Grease Removal and Kitchen Exhaust Systems

[mbryan]

http://www.hpac.com/Issue/Article/27572/Grease_Removal_and_Kitchen_Exhaust_Systems

Here is an excerpt:

INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
Even a properly designed and installed grease exhaust systems must be maintained. NFPA 96 is generally recognized as the governing standard regarding ongoing inspection and maintenance of commercial kitchen exhaust system, and states the exhaust systems "shall be cleaned to bare metal." This is not accomplished in kitchens for a variety of reasons:

* Poor maintenance on the part of the kitchen staff.
* Inadequate cleaning frequency.
* Incomplete cleaning services.
* Poor service accountability.
* Restaurant owners who do not want to pay for a proper service.

Proper inspection and maintenance is key in eliminating potential damage to the building housing the grease exhaust system as well as abutting properties. NFPA requires that the exhaust be inspected and cleaned by a person "properly trained, qualified and certified... acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction," but does not state what certified means. Training is becoming more available to meet the NFPA requirements and some jurisdictions have created a certification/licensing program.

2 out of the 5 reasons given for not getting to bare metal involve the cleaners, hmmmmmm....

 

[BUNN]

* Poor maintenance on the part of the kitchen staff.
* Inadequate cleaning frequency.
* Incomplete cleaning services.
* Poor service accountability.
* Restaurant owners who do not want to pay for a proper service.


2 out of the 5 reasons given for not getting to bare metal involve the cleaners, hmmmmmm....

I assume you mean #3 and #4, but often times an incompetent KEC will not recommend the proper frequency, which can mean 3 out of 5 involve the cleaners.

 

[mbryan]

And if you have a salesman that doesn't know how to close, or office staff that quote jobs over the phone, then #5 could apply as well so thats 4 out of 5.

 

[BUNN]

and if you don't teach the kitchen staff how to maintain the system, then you have 5 out of 5

 

[Przrat]

Is it bear metal or bare metal?

 

[Michael T]

Who will bear the brunt of not cleaning to bare metal.

 

[dodsonish]

The metal is bare naked....some might call it bare nekkid.....some might also call it inaccessible.....then it would be neither bare, bear, nekkid, or naked.