The Sink Grate Debate

Yesterday I removed the stainless steel grate from the bottom of my sink and I feel like the quality of my life has improved immensely. It’s so freeing, and my sink is so much cleaner.

I feel like I removed my bra after a year of wearing it.

When I remodeled my kitchen, I wanted a fancy workstation sink so badly. I had one picked out that had almost all the features I wanted: deep single basin, double ledge, and cool accessories I’d use. My kitchen guy talked me out of it because he didn’t like the brand, so I got the one he recommended. It has corners that are hard to clean and the accessories kind of suck. There are a lot of cool sink accessories out there that you don’t need ledges for. If I had to do it again, I’d just get a big basin with rounded corners that are easy to clean with nice, lightweight accessories that can be used with any sink.

But the one thing I did like was the grate. Or so I thought. I was constantly chasing food particles to the drain and wasting a ridiculous amount of water doing it. Sure, it keeps the bottom from scratching till a knife goes in between the grates. If you don’t clean the underside of the grate every day bacteria will build up super quick because they drip underneath. I read this blog post, and I was convinced.

My son made a smoothie with my new strawberry tool (why didn’t I have this before?) but there were little berry tops in the sink next to the mug I wasn’t ready to wash yet. It was such a joy to take my little handle sponge, sweep it all into the disposal while cleaning my sink in two seconds WITH ONE HAND.

I’m FREE.

Tell me: Are you pro grate or anti grate, and why?