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The grease filter fills up fast in any commercial kitchen, particularly if your staff fries and sautés food frequently. Your commercial kitchen’s grease filters are a key part of your kitchen exhaust system because they reduce the amount of vaporized grease that end up within your exhaust system ducts. If too much grease builds up in your ducts and grease filters, a flash fire can result. This is not only incredibly dangerous for your kitchen staff and customers, but it can also seriously cost you because of all the necessary repairs and lost income that result.

Never worry about your grease filter again

Prevent this from happening by signing up for grease filter exchange service from Flue Steam. It’s so convenient – and you and your staff will the thrilled when you won’t have to worry about handling this essential task anymore.

Let us make sure your grease filter does its job well by exchanging it at regular intervals. Clean grease filters can trap up to 70-80% of the grease that passes through them. But if your grease filters get filled up, they won’t function correctly and you’ll end up with dangerous grease accumulation right above your essential cooking appliances.

Dramatically reduce your risk of fire and its detrimental effects on your business’ bottom line with regular grease filter exchange service from Flue Steam. Cross grease filter maintenance off your list from now on with our fast, convenient, and perfectly affordable grease filter exchange service.

How partnering with Flue Steam for grease filter exchange service works

Simply call 800-700-FLUE or email contact@fluesteam.com to initiate your grease filter exchange service. We’ll set up appointments at regular intervals, the length of which will vary depending on your commercial kitchen’s unique needs. One of our qualified technicians will deliver and install fresh, clean filters right to your commercial kitchen at preset intervals. Then he or she will remove and take away the old filters for thorough cleaning.

How long can I go between grease filter exchange services?

You may be wondering how frequently you need to get your grease filters replaced. In most cases, we recommend that you get your grease filters cleaned or replaced every 2 weeks. If your restaurant doesn’t utilize that much grease or oil, your filters will need to be replaced every 4 weeks.

Not only can we provide impeccable grease filter cleaning service, we can also handle all your replacement needs. We carry most sizes of Kason and Flame Guard brand grease filters, two of the top brands commercial kitchen managers depend on every day.

Let us make your life easier!

We also provide a bunch of other services that make commercial kitchen managers’ live easier every day:

• Complete kitchen exhaust system cleaning (including hand scraping and steam cleaning)
• Fans, hoods, and ducts cleaning
• Swamp cooler maintenance
• Exhaust fan maintenance
• Automatic fire suppression system service
• Portable fire extinguisher sales and service

Begin your partnership with Flue Steam today by calling 800-700-FLUE.

Do you feel like you’re constantly running around, trying to get everything done? At the end of every day, do you always feel the urge to just watch TV and go to sleep? Does your To Do list feel endless? Do you feel like a hamster, constantly running around in circles but never actually getting anywhere?

You’re not alone. Your experience is common – managing a commercial kitchen is no easy task. It involves constant prioritizing and reprioritizing to ensure the most essential tasks get done.

This idea may help you get some freedom from constant stress. It’s not an unusual idea, but many managers completely forget it’s an open option:

Delegate!

Seriously think about it for a minute. What tasks can you move off your plate? Depending on your team is a really good idea – that’s what they’re paid for! Plus there may be an increase in morale when you give your kitchen staff more responsibility. And your health and stress levels will definitely improve.

But there’s one task that you shouldn’t delegate to your kitchen staff or handle yourself:

Kitchen exhaust system cleaning.

Partner with Flue Steam for all your kitchen exhaust cleaning needs – including both cumbersome hand-scraping and thorough steam cleaning services, and you’ll never have to worry about meeting codes for this essential area of your kitchen again. Our kitchen exhaust cleaning services also include fans, hoods, and ducts cleanings as well. We have specialized equipment and techniques that allow us to make sure your exhaust system is always in ideal condition.

Complete commercial kitchen air quality and fire prevention services

We provide an assortment of services that keep your kitchen running smoothly by improving the safety, air quality, and energy efficiency of your commercial kitchen. These services include:

• Kitchen exhaust system cleaning
• Grease filter exchange service
• Swamp cooler service
• Automatic fire suppression systems
• Portable fire extinguisher services

We meet all NFPA and CMC Requirements to ensure your commercial kitchen always meets code requirements and stays perfectly safe for your staff and customers.

Emergency repair services

Commercial kitchen managers know that they need to keep their equipment in top working condition at all times to keep their kitchen running smoothly. That’s why we offer 24/7 emergency service. We know it’s not only inconvenient – but also risky, and even illegal – to operate a commercial kitchen without a working exhaust system. So we offer the following 24/7 emergency repair services for commercial kitchens throughout Southern California:

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

Commercial kitchen managers, get the support you need to keep your commercial kitchen running smoothly by establishing your partnership with Flue Steam today.

If you’re a manager in a commercial kitchen, one of your most essential duties is making sure you comply with all federal and state regulations. If you let this slip, you could be facing serious fines and may even have to close for awhile, losing valuable revenue and tarnishing your restaurant’s reputation.

Don’t risk it! Begin your partnership with Flue Steam today.

Flue Steam’s services meet all NFPA and CMC requirements to the letter. After cleaning your kitchen exhaust system, our technician will place a “Certificate of Performance” sticker showing the date of service, the service frequency, and whether any inaccessible areas exist in your exhaust system. We recommend you keep this sticker on your hood to prove that you’ve fulfilled all your code obligations.

