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Are you looking for a company to keep your commercial kitchen exhaust system squeaky clean? Is your restaurant, hotel, or other commercial kitchen in the Anaheim, CA, area? Then you’re definitely in luck, because Flue Steam serves the entire Anaheim area with quality exhaust system cleaning services. We’ve been providing impeccable services to Anaheim and all of Southern California for over 55 years, and we’d be happy to add you to our list of highly satisfied clients.

Kitchen exhaust system cleaning in Anaheim, CA

One of the most fundamental aspects of your commercial kitchen is its exhaust system. Maintaining its cleanliness is essential to the efficiency and safety of your kitchen. The main purpose of your exhaust system is safely eliminating vaporized grease, which is a natural byproduct of cooking, and removing hot air and odors, too. If too much grease builds up in your system, a dangerous flash fire could occur in your exhaust ducts. Don’t put yourself at risk of having a flash fire, which could seriously hurt someone, damage your kitchen, and hurt your bottom line, when you have to close for repairs.

Keep your kitchen safe from flash fires and get real peace of mind everyday when you sign up for regular kitchen exhaust system cleaning services from Flue Steam. We’ve partnered with plenty of people in Anaheim and surrounding areas, who have found us to be punctual, thorough, and totally responsible.

Steam cleaning and hand scraping

We highly recommend that you sign up for both steam cleaning and hand scraping kitchen exhaust system cleaning services. Hand scraping is a simple, effective, and affordable way to remove grease deposits from all accessible areas. Many businesses sign up to have hand scraping done once a month. Steam cleaning involves more specialized equipment, which utilizes hot, high-pressure water to remove every little bit of grease from your exhaust system. Many businesses choose to supplement monthly hand scraping with thorough steam cleaning 2-4 times per year. Depending upon the amount of grease your staff uses on a daily basis, we’ll be happy to recommend certain frequencies of hand scraping and steam cleaning services. If you operate a fast food restaurant, you’ll naturally need to sign up for more frequent cleanings, since frying results in enormous amounts of vaporized grease in your exhaust system. But if you have a sushi restaurant, less frequent cleaning will be necessary.

Certificates of Performance

After our technician successfully cleans your exhaust system, he or she will place a Certificate of Performance sticker on your exhaust system. This indicates that you have met your NFPA code obligations. Our stickers keep code inspectors highly satisfied, plus they may even help you save money on your insurance bills. Talk about a win-win!

Let’s discuss!

Ready to begin your partnership with Flue Steam? Still have questions! Let’s talk! Call us at 800-700-FLUE today. We’ll be happy to discuss your needs and provide you with an estimate for all recommended services.

Do you know what is one of the most important components of your commercial kitchen? Something that keeps it operating efficiently and effectively every single day? It’s something that you may not realize makes such a big impact on your commercial kitchen – it kind of flies under the radar….

Your grease filter!

Grease filters in commercial kitchens are a key part of your exhaust system. Their main purpose is to reduce the amount of vaporized grease that ends up within your exhaust system ducts. If grease filters don’t do their job well, and grease builds up in exhaust system ducts, damaging flash fires can result. Flash fires are not only dangerous for your staff and customers, they are also really expensive, because businesses are forced to close down while repairs are being made. Don’t risk the safety of your employees and guests and the loss of valuable income – make sure your grease filters are always in tip-top shape so they always trap as much vaporized grease as possible.

But it can be hard to remember to empty and clean grease filters on a regular basis. Face it – you and your stuff always have a ridiculous amount on your plate that needs to be accomplished on a daily basis. Who’s going to remember to take care of your grease filters? Plus it’s such an unglamorous, disgusting task that for sure, no one is going to volunteer to do it on a regular basis.

That’s where Flue Steam comes in!

Take grease filter tasks permanently off your To List, and confidently rest assured that your grease filters are always in ideal condition, when you partner with Flue Steam for all your grease filter needs.

All you have to do is call us at 800-700-FLUE to begin grease filter exchange services.

