Kitchen Hood and exhaust system cleaning

How Grease Buildup Affects Fire Code Compliance in Restaurant Kitchens

How Grease Buildup Affects Fire Code Compliance in Restaurant Kitchens

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...

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Why Restaurant Hood Filters Need More Than a Quick Rinse

Why Restaurant Hood Filters Need More Than a Quick Rinse

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...

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Greasy restaurant kitchen hood showing why full kitchen exhaust system cleaning is needed

Why Restaurants Need Full Kitchen Exhaust System Cleaning, Not Just Hood Cleaning

A stainless-steel hood can look spotless while grease remains farther inside the exhaust system. That distinction matters....
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Commercial rooftop exhaust system connected to kitchen ventilation equipment

How Rooftop Grease Containment Helps Protect Commercial Roofs from Damage

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...
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How Rooftop Exhaust Fans Collect Grease and Affect Kitchen Safety

How Rooftop Exhaust Fans Collect Grease and Affect Kitchen Safety

A restaurant hood can look clean from the kitchen floor and still leave a grease problem above the ceiling. That surprises many operators. The filters have been washed. The stainless...

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Why Surface-Level Hood Cleaning Is Not Enough for Restaurants

Why Surface-Level Hood Cleaning Is Not Enough for Restaurants

A restaurant hood can look clean from the kitchen floor and still have grease building up inside filters, plenums, ductwork, fan areas, and rooftop exhaust components. That hidden grease is...
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Signs Your Commercial Exhaust System Is Not Being Fully Cleaned

Signs Your Commercial Exhaust System Is Not Being Fully Cleaned

If your system has been serviced but grease returns quickly, airflow feels inconsistent, or documentation is vague, there’s a good chance the cleaning was partial. Below are the signs operators...
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How Grease Buildup in Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Systems Increases Fire Risk

How Grease Buildup in Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Systems Increases Fire Risk

Grease buildup inside commercial kitchen exhaust systems is one of the leading causes of preventable kitchen fires in restaurants across Ontario and Canada....
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Communicating with our Customers

Set in a Groove Business change often come slow. We get set in a groove and just spin like an LP record. That’s not to say we are happy with...

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Deep Fried Fiascos

Why we do what we do… Several news agencies reported the August 4th 2022 rooftop fire at Promenade Mall located at Bathurst and Centre Streets in Vaughan Ontario. The 2-alarm...

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