Every hashgacha has +&-.
Yes and yes
SKS is a "hechsher" - Shatz, who concentrates mainly on China. http://www.skskosher.com/From what I hear in the grapevine, not very reliable (unfortunately like most of the new ones that pop up like mushrooms after the rain, to take a piece of the lucrative business of Hechsherim).
Thanks. Should I be doing this step if I plan to cook anything at all with the grill, even if not on a grate, such as roasting marshmallows on a stick?
how about if you buy a new grate, then cover the sides with double layer of aluminum foil so nothing touches, then don't cover the grill?
My first thought is that it should be okay but I need to think it over, but the double layer would still need that there be no b'en under it lichatchila.
even if it's just touching the dry grate on the other side? Assuming you aren't going to deliberately touch your stuff to the aluminum foil
If you are nopt going to stuff up the grill and titems won't touch then you can leave out the but.
Quotes in a signature is annoying, as it comes across as an independent post.
So Yoreh Deah you typically answer?
Yes, as is well know around here and the reason why I added the disclaimer in a case where I don't.
Nice! Where did you get semicha?
I am a talmid of R' SM Katz and he sends people to me and I have filled in for him in BMG and have a slot answering his phone (although I have taken a break from that this zman)
So what’s your stance on toiveling a Keurig machine? If it does require tevila, what solution do you advise? I’ve never been given a straight answer on this and my wife’s present has been languishing in the closet..
I just toveled an urn with a pump. How long do I need to leave it to dry
Until it's dry.A week in the sun should do it. If you can, unscrew what ever you are confident you can get back together.
If you're handy, wouldn't unscrewing/taking apart and putting together render the toiveling unnecessary?
I heard in the name of R' Elyashiv that no amount of unscrewing renders toveling unnecessary. Unsoldering a connection would. Otherwise breaking and fixing would.