We’ll be happy to set up a regular schedule of appointments at convenient dates and times for you. At preset intervals of your choice, a qualified technician will deliver fresh, clean filter filters right to your commercial kitchen. The technician will also haul away the old filters for cleaning and install the new filters.

We recommend that grease filters be replaced every two weeks, though if your commercial kitchen doesn’t utilize much grease or oil, you may be able to get away with extending the life of your grease filters to 4 weeks.

It’s so convenient when you rely on Flue Steam for all your grease filter needs.

We have plenty of new grease filters available for purchase in most sizes from top brands such as Kason and Flame Guard. We buy our grease filters in bulk so we can pass along the savings to you, our valued customers.

Get complete peace of mind by partnering with Flue Steam for all your grease filter and exhaust system cleaning needs. Call us today at 800-700-FLUE.

This blog will answer all your burning questions about exhaust system hand scraping and steam cleaning services. We hope it’s helpful! If you have any further questions about our services, or to request an estimate, simply call us at 800-700-FLUE or contact us online here. Our staff is ready and willing to assist you in English or Spanish when you contact us today.

First – a helpful definition

Let’s start with first things first. What is a flue? It’s an integral part of your commercial kitchen that removes the hot exhaust gases that are naturally created during cooking.

What’s involved in hand scraping?

Hand scraping your commercial kitchen exhaust system is really important because a clean system will be able to work efficiently. It’s accomplished by a person simply scraping the accumulation of grease from the walls of the exhaust system. This is an effective method for removing grease from your exhaust system, but it’s not the most thorough method, because there are certain areas of your exhaust system that are unreachable. Our technicians always strive to thoroughly remove grease from all areas of your exhaust system, but that ability is naturally limited.

How about steam cleaning?

That’s where steam cleaning comes in. Steam cleaning your exhaust system is a much more meticulous process. During steam cleaning, our technician will set up the specialized equipment in your kitchen and then utilize high-pressure hot water to reach every nook and cranny of your exhaust system. This delivers impressive results and provides an absolutely thorough cleaning of every inch of your exhaust system.

Do I need hand scraping and steam cleaning services?

We recommend that commercial kitchen exhaust systems be hand scraped and steam cleaned at regular intervals to maintain maximum efficiency and prevent grease buildup (and resulting flash fires). A good general rule is that the average restaurant needs to have a flue cleaning every 3 months (4 times a year). Fast food restaurants and kitchens that do a lot of charbroiling or frying should be cleaned monthly. We recommend having your exhaust system hand scraped on a monthly basis and steam cleaned quarterly.

Begin your partnership with Flue Steam Inc. today

Let us handle all your exhaust system cleaning needs. You’ll find that our technicians are always diligent and thorough, plus our prices are reasonable. The peace of mind you get from knowing that your exhaust system is always cleaned at regular intervals is fantastic. Sign up today by calling Flue Steam at 800-700-FLUE.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently issued a helpful guide for food truck owners and operators. Food trucks are becoming more and more popular throughout the US, especially here in Southern California. Do you have one, or are you considering acquiring one in the near future? There are some important safety considerations to keep in mind to make sure your food truck keeps being able to deliver quality food for a long time to come.

Check out this fact sheet about food trucks for plenty of pertinent information. It includes essential info in terms of your workers’, guests’, and your own safety, plus a fuel and power sources checklist. It also includes a propane system integrity checklist, operational safety checklist, and solid fuel safety checklist (where wood, charcoal, or other solid fuel is used).

You’ll find these lists to be an incredibly useful, straight-forward guide to attaining and maintaining the absolute safety of your food truck. This fact sheet includes plenty of specific tips and recommendations for ensuring maximum safety and security in and around your food truck.

Another way to make sure your food truck stays absolutely safe and secure, aside from following these directives from the National Fire Protection Association, is by partnering with Flue Steam.

