Regular maintenance of commercial kitchen hoods and filter systems isn’t just about keeping the kitchen looking good; it’s also about safety, efficiency and maintaining the quality of the food. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to service these critical components of a commercial kitchen. 
 
1. Assess the hood. Look for signs of excessive grease buildup and any damage that may need to be repaired. 
 
2. Remove and soak the filters. They will likely be greasy and require a good soak in a degreasing solution to break down the oil and grease. 
 
3. Degrease the filters. While the filters are soaking, use this time to apply the degreaser more liberally if needed. Make sure every inch is covered to allow for the most effective cleaning. 
 
4. Clean and polish the hood. Depending on your preference, you can use a water-based polish or an oil-based polish to give it a clean, shiny look. 
 
5. Remove and clean the drip pans. There are usually two drip pans that should be removed. Clean them thoroughly to remove any solidified grease and set them aside to dry. 
 
6. Replace filters and drip pans. Once the filters are degreased and dried, replace them in the hood. Make sure they’re securely fitted and then return the clean, dry drip pans. 
 
Routine maintenance should be done as required based on the usage of the kitchen. However, don’t forget that the entire flue system should be professionally serviced every three to six months.

Kitchen Hood and Filter Maintenance

Get essential tips for maintaining your kitchen hood and filters to ensure optimal performance and a cleaner kitchen environment.

Kitchen Hood and Filter Maintenance by Paloma Martinez

By Paloma Martinez VP at Cappstone, Inc. Diamond Certified Expert Contributor

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Strategy for Maintaining a Breakroom Refrigerator

Video: Breakroom Refrigerator Cleaning Tip


one challenge in any office or workspace
is keeping the breakroom refrigerator
clean today we're in San Francisco with
diamond certified expert contributor
Cory Chipman of no more dirt to learn
what helpful strategy okay a hot spot in
most offices is always the break room
refrigerator when it gets neglected
there's always a smell that happens
there's stuff that gets left in there
there's a science project that starts
growing so what we recommend is weekly
refrigerator cleanings depending on the
size of your office or how many people
are using it but weekly or monthly is
usually good now the problem is is you
don't want to throw away something that
isn't supposed to get thrown away and
you don't want to forget something that
needs to be thrown away
so our tip on this is every Friday or
whatever day you choose ask everyone in
your office to put anything that they
want to keep into a designated bin and
then when janitorial staff gets there
they take the bin out and they can clean
the entire refrigerator out and sanitize
it throw away the science projects and
then replace the bin and that way no
one's special leftovers or grandma's
Tupperware or whatever that was
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Video: Commercial Carpet Cleaning


when it comes to cleaning carpets what
our team will generally do is we'll go
in and assess the carpet um once we
assess it then we can decide if we need
to do a spa cleaning which we'll
generally do within one to 2 days of the
spot appearing on the carpet most of the
time it's like coffee stains especially
in an office space um and generally that
can be removed with the spot clean if
we're doing a full Carpet Cleaning what
we'll do is we'll send a team in we'll
do a thorough vacuum of all of the
carpet and then once that's done we'll
wash the carpet then we'll apply a
shampoo after the shampoo We'll Wash it
one more time and then we'll do a drying
process which generally takes 24 to 48
hours most of the carpet cleanings that
we do do occur over a weekend because of
that factor um and in some instances if
there's not enough ventilation in the
building we will bring in fans to help
the carpet drive faster um one thing to
consider is that all carpets and office
Spaces commercial spaces are different
so a thorough assessment or inspection
is um a very important factor in this
process


Video: Kitchen Hood and Filter Maintenance


when servicing a commercial kitchen hood
and filter system what our crew will
generally do is we'll assess the hood
remove the filters soak and degrease
them while the filters are soaking and
degreasing we'll go back to the hood
clean and polish and generally we'll use
either a water-based polish or an
oilbased polish we also remove the drip
pans generally there are two drip pans
clean those dry them off and place them
back into the hood
once we complete those two tasks we go
back to the filters dry them off and
then place them back into the hood and
that's how you clean a hood and filter
system in a commercial kitchen the
importance of cleaning the hood and
filters on a regular basis is because
too much oil or grease can accumulate
inside of the flu the flu does have to
be serviced every 3 to 6 months
generally but routine maintenance of the
filters in the hood help to produce a
better appearance and timately produce
less grease inside of the FL


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