I hate plumbing

We made it through yesterday's party without being able to wash dishes -- the kitchen sink wasn't draining. It still wasn't draining after I spent all yesterday morning with the snake, and such measures as dumping several pots of boiling water down it. And snaked out the 2" drain from the outside cleanout. I thought.

Before you ask, no, we didn't try chemical measures. Some of the chemicals are bad for iron pipes, and the rest are bad for PVC -- we have both. In series.

( dirty story cut to protect the squeamish )

Turns out there were at least three major clogs in the 2" behind the one I cleared out yesterday.