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Professional Hood Cleaning Services

April 16, 2025

We offer professional hood and ventilation cleaning services. Our team ensures your kitchen is clean, safe, and compliant with health codes.

Below: Professional Hood Cleaning Services — explained the way our crews handle the work in the field, written by the Enviroclean Works team in metro Atlanta.

Professional Hood Cleaning Services

Introduction to Hood Cleaning

Whether in your home kitchen or a commercial setting, hood cleaning is an essential practice that plays a pivotal role in maintaining the cleanliness and safety of your cooking environment. Hood cleaning involves the removal of grease that has accumulated inside the ducts, hoods, fans, and vents of exhaust systems of commercial kitchens. Left uncleaned, kitchen exhaust systems eventually accumulate enough grease to become extreme fire hazards. This article provides a comprehensive guide on hood cleaning, its importance, and how to do it effectively.

Understanding the Importance of Hood Cleaning

Before diving into the practical steps of hood cleaning, it is crucial to understand why hood cleaning is so important. Below are the major reasons:

  • Fire Prevention: The grease that accumulates in the hood can easily catch fire in the presence of high heat. Regular hood cleaning reduces the risk of fire.
  • Improved Air Quality: A clean hood ensures that smoke and odors are efficiently vented, providing a more comfortable working environment and better air quality.
  • Compliance with Regulations: In many areas, regular hood cleaning is required by health and fire safety codes.
  • Increased Equipment Lifespan: Regular cleaning can extend the lifespan of your kitchen equipment by preventing corrosion caused by accumulated grease and grime.

How Often Should You Clean Your Hood?

The frequency of hood cleaning depends on the amount and type of cooking done in the kitchen. For instance, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a system serving solid fuel cooking operations should be inspected monthly, a system serving high-volume cooking operations, such as 24-hour cooking, charbroiling, or wok cooking, should be inspected quarterly, a system serving moderate-volume cooking operations should be inspected semi-annually, and a system serving low-volume cooking operations, such as churches, day camps, seasonal businesses, or senior centers, should be inspected annually.

DIY Hood Cleaning: A Step-by-Step Approach

If you opt to do the cleaning yourself, here are the steps you should follow:

Step 1: Preparation

Before you start, ensure you have the necessary cleaning supplies. These may include a commercial-grade degreaser, scrub brushes, a plastic scraper, a bucket, and protective wear such as rubber gloves and goggles.

Step 2: Remove the Filters

Most hoods have removable filters. Take these out and soak them in a degreaser solution.

Step 3: Apply the Degreaser

Apply your commercial-grade degreaser to the interior of the hood. Be sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions regarding dilution and application.

Step 4: Scrub the Hood

Using a scrub brush, thoroughly clean the interior of the hood. Pay special attention to areas with thick, stubborn grease buildup.

Step 5: Rinse and Dry

Once you have scrubbed the entire surface, rinse off the degreaser using clean water. After that, dry the hood thoroughly to prevent rust.

Step 6: Clean the Filters

Scrub the filters that have been soaking in the degreaser solution, rinse, and let them dry before reinstalling them.

Hiring a Professional Hood Cleaning Service

While DIY hood cleaning can be effective for home kitchens, commercial kitchens often require the expertise of a professional cleaning service. Professional services have access to advanced tools and equipment that can thoroughly clean every part of the exhaust system, including hard-to-reach ductwork and fans. They are also familiar with local fire codes and health regulations, ensuring your kitchen remains compliant.

The process of professional hood cleaning involves:

  • Inspection: A thorough inspection of the system to assess the level of grease buildup and identify potential issues.
  • Cleaning: A comprehensive cleaning of the hood, ductwork, and fans using high-powered equipment and commercial-grade degreasers.
  • Quality Check: After cleaning, the system is inspected again to ensure all grease and grime have been removed.

Additionally, professional services often provide before and after photos, detailed reports, and certificates of compliance for insurance and regulatory purposes.

Conclusion: Keep Your Kitchen Safe and Clean with Regular Hood Cleaning

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Services this guide applies to

If you would rather have this handled by a crew, these are the services we run in commercial kitchens.

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Guides worth reading before you book

Written from twenty years of cleaning commercial kitchens in Georgia, these guides cover the questions we get asked on almost every quote.

More on the hood cleaning blog and in our article archive.

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About Enviroclean Works

Enviroclean Works is a commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning company working across metro Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia. Our crews clean hoods, filters, grease ducts, exhaust fans and rooftop grease containment to NFPA 96 standards, then leave behind before-and-after photos, a service sticker and a report your fire inspector and insurance carrier will accept. We work after close so the cook line is ready for the next shift, and we schedule restaurants, schools, hospitals, hotels, food trucks, ghost kitchens and apartment amenity kitchens on the cleaning frequency their volume actually requires.

Every quote is scoped from your equipment, roof access and cooking volume rather than a flat price list. Send your kitchen details through the quote form on any page and we will come back with the scope, the schedule and the price.