Plenty of experience

We have helped thousands of commercial kitchens in hotels, restaurants, and yes, in food trucks, with all their commercial kitchen air control and fire prevention needs. Our expert services can improve the safety, air quality, and energy efficiency of your commercial kitchen, wherever it may be. We provide a whole range of services for food truck owners and operators, including:

• Complete kitchen exhaust system cleaning (hand scraping and steam cleaning of fans, hoods, and ducts)
• Grease filter exchange services
• Swamp cooler maintenance
• Exhaust fan maintenance
• Automatic fire suppression system services
• Portable fire extinguisher sales and services

Kitchen exhaust system cleaning

We’re here to make sure your food truck’s kitchen exhaust system is always in ideal shape with our regular cleaning services. Your exhaust system is one of the most essential parts of your food truck because it removes hot air, odors, and vaporized grease from the truck. It’s super important to make sure grease doesn’t build up your exhaust system, which makes it less efficient and could even lead to flash fires. Thankfully that’s easy to take care of when you partner with Flue Steam. We’ll gladly handle all your kitchen exhaust system cleaning needs including hand scraping and steam cleaning services.

We pride ourselves on providing thorough, fire-code-compliant cleaning for each and every customer. We provide “Certificates of Performance” stickers after each job as proof that you have fulfilled your NFPA code obligations. These stickers keep code inspectors satisfied, plus they can help you save money on your insurance bills.

Want more info?

Contact us today for more information about our services and establish your partnership with Flue Steam today.

The exhaust system is one of the most important elements of any commercial kitchen. The purpose of a kitchen exhaust system is to remove hot air and odors as well as safely eliminating vaporized grease, which is a natural byproduct of cooking. Naturally, cooking foods with oil results in more vaporized grease, so if your commercial kitchen fries or sautees frequently, properly maintaining your kitchen’s exhaust system is especially essential. Failing to keep your commercial kitchen exhaust system clean and in good working condition will compromise its ability to do its job properly.

If your commercial kitchen exhaust system isn’t able to pull hot air, odors, and vaporized grease from your kitchen effectively, too much grease will build up in the system. Then you’ll run the risk of dangerous flash fires within your exhaust system ducts. If that happens, the fire department will have to be called, and you’ll have to shut down your business for repairs, resulting is plenty of lost income. Avoid a huge interruption to your business by proactively maintaining your commercial kitchen exhaust system.

But what happens if you failed to maintain your exhaust system regularly, and it has stopped working well? Then you need to address the problem ASAP. But how?

Just call Flue Steam at 800-700-FLUE for prompt emergency commercial kitchen exhaust system repair services. Our 24 hour emergency services include the repair of:

• Exhaust fan motors, bearings, pulleys, and belts
• Swamp cooler motors, belts, pads, pumps, and float valves
• Automatic fire suppression systems
• Automatic gas shutoff valves

Anytime you have an emergency with your exhaust system, you can count on Flue Steam to help you out. Simply call us at 800-700-FLUE and we’ll send a technician over to make any and all necessary repairs ASAP. It doesn’t matter what day or time it is – we’ll provide impeccable emergency repair services for your exhaust system anytime. We hope you never have an emergency situation arise with your exhaust system, but if you do, count on Flue Steam for all your commercial kitchen exhaust system repair needs.

Preventative exhaust system care measures

There are many ways in which you can prevent an emergency situation from arising. Invest in regular equipment inspections and cleanings. Sign up for regular exhaust system cleaning services with Flue Steam and you’ll never have to wonder whether your system is clean enough again. Our technicians strive to reach every inch of your exhaust system to clean it thoroughly. Plus we provide various bonus services at every cleaning visit. Our technicians will grease your fan bearings, check the belts, and replace worn belts with new, customer-supplied ones whenever needed, all at no extra charge to you. We recommend booking commercial kitchen exhaust system cleaning appointments at least one week in advance, but we can perform the cleanings at any time that’s convenient for your busy schedule.

Sign up today

Begin your partnership with Flue Steam today by calling 800-700-FLUE. Sign up for regular commercial kitchen exhaust system cleaning services and any of our other helpful services.