Apparatus and method for washing pots and pans

A sink having a front wall, a rear wall, an opposed pair of sidewalls, and vertically-extending corner sections connecting the front and rear walls to the sidewalls. A pump circulates cleaning fluid withdrawn from the sink to at least one nozzle located in each corner section of the sink to create a whirlpool circulation pattern within the sink. The corner sections are formed as chamfers, or are rounded, and each nozzle is directed to emit a flow of cleaning fluid substantially parallel to and closely along an adjacent one of the front, rear and sidewalls of the sink. Preferably, the flows of cleaning fluid are directed within two to three inches of the adjacent one of the front, rear and sidewalls of the sink. A method of washing pots and pans is also disclosed.