Hood Cleaning Services in Atlanta, GA

You have found the right place if you're looking for a professional cleaner of hoods at fair rates. TruShine Services has a team of highly trained individuals that knows your commercial kitchen inside and out. To ensure that your restaurant is clean and safe, we keep up-to-date on all the relevant codes. This means your risk for kitchen fires will go down and your kitchen staff will perform better and have a more enjoyable work experience in a clean and sanitary kitchen.

You probably know that a kitchen owner who owns a restaurant in Atlanta or a commercial kitchen in Georgia must have their exhaust and hood cleaned on a regular basis.

If you want to keep your business afloat and avoid cooking fires, it is important to clean your exhaust and hood from time to time. Grease buildup and its ignition from heat or other flaming in the restaurant is one of the main causes of restaurant fires. TruShine Services can clean your commercial kitchen. Contract TruShine Services today.

Any kitchen that serves food to the general public is considered a commercial cooking establishment. They should ensure they adhere to the NFPA 96 code. Church kitchens, school cafeterias, camps, hotels kitchens are a few of the places that need to have their hood and exhausts serviced. TruShine Services can help you determine how often your exhaust should be cleaned.

What are the benefits of having my kitchen hood cleaned?

Getting your hood and kitchen exhausts cleaned on a regular basis has many awesome benefits that you do not want to miss out on! Certainly not when it is actually a mandated requirement in Atlanta, Georgia.

Health Benefits

Grease can build up if your exhaust fan and hood are not cleaned regularly. It is amazing how quickly this happens! Lots of buildup can stop your exhaust fans from functioning appropriately. This can lead to many problems. You and your staff in commercial kitchens can get sick. Grease vapors are not something that you should be breathing in regularly and it causes respiratory issues. This can cause your employees to have to call in sick a lot because of the toxic environment they are working in. It is also hard to keep a sanitary kitchen when grease is built up on the hood and fans. The areas around it will become sticky and hard to wipe clean. This is something your health inspector will be looking for when they come to inspect your kitchen. Do not attempt to clean the exhaust fans and hood by yourself. This needs to be done by a professional who has the right equipment and appropriate chemical to break down the grease. TruShine Services can provide a quote for your restaurant and set up a recurring schedule.

Restaurant Fire Safety

Are you familiar with the feeling of a kitchen fire? If you cook lots you know that steaks or whatever you are cooking on the grill flare up or if oil gets too hot it will ignite in flames. When you do not have your hood and kitchen exhausts cleaned, grease will naturally build up. This is especially true if you have a large amount of grease in your kitchen.

Grease is a highly flammable substance and no matter if it is in solid form, liquid, or vaporous.

If you are grilling steak and it flames up, the grease vapor that is not being properly vented due to high grease build up will catch the flame and within seconds ignite your entire hood and exhaust system. You can prevent this with having your commercial kitchen hood and ducts cleaned by professional hood cleaners! The code 96 is the National Fire Protection Association's standard for commercial and restaurant kitchens.

Insurance coverage

Did you know that insurance agencies may not pay for damages to commercial kitchens that have a fire? Your health inspector will be checking in from time to time to see if you are having your kitchen cleaned appropriately. They could ask you to close your kitchen doors to the public if you don't. If your exhaust and hood are greasy, it is difficult to maintain a clean kitchen. You will be checked by the fire marshal to make sure you are following the NFPA code for commercial kitchen cleaning.

What are the benefits of having my kitchen hood cleaned?
How Often Should I Get My Commercial Kitchen Vents Cleaned in Atlanta?

How Often Should I Get My Commercial Kitchen Vents Cleaned in Atlanta?

30 Days

Brick oven pizza restaurants, hamburger places, kitchens that use wood fired stoves or charbroiling techniques need to be cleaned more often than your average restaurant. For high-fat kitchens, NFPA96 recommends cleaning every 30 days to keep your commercial kitchen safe for customers and employees.

60 to 90 days

Commercial kitchens such as hotel kitchens, hospital cafeterias or average restaurants may need to only be serviced up to every 60 or 90 days. You don't have to worry about whether your kitchen is being cleaned up properly or not. TruShine follows the code strictly and will make sure to schedule your commercial kitchen for the appropriate time it needs servicing again.

180 days

Some restaurants may only need a semi annual cleaning. Restaurants that serve pizza and don't use a brick oven may only need to be cleaned up to every 108 days. Now if you serve wings on the side this would mean you need to have your kitchen hoods cleaned more often! Commercial Kitchens that only cook with a low grease volume such as cafeterias or sandwich and salad restaurants may also only need to be cleaned semi-annually.

Yearly

Places such as churches or camps that only see a very low volume grease use only have to be cleaned yearly. Even if your commercial kitchen hood doesn't get any grease, it should still be cleaned at the very least once per year. Any kind of build up can be a hazard even if it isn't grease!

When Will My Restaurant's Hood Be Cleaned?

First, don't worry if you have a restaurant that needs a hood cleaning and are concerned about how you will fit it in. We work at night so you can rest easy and not have to stress about finding a time that works to get your hoods cleaned!

When Will My Restaurant's Hood Be Cleaned?
Restaurant Hood Cleaning Process
Restaurant Hood Cleaning Process

Before we start cleaning the hood and exhaust in your kitchen, we put plastic on the other appliances and around the hood inside the restaurant so we don't get splatters or mess up anything in your kitchen. We not only clean the hood inside the restaurant but we go up to the roof and cleaned the exhaust vent up their as well. Our guys are highly trained and will inspect the exhaust system to make sure it is working properly.

We start by scraping off any heavy grease build up before we apply any chemicals. To ensure a thorough job, we remove any panels or other items that might be hiding grease. After we have scraped off any heavy build up, we apply a caustic chemical that is food safe for your kitchen to the hood and vent interior and exterior. Allow this to sit for a while so that the chemical can fully break down any grease before we wash it away.

We clip on heavy plastic tarps to your hood inside your kitchen and run it like a funnel into big bins that hold the grease and water so it will not get anywhere inside your restaurant. Let the chemical be applied for a while, then we use our hot water pressure water to blast off all grease and grime. Our special equipment allows us to reach difficult to reach areas.

We always shine your hood so it looks like new as a finishing touch. The date that we cleaned your kitchen will be left behind by our team so your health inspector and insurance agency will know. We make sure to follow code strictly so you can rest easy knowing you will pass inspection! Call us at TruShine Services today to schedule a hood and exhaust cleaning!