A great hood cleaning company follows the kitchen exhaust cleaning process outlined in our other articles.

They clean up all the mess and take extra time to pay attention to problem areas and water buildup under your kitchen equipment.

Any hood cleaning company worth its salt will dry your kitchen hood by hand with a towel or rags. While you’re at it, completely remove all the water from the hood, and then polish it with a stainless steel polish.

If this final process is done correctly, your hood will shine. My men take pride in their work and have competencies on how clearly reflections can be seen on the hood. This can only be achieved with the drying and polishing process.

Access panels should be opened and any large amount of accumulated grease removed by hand. There are a lot of lazy techies out there and this is the first thing that gets skipped over in most cases. This is unfortunate as most restaurant owners do not know how the kitchen exhaust system works. Skipping this part of the cleaning process will eventually create a fire hazard and no one needs it. Especially when it’s easy to avoid.

Fans must be flipped over to access fan blades for cleaning. Most kitchen exhaust fires start with the fan. What happens is that if laden grease vapors build up on the fan blades and a bearing becomes loose or the fan blades become dislodged during normal operation, sparks can be generated which in turn ignites the grease. If this happens, say goodbye to your restaurant, as the fat burns so much that it can destroy almost everything in your kitchen.

That’s why it’s so important that you hire a great hood cleaning company that gets the job done right. I simply cannot stress this fact enough. If you ever want to review the NFPA 96 Codes and Standards, you can view them on my website.

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