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For those who wash dishes by hand (no dishwasher here) do any of you have a single bowl kitchen sink? I've been canning peaches and I keep thinking it would be easier to have one large bowl, instead of the divided one I have now. The one I have is quite large and deep, but still I find it cumbersome to wash large stock pots, cookie sheets, etc. I think if I had one large bowl, I would have to use dishpans or something so I would have something to wash and something to rinse in, but I would have the option of taking them out so I could also have just one big sink.....
Anyone have any experience with this?
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Becky Parker wrote:
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Huh?! What's that?    Sorry...couldn't resist it. Hope you don't mind.
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Well.. dishpans are smaller than a sink.. you might find that washing so much out of dishpans is more trouble than washing a few large items.. which are simply awkward no matter what size the sink is because they're awkward to hold and move while washing them.
I work around the problem by having the pull out faucet so that I can add water to the deeper big pans while they're on the counter.. so that most of the scrubbing isn't in the sink anyway.. all I do in the sink is rinse.. again with the pull out faucet.
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I can't stand just having one sink- and that is just when visiting a friend who has a single and doing dishes there.
I am old fashioned I guess and like to have some soapy water there for when I am cooking and then what to do when you have to drain the pasta/wash a potato/rinse out a yucky salad mixing bowl?? We just redid the kitchen and put in another double!
BTW, I sometimes use the tub for really big things...
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Thanks ladies ... except Kathryn... (LOL Totally joking!  I know I'm in the minority!)
Those are good points to consider. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.
Kristie, this is a slightly different topic, but my MIL always has soapy water in her sink and her kitchen is always clean. She says it's because nothing ever just collects on the counters. Soapy water allows her to just give it all a quick wash. I really need to start that habit!!
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We don't have a dishwasher here....well, actually I have 9 of them, but some think they are broken
But we have 2 tub sink and really like it. One side is much larger that the other. But the dishes drip in the smaller side. The smaller side gets filled up and floors are wiped down and vegetables are cleaned, etc. The larger tub will accommodate a 9 X 13 pan laying flat - which is great when food gets burnt  and pans need to soak.
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I have a single. I actually have a dishwasher currently but have had a couple of stints without one where we were handwashing. I like it, I just wish it were bigger. My SIL has a wider one, which I like a lot.
I do what Jodie does with larger pots, and we would usually use one of those pots for soaking utensils, too. For most things, I don't use a dish pan. But just put soap on a washcloth and sort of scrub and rinse at the same time. It seems more sanitary to me, though it isn't as if I feel funny eating off anyone else's dishes who don't use this method. The downside is not having a spot for dirty dishes and cleaning veggies at the same time, it is doable but crowded, but if I had me dream kitchen, I'd have a separate small prep sink for cooking so a cleaner and cooker could work easily at the same time. My outdoor sink (from the Restore) would be nice in the kitchen. It has a large single basin with a smaller shallow one on the side for prep.
Fwiw, we see a lot of nice, expensive sinks at the Restore for less than $100, many of which still have their nice, expensive faucets 
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StephanieA wrote:
We don't have a dishwasher here....well, actually I have 9 of them, but some think they are broken
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Ok, now that's pretty funny too. Why is this topic so funny to me? Maybe I'm just looking for humor after a looong week.
So, for real, Becky, we do have a dishwasher but we def. do plenty of dishes by hand. We moved here a year ago and it's a double sink like we've always had. I can't imagine ever having a single sink. This one is actually not as deep so I'm very much looking forward to a remodel or at least buying a new kitchen sink that is deeper. I would love one where one side is deeper for washing the bigger pots and cookie sheets. Hope that really helps.
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Is it possible for you to get a wider double sink instead of a standard size? Then you could have both of what you're looking for? I love the look of those large farmhouse sinks but often wondered if they were practical. ? They also look quite a bit wider but maybe that's just the style.
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We have a single bowl sink here...when we redid our kitchen, we bought a deeper sink than the original one. My parents have a dual-bowl sink, with the smaller bowl at a higher level than the larger one (the larger bowl is quite deep). I have tried to wash large pots in their sink and it just isn't wide enough to accommodate the big pots I own.
IMHO, your best bet is to look at sink options in person (perhaps with your largest stockpot in hand!) so you can decide whether or not your pots will fit into the sink and determine how you will use all those extra features.
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