Why should you have your restaurant hoods cleaned regularly?

Grease build-up can obviously lead to fires, resulting in costly damages and downtime. However, grease build-up can also damage your restaurant exhaust system and severely reduce the life-cycle. Commercial kitchen exhaust systems can cost thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars to replace.

Other issues caused by dirty kitchen exhaust systems include poor ventilation, grease dripping onto food or equipment, and bad odors. Health Inspectors may fine your restaurant or commercial kitchen if they notice these issues.

What is included with our annual kitchen exhaust cleaning?

Your kitchen exhaust system will be thoroughly cleaned and restored to “like new” conditions following all standards and guidelines set forth by the International Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Association and in compliance with NFPA 96.

• Fan cleaning includes the fan blades, fan housings, the discharge ductwork and the outside screens. 
• Exhaust ductwork cleaning includes the vertical riser, and all exhaust ductwork, taps, louvers, filters, grease track, hoods and canopies. 
• The tile walls behind the equipment will be wiped down with degreaser and rags.  Some equipment cannot be moved out from the wall, so we will do our best to reach behind it.
• The cleaning process includes a combination of the scraping the surfaces to remove excess build-up of grease, wet wiping, and power washing with a grease cutting solution. 
• Photo-documentation with before and after photographs that will be submitted.