If at least one of the bowls in a double isn't big enough for things like that roaster, I'd get the single. A double that can hold a roaster takes up a huge amount of counter space so you really have to want it! (And you probably can't even find a farm sink that ginormous.)

A big single can act like a double when you need it with a dishpan.

I've always had 2 bowl sinks. With our recent kitchen remodel we went with one. I love it!! I can't imagine ever going back to two.

I went with 2 for my remodel simply because I'd always had a double bowl and hadn't found GardenWeb yet. Now I would like to replace it with a single. My next sink will be single.

There are so many different opinions on this - but I prefer a single large bowl. I switched from a double bowl to a large sink basin for cleanup and a separate prep sink on the other side of the kitchen. No regrets - I'd do it again.

I hope I prefer a single, because that's what I just got. No plumbing yet so I don't know yet!

Single all the way. I keep a small gray tub from Ikea in my farm sink that is perfect for holding utensils and soaking small items.

No one will ever complain their sink is too big. go single!

Always had the standard double, going with a 30" wide single apron front. I also wondered about the transition from a double to a single but wanted the advantage of soaking larger items...

Currently we are using a utility sink during the remodel and it's only 22" wide, and I use a dishpan inside it to wash dishes (more convenient than one might imagine). However, when I need to soak something larger, I appreciate the little bit of extra width. Sure am looking forward to my single bowl 30" wide, with no regrets or concerns now : )

My childhood home had a large single bowl sink, and I remember my mom re-did the kitchen in the '80's (showing my age). The new double bowl stainless steel sink seemed to be a new Thing at the time, and so our new kitchen was cutting edge (also had Corian which was the latest thing at the time too). But the 2-bowl sink never seemed as easy to work with as the previous single bowl sink. I've had several apartments since then, and most have had 2-bowl sinks; I've never been happy with any of them. Always banging into the danged divider. This kitchen I installed a 30" single bowl. I love it! So much elbow room and freedom of movement when you are up to your elbows at the sink, especially at holidays like Thanksgiving. Will never go back to a double bowl sink.

I have a large family, and cook a lot. I put in a low divide sink, and it’s perfect. My kids know not to dump dishes in the small side while we wait for the dishwasher to finish. I use a very large le creuset pot regularly, and it fits nicely.

We moved from a house that had a single sink to a house with a double sink and I HATE it. The old house was built in the 70’s and the sink was original to it so it wasn’t as big as the ones you can buy today...and even then, I miss it!

I like the size of my single but I miss the two bowl where I would have my drying dish rack. I always have a dish rack and being in a bowl seemed to minimize it a bit. If I had another kitchen which was bigger and could design a custom kitchen sink. Two bowl. One side can fit a large dish drying rack and is very deep like 15" (hide the stuff) and the other 9" deep and at least 17" by 20 inner :-)

I replaced my double bowl with a single in last year's renovation, and I love it. I find I don't really need two different compartments, and (thinking back) I realized I never used the two sides for different things anyway.

Large single sink all the way!!! One can still soak a pot in the corner of the sink - it's the INSIDE of the pot you're soaking, not the outside.

I recently installed a workstation sink after adamantly stating I would never have a single bowl and absolutely love it. There are several brands and it seems to offer the best of both worlds. Something to consider. I like being able to use my cutting board right over the sink and also the like the built in strainer.

Double bowls but 60/40 or 70/30 with a low divide! I had double even sized bowls with a high divide and hated them. So much of the choice depends on how you use your sink.

Single bowl for sure. Honestly, i hate non-single sinks so much that i cannot even comprehend that there are people who prefer double bowl (or even low dividers).

We went to a single bowl in our remodel and it is one of my favorite things about the kitchen! It is big enough to fit cookie sheets and large skillets and deep enough you don’t see dishes sitting in it. We have a roll up drying rack that we put over about a third of it when we handwash. I mainly hand wash pots and pans and some knives, and I either just wash a big pot first and then fill it to wash the knives or, if we are doing a lot of washing, use a dish pan. I would never go back to a double sink by choice.

I just installed a single bowl sink. I LOVE it. I also use a roll up rack on top.

Daisy S, I've never heard of not being able to use the garbage disposal while the dishwasher is running... I think you've had some weird setups.

I absolutely want access to my garbage disposal while having dishes in the dishwater..

I was going to say what Robinimorris said. I don't really understand Daisy S's statement. As a matter of fact, I think that the single bowl sink is an advantage regarding a garbage disposal. With a 2-bowl sink, one drain will not have a garbage disposal, and icky slimy stuff gets in the strainer/stopper, and needs to be dumped onto the other side where the disposal is. Sometimes that stuff gets by the strainer, and can cause a clog. I'd rather have one drain with a disposal in it. That is just an extra pro for me for a 1-bowl sink.

