RESTAURANT & RESIDENTIAL
KITCHEN CLEANING
Action Duct's kitchen cleaning for commercial restaurants and residences involves the thorough removal of grease, oil, and debris to ensure fire safety, hygiene, and optimal air quality.
Restaurant & Residential Kitchen Cleaning
Action Duct provides a range of commercial restaurant cleaning services and kitchen exhaust cleaning for commercial and residential kitchens. Since our inception in 1978, we have provided kitchen exhaust cleaning services to thousands of restaurants, keeping them compliant and delivering a pristine environment.
- Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
- Hood Cleaning
- Indoor & Outdoor Power Washing
- Commercial Deep Fryer Cleaning
- Refrigerator & Freezer Cleaning
- Commercial Oven Cleaning
- Dishwasher Exhaust Cleaning
- HVAC Cleaning
Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
By law, kitchen exhaust cleaning is required for virtually every commercial cooking establishment in the United States. Restaurants, hospitals, hotels, employee cafeterias and other food service locations have a hood and ductwork over the stove to exhaust smoke, steam, and fumes out of the building.
These exhaust gasses leave a residue on the inside of the ductwork. Heavy grease buildup, whether in a restaurant or home, creates a fire hazard.
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Grease Fire Preparation - Avoid Disasters
Approximately one of three restaurant and residential kitchen fires is caused by grease. A common scenario of how a kitchen exhaust fire starts is this:
- A flame flares up on the stove.
- The fire contacts the filters above the stove on the kitchen hood. The filters ignite.
- Since the exhaust fan is on, drawing air into the hood, through the filters, and up the duct, the flame on the filters is pulled into the duct.
- If significant grease residue exists on the duct interior, this can act as an accelerant and the fire spreads up the duct, perhaps all the way into the fan. We have seen fire climb up a ten-story duct to the fan on the roof and burn up the fan.
What Type of Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Services Are There?
There are two primary methods of cleaning kitchen grease exhaust, depending on your needs or requirements of local fire authorities:
- Scraping
- Pressure washing or steam cleaning
Scraping is more economical and is highly effective when done thoroughly. Scraping of restaurant & residential kitchen duct systems complies with the Uniform Fire Code which is the governing fire code of the state of California.
Pressure washing or steam cleaning is more costly and time consuming, since it requires considerable prep work to control waste water and more expensive equipment is involved. However, this method will clean ductwork more thoroughly, particularly hard-to-reach areas found in a small number of exhaust systems. This is why pressure washing may be required by local regulations.
How Often Should a Restaurant Kitchen Exhaust Be Cleaned?
Recommended cleaning frequency depends on the type of cooking establishment:
- 30 days: Wood-burning or charcoal-burning stoves, charbroilers, 24-hour restaurants and some hamburger places
- 60 days: Many hamburger restaurants and fast-food locations
- 90 days: Average restaurant, employee cafeteria, hotel or hospital kitchen
- 180 days: Pizza places, convalescent hospitals or small snack bars
- 1 year: Hoods over non-grease-creating appliances, such as steam kettles, dishwashers or soup vats
The Importance of IKECA Membership
Proper kitchen exhaust cleaning is critical to fire prevention. Improper grease exhaust cleaning can pose extreme risks, as described in this article by Catersource®.
Action Duct is certified by the International Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Association (IKECA). IKECA members are committed to a thorough cleaning of the entire exhaust system, from the hood in the kitchen to the fan on the roof. Members follow the highest cleaning and inspection standards in the industry.
All of our work is guaranteed to pass fire, health, and insurance inspection.
