The leftovers are warming, the guests are gone -- but for some, the day after Thanksgiving brings one more visitor to the house: A plumber.
That day each year, plumbers' workloads normally double as they head out to clean kitchen sink drains and repair backed-up toilets taxed by extra people in the house for the holiday.
Cheryl Black of Melbourne had cooked up the perfect Turkey Day feast for five on Thursday.
"I was peeling potatoes, and I didn't feel like putting them in the trash, because I was in a hurry and stressing and trying to finish," Black said. "So I just shoved them down in there, and my sink got clogged up."
Then her garbage disposal broke.
That's when Black and her husband, Tom, found themselves part of a yearly day-after-Thanksgiving tradition: calling a plumber.
"We are here to clean some potato peels out of a drain, and we are going to have to go up on the roof for this one," said Sun Plumbing veteran repairman Mark Clifford, who came to the Blacks' home.
Clifford is one of many plumbers who find themselves on the go on Black Friday, just hours after family feasts and gatherings wrap up.
A repair bill is going to be written and issued, along with some advice: Don't put food waste, such as peels or rinds, down the drain.
"It's not a garbage can, it's a kitchen sink," Clifford said.
For Black, she and her husband consider it a lesson learned, but they're grateful an expert could come out so their holiday meal didn't cost any more than it did.
Plumbers say to avoid drain backups, put all food scraps in the trash instead of the disposal. An annual pipe cleaning is also recommended.