I have a double bowl and still dry things on a towel on the counter beside the sink...

I suppose you'd call mine more of a 1 3/4, since one side is appreciably larger than the other. I wanted to be able to soak a cookie sheet, roasting pan, or lasagna pan, so wanted room for them to lie flat. One side of my sink is large enough for that.

I have always been a dbl bowl over single bowl fan, but now that I have a prep sink, I think I wish I'd chosen differently. Before, I wanted to be sure I could use one side for food prep without working over dirty dishes. Now that I have the prep sink I think I wish I'd gotten a Silgranite SuperSingle (and still may change) so that I can soak and wash my large skillet and the underpans from my rangetop, which are 24" long.

I have a large single bowl with a shelf half way up and a colander tray that sits on top on one side. I don't wash much by hand but when I do I wash them on the left and either put them on the colander tray to drain which is on the right or take it out and put them on the rack that is half way up the sink. I could fill the sink half way or less if I needed to and still put items to drain on the rack or the collander. If I need the full size of the sink, I can remove all shelf racks and the colander and fill it up.

They also make it without the narrowing on one side, just a large rectangular sink with the shelf, as well.

Sue

My DH is the main cleanup person and he wanted a double bowl sink b/c of how he cleans up...soaks utensils & flatware in one side, rinses dishes or washes big pans on the other side.

Our old kitchen had an equal-sized 2-bowl sink with each bowl approx 17" wide. That size was too small for cookie sheets, roasting pans, etc. and too big for soaking the utensils & flatware. So, when it came time to pick a sink for our new kitchen we knew we needed something different.

We looked at several sinks and realized that the 1 & 3/4 sink would be perfect. We ended up with one that has a 21-3/8" bowl & 10-1/2" bowl...and it's been great! The large bowl not only fits all our cookie sheets, pans, etc. flat, but it also holds a large # of dishes. The small bowl is not only perfect for soaking utensils & flatware, but it's also big enough to wash most dishes if we wanted to and our largest pot fits in it for filling (although we have a prep sink we usually use for that).

The point I'm trying to make is that w/2 bowls we have the flexibility to multi-task w/o a dishpan (which would have to be stored somewhere) or other accessory. We have, I think, the best of both worlds! Here are some pics...

Small bowl:

Large bowl:

The large bowl holds a lot!

Here is a link that might be useful: Ticor S405D Sink

It really does come down to how you use it. I don't do many dishes by hand and certainly wouldn't need a separate sink just to soak utensils and flatware because they go into the DW. A quick rinse under hot water is the most they would usually get before going in there and even that is not usually necessary. IF I went with 2 sinks, which I almost did because that is what I was used to, I would personally prefer the largest two equal bowls I could fit. There are a number now that can each fit a cookie sheet flat in the bottom. Some people do use a dish pan or drainer, but I don't really like either. However, I am not one who likes to hand wash dishes. I will fill a large pot individually with soap and water and wash and rinse it, I will even put a few things inside the pot I used to cook if they need to soak while I load the DW. But if I regularly had so many dishes I needed to do a sink full by hand in addition to using the DW, I would focus more on finding room for a second DW. :)

There really is NO "right" or "wrong" with whatever your clean up procedure is, and some people are more flexible in adapting their habits to make best use of whatever equipment they have, be it single, double, equal double, 1 1/2, 1 3/4 or whatever, and others are very adamant that they don't want to change those things and become very frustrated if the type of sink does not fit what they already do. Only you know where you fit in there.

Since you want to go with a Silgranit, and it sounds like you regularly do at least some dishes by hand, you might like the double better. Esp. since the Silgranit is not available with a built-in shelf that you could still use to drain dishes with the large single.

How big a sink base will you have? That will narrow your options as to which silgranit sinks you even have to choose from.

This issue has actually been discussed many times, although some of them have probably fallen off the board by now. Here is one and also maybe do a search for this forum only on "single or double sinks"

Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: sink discussion

Thank you, Sue,
I currently have a double SS (33 X 22) and a single SS (25 X 22) in a back entry next to the kitchen. I do a lot of pre-wash on heavily soiled pots right now but it might be because my DW is ancient. I'm hoping a new one will solve that problem. I've about decided to keep them both the way they are...I can still drain things in the double and wash big things in the single. Thanks for your ideas....you were a big help. And thank you for the link.
Pam

I recommend going with a double bowl sink and with the smallest available bowl for the disposer. When we used a large single bowl, you have to constantly move the food waste from the edges of the sink to the disposal opening. It is a pain plus a waste of water if you use the faucet to help you move the food waste.

Here is a link that might be useful: Designer Plumbing Outlet's Master Plumber