Put Away Leftovers

⚠️ Status: TESTED & COMPATIBLE with the September 22nd, 2026 Patch (PC/Mac: 1.128.90)

Does your kitchen fill up with forgotten serving dishes no one bothered to put away? Put Away Leftovers makes your Sims behave like real people: household members will autonomously store stale group meal dishes in the fridge, keeping your kitchen clean without any micromanagement!

Why You Need This

If you play with cooking and group meals, you've seen it: a loaded serving dish sits on the counter all day, spoiling, while your Sims walk right past it. This mod fixes that by quietly pushing a nearby Sim to store it in the fridge - so you don't have to remind them.

How It Works

Every 30 sim minutes, the mod scans the lot for group serving dishes that have gone stale (freshness at or below 100) and queues an eligible Sim to put them away. The mod functions on residential and rental lots, not on community lots.

Sim selection logic:

Only Teen and older Sims are eligible
Neat-trait Sims are prioritized
Slob-trait Sims are never pushed
Teens are less likely to be chosen unless they have the Neat trait
Items set for retail sale are never touched
Items outside the active lot boundary are not targeted

Requirements

The Sims 4 (base game only, no packs required)

Installation

Download deadlystingnyc_put_away_leftovers.zip
Drop the unzipped folder into your Mods folder: Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods/
Launch the game and make sure Script Mods are enabled

Troubleshooting

Enable cheats with testingcheats true, then use any of these console commands:

Something not working? Drop a comment below, I'm actively maintaining this mod and happy to help.

Compatibility

Does not override any tuning or game resources - should be compatible with most other mods

Also available on CurseForge if you prefer that platform.