Didn’t realize this was a thing, but lol!

I’m guessing the point of it is a lot like those master bedrooms that are so vast that people have to start dilemmas on Houzz to ask “how do I fill up the space in our (too) large bedroom?”

Makes no sense to me either. A 30”-36” sink seems like plenty.

Sink companies can make a lot of money from selling those sinks. To sell them, they place advertisements and do other sorts of promotions. People see those ads and promotions. Retailers can make a lot of money from selling those sinks. So they devote store space to them. People see those sinks and buy them.

It is all about the Benjamins. I went from a 30" sink to a 33" workstation sink about a year ago, and I am not convinced that was a good idea.

There's no explaining fads. For a while, gray floors were a fad that made no sense either. So now are "handmade zellige" tiles that people cannot stand the unevenness after install. Once upon a time it was cheap mango wood twee British Colonial tables from Bombay Company. Geese with blue ribbons everywhere. Or orange shag carpet. On the walls. Go all the way back to the red cherries on kitchen linens and red and white checkerboard floors. Etc.

People want to feel relevant and to belong, and follow along, rather than examine their own needs, likes, and preferences. "What's in style" is a constant question. "What's dated" is another. There's a vast ocean outside that.

I’d like a big sink in a utility room! A place to rinse off stuff, wash the litterbox and the Christmas tree stand, maybe even the cat, soak big stuff, put a dishpan in and still have room in the sink. I had one of those old concrete double sinks in my last house laundry room. When I wanted a bit of counterspace and storage instead, and thought I wanted a normal sink, my handyman would not take out the original sink. He said I would hate him for doing it! I had someone else do it, and while I don’t hate the first guy, I sure do wish I had that big beast of a sink now.

In the kitchen? not so much, we don’t cook that way, or with that many people in the kitchen.

Many of the really large one have multi-level ledges for inserts that essentially create countertop areas in the sink, and they are usually shown with parts of the sink covered at any given time.

“Many of the really large one have multi-level ledges for inserts that essentially create countertop areas in the sink, and they are usually shown with parts of the sink covered at any given time.”

So, you’re taking away counterspace…in order to create counterspace? 🤔

And, when not using the inserts, you’ve got to store them…someplace?

I am not promoting it, necessarily, but yes. The various components create countertop areas right over/in the sink with the idea I guess that you are prepping right on cutting boards or whatever and can sweep everything into the sink into the disposal. And there are bowl inserts and drying rack inserts, and tub inserts and serving inserts and a bunch of other things. I am assuming a lot of a 60" sink is being utilized as prep space/countertop at any given time, and rarely is the entire 60" length of the sink left open and used just as a sink.

I admit, at one point when planning my kitchen I was thinking about getting or making the equivalent of a darkroom sink - enormously wide but shallow, like this image Darkrooms USA: Photographic Darkroom Design, Supply and Install (darkroomsinc.com) - and doing the "workstation sink" thing with boards and racks and tubs. It seemed edgy and cool, and everyone would know that I am A Real Serious Cook (puffs up chest). After more thought it seemed like a pointless pain in the rear. I prep on big cutting boards, sweep food debris into the sink, put the board away, done. I started looking more at commercial kitchens - where serious cooks actually work - and seeing they don't have gimmicky Transformer sinks. Eventually Real Serious Cook started sounding like Real Serious Kook and I got over the idea. Oh, and $7,000 for a sink . . . more for a seven-footer.

Isn't it great that we have all these different options? I don't really care if someone thinks they need a 60" sink or if someone else thinks that a 24" sink is big enough. To each their own.

in the previous house I installed a 30" sink, but hated having a drying rack on the counter.

Solved that in the new house by doing a 30" sink with an integrated 18" drainboard, so my sink opening is 48". Rarely do I think that I could use a bit more space than 30", specially when chasing down bits of food into the corner drain!

The DW sits under the drainboard, so I didn't need a huge sink cabinet. It did require planning and checking details regularly with all the subs to make sure everything would fit properly.

We have spent the good part of a decade obsessing over tiling entire walls of our kitchens and needed a new and costly trend to focus on. You need more space, multiple faucets, big sinks, and whole lines of accessories - trays, cutting boards, bowls to go with these lap pools. So many vendors can profit off of this one! They will become the free standing tubs of the kitchen in 6 years.

I have a 32 inch sink. It is the perfect size for us. We use a drying mat instead of a rack. I wouldn't need anything larger than what I have. I can see for some people how really big sinks could be useful like beesneeds who does harvesting and processing and chispa who didn't want a draining rack on her counter. But I think for most people those giant sinks really aren't needed.

As far as workstation sinks go they are not for me. It would drive me mad moving all those accessories around.

My mom cooked dinners for the extended family every night (matriarch of a large PA Dutch family). She usually fed 14+ people every evening. My aunts came over and they canned fruits and vegetables, made jam and jellies, canned sauerkraut and pickles. I can't imagine people making much more food than was prepared in that kitchen. She managed this with a double sink that was larger than many - one side could fit a full size cookie sheet laying in the bottom (a full size cookie sheet is 26x18). The other side was smaller - I would guess about 18x18 or 19x19 and not as deep. I am going to guess that the two together were probably 48 inches wide.

I can and make jams and jellies, but don't put up near the amount of food my mom put up. I can work just fine with a 33" 2/3rd 1/3rd double sink. I do need a double sink vs a single sink so I can do multiple tasks at the same time.

Can't imagine a need for anything larger than 48" and that is only for the truly active cooks prepping tons of food.

I dont have a particularly big sink because I have a small kitchen.

But I sometimes wish I had two Faucets.

Had I don't stainless counters instead of Formica which required a top mount sink I would possibly done a faucet at each end.

You can fall into a trend trap, or you can do what makes sense for you. The glam of "workstation" gigantic sinks? I have yet to install one. Half of the crap that comes with them can be bought at your local Target or Williams Sonoma.

None of us can tell you what to want, to like, or if you should adapt any trend to suit you. You'll notice I have not used the word "Fad" which I consider gigantic sinks to be. Along with the junk that comes with them. jmho.

Will you see posts here from folks who have one or love them ? Certainly! Are you any of those folks? : )

Noted..... have a galley, with a Blanco under mounted 21 x 19 sink. I've made everything from Chocolate mousse needing ten different bowls, to Holiday dinners and Pot roasts. .......using that sink. So......my opinion probably counts NOT as I prep, clean cook, clean as I go. I don't pile.