplies, etc. They’re separated by categories so I just pull the out what I need like a drawer.

Im used to a double sink. As an empty nester i rarely use my dishwasher. I use one side for washing and the other for draining/drying by using a dish rack.

A 60/40 36” sink with a low divide is nice. One sink if for dirty dishes/meat/ food scraps and one is for clean activities like filling pots

I've seen comments about a workstation sink like, "Why not just use a cutting board where you are cooking?" etc. I personally prefer to use a cutting board where the mess of it can be easily contained. At a sink, you just rinse the board after you're done with it instead of having to wipe down your counter space every time one is used.

I remodeled my modest ranch house kitchen 20 years ago and went with Corian countertops and an integrated corian sink. Best decision ever. The countertops were dark grey and the sink was white, and it still looked like new when I sold the house 5 years ago. I am a careful person, however, and I always let the pans cool off before I put them in the sink. Any scuffs from aluminum pans just buff out with a little Bar Keeper's Friend. (or Comet) At the time, I think the sink cost me only an extra $50 or so (they were running a deal).

It is also convenient so that you can keep an eye on the children in the backyard while your washing the dishes and/or working in the kitchen.

That was absolutely terrific!!! We are re-doing entire kitchen so your info was invaluable as well as the commenters. I get so much more from Utube than designers I meet in person or people I pay. Best 45 minutes I have spent on Utube in a very long while. Thanks.

I watched this video twice and did deep thought about my own sink. I use large pans often and cleaning them is always a chore. You convinced me to replace my double sink for a one large bowl sink. What a life changer this has been. I was hot to renovate my kitchen and with this new sink I am happy to wait. I purchased the Kräus KCH-1000 at Home Depot for $399. Came with a facet too. Because it can go under or over if I do get the new counters I want I can still use this sink. Thanks for your advice.

If you use a curtain instead of doors on the sink cabinet and you have pets, rethink what you store under the sink. It's common to store household chemicals down there as well as trash bins. For the safety of your pets, store the chemicals elsewhere and make sure the trash bins are lidded. The bin lids will also minimize pest infestations. Regarding sink placement, I always thought the window placement was so that the home cook could keep an eye on children playing in the yard or, in a rural situation, keep an eye out for "guests" approaching the property. I like the idea of a mirror over a wall-facing sink to a) reflect natural light into a workspace that tend to lack that feature and b) allow the home cook to see what's going on in the room behind them.

We are going through a major kitchen remodel right now. Tore out a partial wall in a vaulted ceiling area that divided the space into 2 smaller rooms. One room was the kitchen, the other a front room that we never used. Tore out that partial wall and doubled the size of the kitchen. Added a huge 10.5ft x 4 ft island, with double sink in it (never had an island before). The former sink was also a double sink, against an exterior wall. Since the plumbing already existed at the former sink, we just replaced it with a smaller single prep sink. Having 2 sinks in the kitchen is really awesome! So glad we did that.

Great video! My passion is cooking, and I make a lot of messes. Many tools, pots (esp. big stockpots and cast iron), anything wood, and utensils can only be handwashed (knives, crystal, appliance parts). So I need a big 2-sided sink that can take a beating without chipping, cracking, or denting. A word about wood sink accessories and wood counter surroundings — as beautiful as they are in the beginning, water and wood don’t mix. Unless it’s well-sealed and meticulously-maintained, wood is porous and absorbs everything that falls on it — especially oil. About stainless steel, it’s only a surface coating, and CAN be permanently damaged by certain cleaning products and over-zealous scrubbing, leading to rust, especially around the drain flange.

I have a dishwasher - never use it - enjoy handwashing. My sink is a large single. I run the water VERY slowly, wash a dish, rinse it off, and place it in the adjacent drainer rack. No water waste. This works for single dweller me...maybe not for a large family, a commercial application, etc.

The BIGGEST reason for an offset drain is so a garbage disposal doesn’t take up as much usable cabinet space below. A center drain puts the disposal smack dab in the middle of the cabinet below, making the space behind it unusable and leaving small slivers of usable space on either side. An offset drain towards one side and the back leaves much more usable space for cleaning supplies or trash below.

I just got a large single bowl fireclay farmhouse sink with a middle drain installed in my mid-sized kitchen, and I absolutely love it! 😍 It's a must have if you cook with large pots and baking pans. Lol, just soak and hand wash your dishes in the large pots =D For scratches/stains, nothing beats Bon Ami and a magic eraser. This also works wonders on anything cast enamel like Le Creuset enamelware. Bar Keeper's Friend is good enough for stainless steel surfaces.

We renovated 3 yrs ago. And i have my dream sink a 10 inch deep single sink. I have my Grandma sink. Wash my large pots, my pets and even the grands in it. Easy to sterilize and clean. Still have my garbage disposal. My mother had a single too, maybe thats why i love mine so much.