Instant Pot Cooking Liquids Disposal

[Hoopy Frood]

I don't think it's bashing, no more than people suggesting that towing a heavy 5th wheel with a half-ton truck is a bad idea. People disagree with a bad idea, and note the reasons why.

 

[WhittleBurner]

Larry, I see those signs all the time, we frequent State and Federal campgrounds and see those signs everyplace.
We pulled into one of our fav spots back in the woods and someone left meat to rot in the firepit..talk about stink.

If there is no rain to wash the fluids and filter them into the ground it begins to stink as well. Not to mention the bears that are attracted by the food smells..

 

[stroguy]

Bears yes but what about an even more annoyance? Flies? Sticking your waste in double seal bag, freeze it and can it and the next day? Not so difficult. Or put it in the black tank and do an immediate dump and rinse?

 

[AZMike]

:rant on

Until you've camp hosted for a season you can't really appreciate all of the negative views on the subject, not to mention the negative impact on the environment. We have seen it all, and we're not sure we will ever do a camp host gig again. We like to volunteer and help out, but some people are just disgusting and don't care. They use their fire pit as their trash and garbage can instead of bringing it to the dumpster like they should, left for us to clean up their mess.

:rant off

I've said enough, and won't comment again.

 

[Linndoren]

Baking soda

Baking soda will absorb it, pour in baking soda and stir till you have a thick paste then put in the trash. Supposed to do it for sticks and bricks too to prevent fathers in sewers.

 

[Hoopy Frood]

Baking soda will absorb it, pour in baking soda and stir till you have a thick paste then put in the trash. Supposed to do it for sticks and bricks too to prevent fathers in sewers.

It'll keep your Dad out of the dumps?

 

[Linndoren]

It'll keep your Dad out of the dumps?

Stoopid autocorrect. I meant fat bergs. But hey it might keep your dad out who knows lol.

 

[RickLight]

We have a kitchen sink only gray tank, so there aren't other considerations.

Everything but bacon fat goes into it, including all the dish washing water. (We don't deep fry...) What comes out at the dump is extremely soapy and not troublesome to any drain.

I don't buy OP's opening line that fats can't go into the tank.

I grew up throwing camp dish water into the bushes. There are twice as many people on the earth today and they all seen to camp!

 

[AZMike]

I grew up throwing camp dish water into the bushes.

You obviously were never a Boy Scout.

 

[RickLight]

You obviously were never a Boy Scout.

But I was, and we were very environmentally aware. The bushes were the only option.

 

[OshawaDave]

I dump my slow cooker and any pans with grease into my fire pit

Same here .....all food waste goes into fire pit, unless we're not having a for a few days, then park garbage cans.

 

[ajg617]

We let the grease harden in instapot or slow cooker and put it in a shopping bag for the dumpster - then dump the juices in kitchen sink with plenty of dawn. Do the same at home because septic systems don't like leftover chunks of food - even after the insinkerator. Any food to discard (like roaster chicken bones) goes in a baggie in the freezer until I can go to the town dump. I don't even put bagged garbage out in the garage or I'll have maggots crawling all over within a day in this heat.

 

[Bamaman]

When I have liquids to get rid of, I just go out into the woods and sling it. It disappears immediately.

Don't badmouth me. I'm not a litterbug however.

 

[Hoopy Frood]

When I have liquids to get rid of, I just go out into the woods and sling it. It disappears immediately.

Don't badmouth me. I'm not a litterbug however.

Not a litterbug? Because you can't see it anymore? Or just being facetious?

 

[traveldawg]

hey folks - I deleted the last 2 posts.... the OP guessed right - that post was a bit harsh so I took it down. This topic is inflammatory enough as it is.

It's ok to disagree but let's do it with some degree of kindness. And it's OK for something to really bother you; but in the end one has to respect another's choices and opinions wither they in-line with yours or not. The hard part, for all of us, is disagreeing without being offensive.

Wanna vent? Send the moderators a report of the thread or a PM.

carry on.......

 

[TomPanning]

One thing to keep in mind is that there are three times as many people camping now as there were a few decades ago. (In 1978, 17 million households camped; 57 million households camped in 2021.) “That’s the way we’ve always done it” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s still a good idea.

Acceptable methods of dealing with waste have to change when the amount/frequency goes up. As an extreme example, when I’m backpacking, it’s generally “best practice” (i.e., strongly encouraged) to dig a 6-8 inch deep hole and bury human waste. If that was normal behavior at most drive-up campgrounds, they would smell like open sewers within a few months.

 

[Dave & Robin G]

I’m surprised pouring into a fire pit seems acceptable. Depending where you’re camping the concern would be its an animal attractant. Anything from raccoons to bears. I dispose of the liquid at sewer dump drain. If boondocking, I similarly follow recommendation above and store it in another container and dump when I get to a dump site.

 

[OshawaDave]

I’m surprised pouring into a fire pit seems acceptable. Depending where you’re camping the concern would be its an animal attractant. Anything from raccoons to bears. I dispose of the liquid at sewer dump drain. If boondocking, I similarly follow recommendation above and store it in another container and dump when I get to a dump site.

I agree...... still need some common sense. When we camp in areas with animal problems, I toss all garbage, including food into designated cans.
I was at a park one time and the guy before us dumped his used fryer oil into the fire pit, unkown to me. I had a campfirefire the next night.........and stink!