School, church or daycare kitchen
Institutional kitchens that cook less often still need cleaning on a schedule. Low-volume kitchens may need it only once a year.
Serving 49 Chicago-area suburbs
Commercial Hood Cleaning in Chicago & the Suburbs
Kitchen exhaust cleaning for restaurants and food-service kitchens in Chicagoland: hood, filters, duct and roof fan, cleaned to bare metal after hours.
- Commercial kitchens across the Chicago suburbs, from Naperville to Evanston
- Nights, early mornings and closed days
- Coordination with the fire and health inspectors
Kitchen exhaust problems we clean up in Chicagoland
We clean commercial kitchen exhaust in Chicagoland on the schedule NFPA 96 sets for your cooking volume. That means scraping and degreasing the hood, ducts and roof fan, photographing what we cleaned and telling you about any access or fan problems we find along the way.
Roof fan coated in grease
A sticky, dark ring on the roof around the exhaust fan means grease is escaping. We clean the fan and tell you if the grease box or containment needs replacing.
Unsure how often to clean
How often depends on what and how much you cook. Wood or charcoal cooking calls for the shortest interval; a low-volume kitchen may only need yearly cleaning.
Cleaning can't interrupt service
Your hours come first. We book the cleaning outside service and finish before the morning crew.
Changed hands or new menu
If you just took over a restaurant, a full cleaning gives you a clean start and a record that wasn't left by the previous tenant.
Grease dripping from the hood
When grease runs down the hood onto the line, the filters and plenum are overloaded. We clean everything behind the filters, not just the surface.
Filters clogged between cleanings
If the filters are black and sticky a few days after cleaning, the cooking load is high. We help set a filter-washing schedule that matches it.
Insurance carrier requires a cleaning record
Underwriters and property managers want to see the cleaning history. We give you paperwork after each service you can file and forward.
What we handle on site
- Filter removal and cleaningFilters soaked and pressure-washed, then checked for damage.
- Hood and plenumThe canopy, plenum and grease gutters scraped and degreased down to bare metal.
- Grease ductWe scrape and wash the duct runs we can reach and note sections without access.
- Rinse and wipe-downSurfaces rinsed, the hood polished and the cook line wiped down after the cover comes off.
- Before and after photosPhotos of the hood, duct and fan before and after cleaning go into your report.
- Certificate and service reportThe post-cleaning sticker and a report covering areas cleaned, areas inaccessible and issues found.
- Recurring scheduleA standing schedule matched to your kitchen so the sticker never runs out.
Equipment and options
Baffle filter exchangeAn exchange program that keeps a clean set of filters in the hood between visits.
Hand scrapingHeavy grease is scraped off first so the chemicals and rinse can reach the metal.
Hot-water pressure washingHot water under pressure rinses loosened grease out of the hood, duct and fan.
Access panels and fan hinge kitsListed duct access doors and fan hinges that make full cleaning possible.
Grease containment at the fanContainment around the roof fan that catches grease before it reaches the roofing.
Commercial Hood Cleaning: before and after
Before
AfterA Plainfield restaurant kitchen: before and after
A restaurant kitchen in Plainfield, a typical kitchen for Plainfield. What bothered the owners most: an expired cleaning sticker before a fire inspection. The result: the same hood degreased to bare stainless with an inspection sticker area. On site this meant filter removal and cleaning, grease duct, plus recurring schedule.
Commercial Hood Cleaning in Plainfield →
Before
AfterA Bolingbrook commercial kitchen: before and after
The site: a commercial kitchen near Westbury. The main complaint was a hood and filters caked with grease. The result: the same hood degreased to bare stainless with an inspection sticker area. On site this meant filter removal and cleaning, rinse and wipe-down, plus recurring schedule.
Commercial Hood Cleaning in Bolingbrook →How the project goes
- Call or book a visitTell us the kitchen type, the equipment under the hood and when you last had it cleaned.
- Walk-throughWe look at the hood, the duct route and the roof fan to plan access.
- Written estimate and scheduleYou get an itemized estimate and an after-hours slot that fits your closing time.
- Cleaning after hoursOvernight or on a closed day, the full system is cleaned and the area wiped down.
- Sticker and reportA dated certificate goes on the hood and a report with photos goes to you.
Inspection and scheduling questions
Is kitchen exhaust cleaning the same as hood cleaning?
People use both names, but a proper job covers the whole exhaust system: hood, filters, plenum, duct and roof fan, not just the visible canopy.
What does 'cleaned to bare metal' mean?
Every reachable surface of the hood, duct and fan is cleaned down to the steel, with no remaining grease layer.
How long does a hood cleaning take?
Most single-hood kitchens are done in one overnight visit. We give you an estimated window after the walk-through.
How often must restaurant hoods be cleaned in Chicagoland?
Fire inspectors serving Chicagoland generally expect the cleaning frequency NFPA 96 sets for your cooking volume, and they look for a current dated sticker. Your fire prevention office can confirm local specifics.
What is the hood cleaning sticker?
It's the proof of service posted on the hood, backed up by a written report in your files.
Which towns do you serve?
Chicago and 49 suburbs, from Naperville and Aurora to Evanston, Schaumburg and Orland Park. Pick your town below for local details and ZIP codes.
Commercial Hood Cleaning near you
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