If you notice an obnoxious smell lingering in your kitchen, your garbage disposal might be the culprit. While some assume these units can handle anything, that's not the case. Some waste inevitably ...

Under-sink view of a kitchen garbage disposal inside a cabinet - wertinio/Shutterstock Walk into any kitchen and there's one thing you expect: the smell of food, not the stench of something rotting in ...

Eddie Linares is a virtual plumbing expert at Frontdoor, a home service provider that specializes in home warranties and repair solutions. Tim Buszka is the head of marketing at Affresh, a brand of ...

Even when we diligently use a sink strainer or garbage disposal, we work our kitchen sink drains hard. Inevitably, food particles, grease, bacteria, and other not-so-lovely things make their way into ...

Garbage disposals might be good for certain cooking scraps, but there are all kinds of items that will destroy the disposal and cause funky smells in your home. Here are the worst foods to put in your ...

I can’t cope in a smelly kitchen, and I know I’m not alone. Whether it’s a stinky trash can or a grimy garbage disposal, there’s only so much you can do with dish soap and a sponge. I’ve been on the ...

A hot garbage smell is caused by higher temperatures and humidity in the air, causing organic waste to decompose faster. Regularly cleaning your garbage can and taking trash out more frequently are ...

Get out the ice cube trays.