Can I pour hot grease down the garbage disposal?

I wouldn’t. When it cools, it will clog the drain and collect in the trap. Let it cool and put it in a can in the trash.

Yeah but that’s like… more work.

You can do anything you want.

PupnTaco’s idea isn’t as much work as getting a plumber to unclog your greased coated pipes would be.

(No!)
You can’t pour hot grease down a drain for a lot of reasons, and in many states it’s illegal. (Which is why restaurants have grease traps.) It clogs not only YOUR drains, but the public waste water system as well (resulting in money spent having to fix them, as well as damaging water treatment plants).
Not to mention, if you do pour grease down the drain it will collect, solidify, rot, and then STINK your house up. Putting it in a can and then letting it cool is really not a lot of work.

My ten y/o old poured melted wax down the drain and washed it down with cold water and there was no problems…..............................for about 10 seconds. Hot grease and melted wax will respond about the same to going down the drain. DON’T!

NO! Why is pouring grease into a can harder than pouring said grease into sink?. Keep can in freezer and you can reuse it until full. If you have a septic system, there will also be a mess. And remember what plumbers charge per/hour and how unreliabie they are.

I dunno I just though it would be fine since it was a disposal. I’m wrong.

Just use some old oil cans, pour it into there. How much grease are we talking? Is this like, grease from a deep fat frier, or just a bit of grease from a pan? Grease from a pan is fine down the drain, obviously.

Grease from a pan. It’s not like I’m running a McDonald’s out of my kitchen.

Hahaha! Even grease from a pan should be disposed of properly, and even if you do have a disposal. (I wish we had a disposal, technically they’re illegal in NYC for just this very reason…..)

I HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS, I GUESS I’VE BEEN LUCKY NO PROBLEMS. I RUN HOT WATER AND POUR GREASE FROM A PAN INTO THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL. MY HUSBAND THINKS I SHOULD USE A CAN!!

Yeah. I do it too. No problems yet. I rent so who cares.