How Thick Layers Of Restaurant Grease Are Cleaned | Deep Cleaned | Insider

Jay Lopez of Cleannex LLC explains how a quarter inch of grease is deep cleaned from a restaurant kitchen exhaust system. He starts at the top of the system, which is the fan, and works his way down to the duct, grease filters, and oven hood. He scrapes and power washes thick layers of grease away from the metal. If a kitchen exhaust system is not cleaned according to national guidelines, a fire can ignite and burn down the building. It's recommended that these are cleaned every 30 days to six months, depending on the cuisine and frequency of cooking.

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[willemvdk]

I've worked in the cleaning crew of a industrial bakery. We cleaned the filters above the oven exhaust every week and it would look like this. Every week.

[Iw]

I did this for 2 years, started my career In the fire industry here. This is the hardest work I’ve ever done. 10pm-7am wrapping hoods, spraying chemical, spraying water, on rooftops in the dead winter snow. Respect to all the hood cleaners out there.

[hellothere]

All of a sudden, everyone's a professional kitchen expert with a pHd in cleaning

[mattmatthew]

I've been cleaning hoods for almost 6 years and this past year doing it solo 2-3 restaurants a night. This video is great nobody ever understands why I'm always sore and exhausted

[larionknight]

My dad used to do this as a 3rd job. He used to go at 12 midnight working until dawn, since it's the only time the restaurants are empty plus he already has a day job. I respect and love my dad for all the work he does for the family.

[kristenmarie]

God bless the people that do these kinds of work. It's one of those jobs that get overlooked but are actually quite essential. Also, just so satisfying to see the finished work.

[wickandde]

For those complaining restaurant staff don't do enough, this is the exhaust, not the kitchen itself, I can't imagine restaurant staff will have the skills or equipment required to do this. This sounds like it is something outsourced to a specialty cleaning contractor on a regular basis to comply with a city's health and fire safety codes which I imagine get inspected by the local council a couple times a year.

But it got me thinking about the exhaust pipes in houses, it is a legitimate fire hazard and I don't think I've ever had someone come into clean ours. Should get someone in!

[Cradotalks]

Thank you for bringing this job to light. My dad had a company that did this for 17 years. I grew up in the company, learning how to do this type of hard work. Before he sold it, he had a really hard time finding people willing to work with him, primarily because of how difficult it is. My dad was/is super human. I have the utmost respect for him, especially now that I’m an adult. Taught me a work ethic that’s hard for those that haven’t experienced this type of hustle to imagine. Thanks, Dad! Props to all the hood and grease filter cleaners out there. Y’all help make the world turn.

[coolcars]

Honestly these video wasn’t disgusting but actually satisfying to see the after math of the clean up

[akeledamagresham]

I am astounded at the sheer amount of people that really don't understand that restaurant staff *don't clean the exhaust system*. We just don't have the tools for it! We clean the actual kitchen, not the exhaust system. It may differ from place to place, but in all of the restaurants within my county, we have health inspectors come twice a year. And in during those visits, they check the label on the outside of our exhaust system that the cleaning company updates after every time they do their cleaning. Its *mandatory* that the label is constantly updated. Also! Cleaning it can get expensive, especially for smaller restaurants! Sure, there's those that slack off, but generally? *This isn't something we can control.* What do you want us to do? Stop cooking that much food?

[gamesandmoreAA]

Gordon Ramsey would have scooped that with his bare hands and said look!!

[hobispinner]

“in order to remove grease, you have to understand grease.” –sun tzu

[OneIdeaTooMany]

I'm tired of having to clean above the cupboards at home but after watching these guys, I really have it easy. I recently started using a goo remover to cut through the grease, and then a multi purpose cleaner and that saved heaps of time but these guys... I won't complain about having to clean the kitchen again.

[MrWackozacko]

My stepdad did this for a job, night shift cleaning grease ducts, spraying it with caustic soda as you go. He would have wounds from time to time 'oh a bit of acid dripped on my arm and started dissolving me' What a friggin man.

[bobowiththedodo]

These workers deserve a raise no matter what

[DanteRU]

This is what happens when restaraunts don't bother to hire cleaning companies and delegate cleaning to tired af workers after their shifts.

[MLettuce.]

What a luxury! All the kitchens I worked in, we cleaned our own hoods. I still remember the chemicals burning my skin like it was yesterday... Ahhh Memories

[GrtJzzMn]

I cleaned hoods for a numerous years and while in trade school HVAC. I wanted truck experience.

Not for the feint heartened. Long hours in the overnight, harsh chem, unreliable people, unreliable jobs, unreliable equipment.

I tried to go back a couple months later and couldn’t do it.

I have a huge amount of respect for anyone who does this work. You deserve more for the work you provide.

[dietitiandaddy]

Fun Fact: The reason for sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide working as a degreaser is because these bases saponify fats to soaps. They literally turn grease to soap. Soap is much easier to rinse than grease also, fun fact!

[b.powell]

Having worked in a restaurant years ago, this is hard work!, everything has to be spotless! We'd have a company come in once a month to clean the fans and ductwork, but we would clean the filters and mesh screens twice a week !, paying attention to the grease containers on each section of gutters! Used a special grease de solving cleaner, followed by a hot water rinse !