What is a Kitchen hood

When people sit down at their favorite restaurant to enjoy a delicious meal, no one is thinking about the kitchen hoods. They may consider if the restaurant has an overall appearance of cleanliness, but the hoods are the last thing on anyone’s minds.

A kitchen hood plays an integral part in the restaurant system. Hot stove tops, fryers, grills, and ovens all produce an organic byproduct from cooking called grease. The purpose of the kitchen hood and exhaust system is to evacuate the grease outside. Grease is a nasty thing. It can build up over a period of time, sometimes very quickly, and become a very dangerous fire hazard. Because the hood and exhaust system are important in maintaining a clean kitchen, it’s critical that the hood system is operating correctly and is maintained itself.

Kitchen Hood Systems are composed of the hood, plenum, filters, duct work, and exhaust fan. Hoods are constructed from stainless steel and are installed per building and fire codes. The sizes of hoods depends on the size and quantity of cooking equipment. It may be a simple hood over a wash station, to a more complex hood covering larger kitchen lines. Often times restaurant workers will wipe down the visible portion of the stainless steel making it seem as if their hoods are clean. Behind the filters and inside the duct work the hidden grease tells a different story. It takes trained and certified professionals with the correct equipment to thoroughly clean not just the visible portions of the hood, but the entire duct and exhaust system. Kitchen hoods are important in restaurant operations, make sure you’re taking care of them the right way, and there’s no one better than Alpha Hoods to maintain your hood system. Connect with us today and lets make sure your business stays safe and clean.