Kitchen Faucets

There are a range of choices when choosing what kitchen faucet you want in your kitchen. Kitchen faucets can range from:

Traditional fixed faucets (also called a bridge faucet)

A traditional fixed faucet is one that does not have a spray head attachment on the main faucet head. Some fixed faucets have hot and cold water taps and some have just faucet with a handle to adjust for hot and cold. I recommend a fixed faucet with just one handle to adjust for hot and cold, as it’s easier to get the correct temperature. Fixed faucets generally don’t have a spray attachment attached to them but you can get one as an accessory. Of all the types of faucets, fixed faucets are the most expensive.

Faucet with spray attachments

This is my recommendation for the kosher kitchen. Having a spray attachment is so useful to clean up the debris that usually remains after kitchen clean up. Faucets with spray attachments for some reason happen to be the cheapest option. In my book that’s a win-win.

Touchless faucet

The touchless faucets are great because you don’t have to touch the handles with grimy hands. However, touchless faucets have an electrically powered sensor which can be problematic for Shabbat and holiday use.  They are also significantly more expensive.

For this reason in a kosher kitchen it probably makes the most practical and economic sense to have a kitchen faucet with a spray attachment that does not have a sensor. The spray attachment is useful in cleaning up whatever debris remains after washing.

A water dispenser faucet is useful to have if you want to have filtered water from your sink. 

To sum it all up: