How should I get rid of a can of bacon grease?

[momeNt]

5 Step process

1. Get bacon grease hot
2. Pour down drain
3. Run hot water for 5 minutes
4. With hot water running pour down liquid dish soap - will cut the grease and stop blockages
5. Rinse can for future re-use.

 

[twinrider1]

1 step process.

1. throw it in the trash.

Local water treatment is just going to spend time and money removing it from the water. And what do they do with it? I'm guessing it ends up in the same place as your trash.

 

[NetWareHead]

That's why he said cold. If it is already solid, it goes in chunks and keeps flowing, as long as it never melts that is.

I disagree. Grease is not a solid substance like an eggshell for instance that will get broken up into pieces in a disposal and flow away. It smears, there is nothign to chop up per se. Even if you use hot water, it will melt and resolidify somewhere else down the line. The sewer receives cycles of hot and cold water pretty frequently that will melt and solidify the grease somewhere else.

Cold grease behaves like glue on the inside your pipes and grabs anything flowing past it such as hair, lint, poo, toilet paper etc... to eventually form a nasty greasy obstruction. Especially if you make this a habit; waste pipes are not made to handle large amounts of grease (the reason why restaurant kitchens have grease traps). Think of grease in your pipes like a grain of sand in an oyster. The oyster coats it to make a bigger and bigger pearl.

Its just a recipe for disaster and brainless IMO when such easy to use disposal options are available like cans/bottles etc...

 

[NAC4EV]

5 Step process

1. Get bacon grease hot
2. Pour down drain
3. Run hot water for 5 minutes
4. With hot water running pour down liquid dish soap - will cut the grease and stop blockages
5. Rinse can for future re-use.

And clog the sewer system down stream...idiot.

 

[Kwatt]

Bacon candle

Just made my 1st one of these!

I will be making more...


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[momeNt]

And clog the sewer system down stream...idiot.

Sorry. I missed step 6. You need to chase the grease down with very low viscosity oil which will keep it flowing through the pipes. If you change your own car oil this is a great time to use it. If not a quart of oil is not at all expensive - $2-3 for conventional.

 

[NetWareHead]

5 Step process

1. Get bacon grease hot
2. Pour down drain
3. Run hot water for 5 minutes
4. With hot water running pour down liquid dish soap - will cut the grease and stop blockages
5. Rinse can for future re-use.

people like you a dependable revenue source for plumbers.

 

[GlacierFreeze]

Yes, just pour it down the drains. Ha

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/06/fatberg-london-sewer-grease-blockage

 

[momeNt]

people like you a dependable revenue source for plumbers.

I would say I rod my own drains - but I've never needed to. So enjoy your wasted cans, bottles, and whatever else you toss your grease away in. Those industries send their thanks.

 

[FerrelGeek]

If it's gone rancid, throw it in the trash. If not, use it as flavoring, in judicious amounts of course.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Sorry. I missed step 6. You need to chase the grease down with very low viscosity oil which will keep it flowing through the pipes. If you change your own car oil this is a great time to use it. If not a quart of oil is not at all expensive - $2-3 for conventional.

Dude's gotta be trolling now lol. Pour motor oil (used or new) down the sink after dumping bacon grease because of the low viscosity? So much no in this.

 

[Ferzerp]

I disagree. Grease is not a solid substance like an eggshell for instance that will get broken up into pieces in a disposal and flow away. It smears, there is nothign to chop up per se. Even if you use hot water, it will melt and resolidify somewhere else down the line. The sewer receives cycles of hot and cold water pretty frequently that will melt and solidify the grease somewhere else.

Cold grease behaves like glue on the inside your pipes and grabs anything flowing past it such as hair, lint, poo, toilet paper etc... to eventually form a nasty greasy obstruction. Especially if you make this a habit; waste pipes are not made to handle large amounts of grease (the reason why restaurant kitchens have grease traps). Think of grease in your pipes like a grain of sand in an oyster. The oyster coats it to make a bigger and bigger pearl.

Its just a recipe for disaster and brainless IMO when such easy to use disposal options are available like cans/bottles etc...

I didn't suggest it, but if you're going to do it, it is less bad with cold is my point.

 

[DrPizza]

I've smelled my dogs' dog food. It doesn't smell appealing to me. My dogs seem to agree. It doesn't matter what brand - it's just bland tasting, apparently (if the smell is any indication).

Mix a little bit of bacon grease into the dog food though... Yum! (So sayeth the dogs.)

 

[preslove]

How much bacon do you bake? I bake it, too, then use some for my eggs and maybe pancakes, then eat breakfast. When cleaning up, I use the paper towels I dried my bacon on to wipe off the cookie sheet I baked the bacon in. The grease & towels go into the trash can and I wash the cookie sheet.

I'm not getting the problem

 

[balloonshark]

am i the only one who uses bacon grease for making sure scrambled eggs doesn't stick and to add flavour?

I thought this was normal. You fry the bacon, remove the bacon from the pan and then fry the eggs in the grease. Bonus points for spooning the grease over the eggs while they're cooking.

Bacon grease also makes the very best gravy ().

 

[Adul]

No one replied with fire. I am shocked. Personally like the fire idea myself

 

[tcsenter]

I put a good grease-cutting detergent in the pan with some hot water, turn the burner on for a minute if need be to get it hot (sub-boiling), stir around several times, let it sit for 30 or 40 minutes while the detergent goes to work on it. Then chase the whole thing down the drain with hot water for 20 seconds.

Not sure how to adapt that to an entire cup or two of bacon lard. Or you could just throw it in the trash. It's all organic it won't be bacon lard after a few months out there in the landfill.

 

[Beer4Me]

And clog the sewer system down stream...idiot.

Yea, NEVER EVER flush oil or grease down the drain/toilet. I dump it in with my used engine oil container so it gets recycled.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Burn it up wind of those non-meat eating fools of a neighbor.

 

[IronWing]

Paint your house with it. It's waterproof and it keeps wild boars away. No one wants to f$%# with a wild boar.

 

[Oyeve]

Damn, now i want bacon.

 

[sandorski]

Paint your house with it. It's waterproof and it keeps wild boars away. No one wants to f$%# with a wild boar.

Attracts Wild Bears though. Choose wisely.

 

[IronWing]

Attracts Wild Bears though. Choose wisely.

Bears or boars, hmmm. Oh, Silverprime, where are you?

 

[shortylickens]

Trumps hair?

 

[Darwin333]

I would say I rod my own drains - but I've never needed to. So enjoy your wasted cans, bottles, and whatever else you toss your grease away in. Those industries send their thanks.

Well I use an old bottle of soda or Gatorade that I would have thrown away anyway so in a way I'm actually recycling.