Begin your partnership with Flue Steam today

You won’t need to stress out about making sure your commercial kitchen is up to code when you partner with Flue Steam for all your kitchen exhaust and fire prevention needs. Let your staff handle other essential tasks and let us handle all the grunt work of cleaning and maintaining your exhaust system and fire prevention tools. Services we currently offer include:

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

Complimentary bonus services

What’s especially great about scheduling all our commercial kitchen air control and fire prevention services with Flue Steam is that we provide complimentary bonus services, too. During every regularly scheduled cleaning, we’ll also inspect your exhaust fan, belts, and other parts to make sure they’re in proper, safe working condition. If any of them are in less-than-ideal condition and you have extra parts on hand, we’ll be happy to install replacements at no additional charge. Our safety is our #1 priority, so we want to make sure your exhaust fan is drawing properly so your exhaust system stays cleaner longer.

The Flue Steam difference

We’ve been serving commercial kitchens throughout Southern California for over 40 years. During that time, we’ve developed a solid reputation or reliability and complete customer satisfaction. We’re always happy to customize our services to meet your commercial kitchen air control and fire prevention needs. Our mission is to make sure your commercial kitchen complies with all government regulations, reduce the risk of costly and dangerous fires, and provide a safe an environment for your employees and customers every day.

Ready to get started?

Now is a great time to call Flue Steam. Let’s talk! We want to hear about how we can make your life easier and your commercial kitchen safer. Call us at 800-700-FLUE or email us at contact@fluesteam.com to get started today.

The summer rush is here! The weather is absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous, tourism is picking up as school ends for kids throughout the nation and beyond, and it’s go time for restaurants everywhere. Particularly here in Southern California, which draws so many tourist to its lovely beaches, majestic mountains, and celebrity sightings, restaurant staff often feel extra pressure to perform especially efficiently during the summer months.

Is your restaurant staff starting to get super stressed out with all the extra demands this summer?

It might be time to ease up their schedule a bit. Take a few things off their lists of required tasks each day. Maybe even hire an extra person to shoulder the weight more effectively among staff members so no one gets burnt out. And outsource more tasks to decrease the overall workload of your staff.

One excellent way to do this is by partnering with Flue Steam for all your commercial kitchen’s air control and fire prevention needs. We’ve been serving commercial kitchens in all of Southern California for over 40 years. Over that time, we’ve developed a solid reputation of providing excellent air control and fire prevention services that allow kitchen staff to focus on their other highly important tasks.

Partner with Flue Steam and you’ll be able to:

• Always confidently know that your commercial kitchen air control and fire safety measures perfectly comply with all applicable laws
• Enjoy a reduced risk of fires in your commercial kitchen
• Know that your employees and customers will be safe in and around your commercial kitchen

Services we provide to commercial kitchens throughout Southern California include:

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

We also proudly offer the following emergency repair services for commercial kitchens throughout Southern California:

• 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 need that relates to your commercial kitchen’s air control or fire prevention systems, don’t hesitate to call Flue Steam at 800-700-FLUE for immediate assistance. We’re always happy to help you out. Our company truck will pull into your parking lot ASAP, then our technician will diagnose and fix the problem as quickly and effectively as possible.

Help prevent emergency situations from arising by scheduling regular equipment inspections and cleanings. Our technicians are always happy to grease your fan bearings, check the belts, and replace worn belts with new, customer-supplies ones whenever necessary at no additional charge during any scheduled exhaust system cleaning visit.

Set up a regular schedule now! Your kitchen staff will be so glad they don’t have to worry about the air control or fire prevention systems anymore.

Happy summer from all of us at Flue Steam!

Every commercial kitchen is made up of various parts, including:

• Exhaust fan
• Diverter
• Drip cup
• Swamp cooler or evaporative cooler
• Manual pull station
• Portable fire extinguisher
• Automatic fire system
• Hood
• Grease filters
• Fusible links
• Exhaust/flue duct

Like an orchestra

Each of these parts handle a different function to ensure the commercial kitchen stays well-ventilated and 100% safe. All of them must work in concert for your kitchen to work smoothly. When you partner with Flue Steam, we’re always happy to answer any questions you may have about your commercial kitchen’s ventilation system and how to optimize its performance.

Commercial kitchen Ventilation System Services

Making sure your ventilation is always in perfect working order and condition is absolutely essential so that your commercial kitchen is constantly safe. Flash fires are disastrous in commercial kitchens – not just because the of the serious risk of injury and damage to property, but because your business looses precious time when the fire department has to be called, damages have to be repaired, etc.

Serious Advantages

Save yourself time and stress – and keep everyone who works in your kitchen safe – by partnering with Flue Steam for all your commercial kitchen ventilation and fire prevention needs. The services we offer are:

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

Schedule regular kitchen exhaust cleanings with Flue Steam, and you’ll never have to worry about when you’re going to take care of this cumbersome chore again. Your exhaust system will always be free and clear so you and your staff can focus on other essential aspects of keeping your commercial kitchen running smoothly. Call 800-700-FLUE to discuss all our services with a friendly, professional member of our staff, and determine which ones would be the most helpful for you.

Emergency service 24/7

Or if an emergency need arises, we’ll be happy to take care of it right away when you call 800-700-FLUE. One of our technicians will be right over to make sure your problem is addressed so you can get back to normal operations ASAP. When you’re managing a commercial kitchen, we know that time is a top commodity, so our technicians work efficiently to resolve your issue immediately.

Count on us for all your commercial kitchen ventilation and fire prevention needs throughout Southern California. We’re here for you anytime 24/7 – just call 800-700-FLUE for immediate assistance.