I prefer single. I only soak grates occasionally, and not at the same time as meal prep. Other pots and dishes that need a soak have their interior filled, only. I never fill my sink with water for hand-washing, which I try to keep at a minimum anyway to reduce water usage. In our case, the disposal is rarely used. Plates can be scraped into the trash and produce scraps are composted.

I have a regular double bowl in the rental and I hate it. Skillets, sautés, roasters don't sit flat and the larger pieces end up balanced between the counter and divide. It feels awkward to wash a lot of produce, which I do almost every day. I just find it limiting, in general.

I think an unequal split with a low divide is a great option.

We use our garbage disposal a fair amount but I haven’t ever needed it while actiely washing dishes. All of our plate and dinner clean up is generally done before I hand wash anything, and I can do most hand washing in a pot that gets washed first anyway so I rarely (if ever) have the sink filled with water.

Large and deep single with offset drain, love it!

This is one of those things that's a personal preference.

Like a few others above, we prefer a 2-bowl sink. We deliberately selected it despite everyone saying not to. We have never regretted our choice!

The key to a 2-bowl sink, as others have also stated, is the sizing. Unless your sink is enormous, don't get one with equal-size bowls -- 70/30 and 60/40 work much better. The unequal bowls allow you to have one bowl that is large and one that is small and you use them according to your need at the time. I sometimes wonder if the people who so adamantly loathe a double-bowl were only exposed to those 50/50 sinks -- even in a 36" wide sink base, they're too small or too large for the majority of sink tasks.

Another consideration: If you have two sinks in your kitchen, you have, in essence, two bowls to work with -- the cleanup sink and the prep sink. This doesn't mean that if you have two sinks you should get a single-bowl cleanup sink nor does it mean that if you have only one sink you should get a double-bowl sink. It's still a matter of personal preference!

Three sizes are key...

• Sink base size -- In my opinion, if you are going to get a double-bowl sink, the minimum sink base size should be 36". Any smaller, and the bowls are going to be too small for most tasks.
• Sink size -- The larger the sink itself, the larger the bowls can be.
• Bowl sizes -- The bowls should be unequal in size, but each size should still be useful. If the smaller bowl is too small to be useful for anything, then you will hate it. Ditto if the larger bowl is too small for larger tasks.

In our case...

• Our sink base is 36" wide
• Our sink's overall dimensions are 35-1/8" x 20-7/8" (Ticor 405D)
• The interior dimensions of the bowls are:
  -- Large bowl: 21-3/8" x 18-3/4" x 9"D
  -- Small bowl: 10.5" x 15-7/8" x 7"D

It works perfectly for our needs:

• The larger bowl is large enough to fit (flat) every pot/pan/cookie sheet I own as well as my vent hood's squirrel cage insert and all my refrigerator shelves and drawers (except the 36" wide one, which wouldn't in the vast majority of single-bowl sinks either).
  We didn't have room to store a dish bin when not in use and I didn't want it sitting on the counter or in the sink when not in use -- it's clutter!
• My DH uses the small bowl to soak silverware w/o having to fill the big side. It's also useful if the large bowl is filled with dishes, b/c the small bowl is usually empty or close to empty.
• The large side is for stacking dirty dishes if the DW isn't available. It holds a lot of dirty dishes! It's also big enough to clean refrigerator components, etc.
• Both fit all my pots for filling, although I usually use my prep sink for that task since it's closer to the cooktop and it has a pull out faucet instead of a pull down (a pull out works better than pull down when I'm filling a pot on the counter so I don't have to lift it up and out of the sink.)

I have occasionally wondered about the low-divide for that rare instance when I clean the 36"W refrigerator shelf in the sink (I usually wipe it down in-place b/c it's so bulky), but it's not enough to make me unhappy with what we have -- I am very happy with my 2-bowl sink!

I was dead set against a single bowl. I really wanted a 70/30 or 60/40 with a low divide. Then I stayed at my SIL’s and realized that the small bowl was worthless to me. It’s not good for anything but silverware. Using it with water is messy. So in effect you end up with a small drying rack. I’d rather have my drying rack separate so I can put it away.

I realized my issue with single bowl sinks were due to the fact that they were crummy apartment sinks and very shallow and filled up quickly when I cooked. I don’t use a dishpan (one more thing to clean and then store under the sink.) When I do need to hand wash dishes, I fill a small container that already needs washing with soapy water and use that.