4 professional tips for degreasing a range hood

Degreasing your range hood is crucial for ensuring the safety and cleanliness of your kitchen, regardless of whether it’s for personal or professional use. Regular maintenance not only helps guarantee that your hood works properly but also ensures your compliance with basic measures of safety and hygiene.

Why degrease your range hood?

A hood is an essential part of any commercial kitchen. It allows venting smoke and grease vapor to the outside of the building.

What are the consequences of a neglected range hood?

• Increased energy consumption and risk of over-consumption
• Increased risk of fire resulting from accumulated grease
• Risk of food contamination from dripping dirty water
• Risk of obstructing the motor of the ventilation and exhaust system
• Risk of spots and stains on the ceiling and walls
• Risk of the fire inspector imposing fines or closing the business
• Risk of insurance non-renewal

It’s easy to prevent these problems by thoroughly cleaning your range hood on a regular basis. At the same time, you’ll ensure the continued performance of your restaurant, which will save you time and money in the end.

How to maintain a professional range hood

To ensure efficient maintenance of your range hood, there are certain steps you must take before going ahead with the actual cleaning. Some of these steps are trickier than others, which is why, at one stage or another of the process, it may be necessary to hire an expert in professional range hood maintenance.

Tip #1: establish a safety zone around the hood

To ensure safety when cleaning your hood, it’s recommendable to use plastic sheeting to delineate a work area around the hood. It’s also important to protect any nearby electrical outlets and switches to prevent them from coming into contact with water or cleaning products.

Tip #2: prioritize cleaning the filters

You can perform routine maintenance yourself by focusing primarily on the metallic or stainless steel filters. This hood component collects the most grease. You can clean them yourself in the dishwasher or you can call on Antiflamme Purafiltre to swap your grease filters out regularly. It only takes a few minutes!

Tip #3: degrease the whole hood

For optimal results when cleaning your range hood, you should carefully degrease every component. This is how the hood-cleaning professionals do it. Every nook and cranny of your hood will receive a deep cleaning. The cleaning process should include degreasing the inside and outside of the hood, the filters, the exhaust turbine, the exhaust fan and the exhaust duct.

Tip #4: clean the hood regularly

Frequent cleaning is the key to maintaining your range hood in good condition. It’s advisable to clean your hood every two months using high-quality cleaning products. Obviously, how often you clean it will vary according to use. While monthly inspections and maintenance are required in the case of high-volume cooking operations, you can consider reducing the frequency to once or twice a year in the case of low- to moderate-volume operations.

Your specialists in professional range hood maintenance

Are you a commercial kitchen owner in search of experts to degrease your range hood? Contact the team at Antiflamme Purafiltre and treat your kitchen to the level of comfort and hygiene it deserves!

References :
Comment nettoyer une hotte de cuisine professionnelle. [How to clean a professional range hood].
Comment nettoyer une hotte aspirante? [How to clean an exhaust hood].
Comment bien nettoyer les filtres à graisse d’une hotte? [How to properly clean the grease filters in a range hood].