A fire-safety review is not only about whether a restaurant hood looks clean from the cook line. Inspectors, insurers, landlords, and facility teams may need evidence that the exhaust system...

A kitchen exhaust problem rarely chooses a convenient time to announce itself. Smoke starts lingering during dinner service. Staff notice a grease smell that will not clear. A leak appears...

A restaurant can have a well-kept dining room, an orderly kitchen and a hood that looks reasonably clean, yet still have a maintenance problem above the cooking line. Grease produced...

Hood filters are the only part of a commercial kitchen exhaust system that most staff handle directly, and the part most often dealt with at speed at the end of...

A stainless-steel hood can look spotless while grease remains farther inside the exhaust system. That distinction matters....

A clean kitchen hood does not automatically mean the roof above it is protected. Grease can continue travelling through the exhaust system and reach the rooftop fan. From there, it...