Mesa Arizona's Trusted Commercial Kitchen Hood Filters

Above every range in every commercial kitchen is the hood, the first thing that the grease and smoke hit is the hood’s filter. The hood filter is a restaurant’s first line of defense against the grease and smoke generated by the food you cook on the range. These hood filters can be purchased in a variety of places, but most restaurants have their Hood Cleaning Service make the changes and keep track of their hood filter for them. This helps busy restaurants outsource this task and keep track of the more important things while running a restaurant. Like your customer’s orders!

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Hood Filter Types

Across the United States and in Mesa AZ, there are largely two types of hood filters used. Those two types are steel and aluminum and there are pros and cons to both. The first we will talk about is the steel mesh filters. While the name probably gives it away, these filters are more robust and better for the long haul than their cheaper aluminum cousins. Steel filters naturally are anti-corrosive and can be cleaned for use again and again. While these filters are more expensive initially, they often save customers money in the long run with their ability to be cleaned over and over. Aluminum filters, on the other hand, are cheap and cheerful. Easy to install and take off they do a good job for a short time but will need to be replaced more often as aluminum is soft and corrosive and will often break when a person attempts to clean it. We have worked with both filter types in the past and can help you choose the correct plan for your commercial kitchen

Ventilation

The filter's main job is to clean the air by trapping grease and bacteria in the metal mesh. This has a two-part effect of not only keeping the grease from your food out of the air in your kitchen but more importantly out of your air ducts. Any tears in the mesh can cause harmful and gunky grease to get away and it will land in the deep crevasses of your air duct system, causing devastating problems down the road. From the kitchen equipment being contaminated, Up to the roof being contaminated and the building being deemed unsafe for anyone to be in. Another problem that arises from not cleaning out your filter often enough is ventilation. Once the filter is full and needs to be changed, prolonged use can cause the grease and smoke to not enter the kitchen hood and get caught in the room. This is not only bad for the taste of the food you are trying to prepare but is a dangerous fire and health hazard for your employees. Changing the filter often can prevent these problems from accumulating.

Fire Codes

Speaking of fire codes. Having a hood filter that is within its proper lifespan installed is not only paramount to the health and safety of your employees and customers but is also following the law. Not having a hood filter changed regularly is against state fire codes and could get your restaurant, commercial kitchen, or even the entire hotel closed down until the problem is fixed. At Mesa Hood Cleaning we take care of all of this for our customers. We keep track of the lifespan of our customers' hoods so that they don’t have to. That’s why we have so many satisfied customers. So call today and see why Mesa Hood Cleaning is Mesa’s number one choice for commercial fire safety for kitchens and restaurants.