Restaurant Hood Cleaning
Wilmington NC
Commercial restaurant hood cleaning across Wilmington NC. Hot-pressure degrease, scrape-to-bare-metal hood interior, full plenum, ductwork, and exhaust fan service — with before-and-after photos and a dated compliance certificate on every job.
Restaurant Hood Cleaning Services Wilmington NC
Is your kitchen hood dripping grease? Is the fan slow? Does the kitchen smell like burnt grease? You need a deep clean. Wilmington has hot, wet air. That makes grease stick fast. Soon the grease turns hard inside your hood, your ducts, and your roof fan.
Wilmington has a lot of busy restaurants. Food trucks. Breweries. Ghost kitchens. Every fryer and grill puts grease in your hood every shift. Hot grease plus wet air is a fire risk. Your insurance company knows this. The fire marshal knows this too. They both want your hood clean down to bare metal.
We clean restaurant hoods in Wilmington NC every week. We do not clean home kitchens. Only restaurants. We scrape the hood. We clean the filters. We clean the plenum. We clean the full duct run. We wash the fan on the roof. When we are done, you get a dated certificate. You get before and after photos. Show them to your insurance company. No upsells. No guessing. Just a clean hood.
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Our Restaurant Hood Cleaning Process in Wilmington NC
Every commercial kitchen hood cleaning we run in Wilmington NC — whether you’re a downtown restaurant in 28401 or a high-volume kitchen out in 28411 Porters Neck — follows the same five-step process. No shortcuts, no surprise fees.
STEP 1
Walkthrough & Compliance Assessment
Before we touch anything, we walk the line with you, check the hood, plenum, ductwork, and rooftop fan for grease buildup, photograph every access point, and confirm the scope your insurance file and last service tag are calling for.
STEP 2
Containment & Pre-Treatment
We tarp the cookline, drape the kitchen, bag every appliance, and pre-soak the hood interior, baffles, and grease cups with a heavy-duty alkaline degreaser that breaks the grease bond before pressure-washing starts.
STEP 3
Hot-Pressure Degrease — Hood, Plenum, Ductwork & Fan
Our pressure-wash unit hits 200°F+ and hammers grease out of the hood interior, full plenum, ductwork run, and rooftop or upblast fan housing — scraped to bare metal where buildup is heaviest, never just a wipe across the top.
STEP 4
Scrape, Polish & Reassemble
We hand-scrape every weld seam and corner the wand cannot reach, polish the stainless face of the hood, reset the baffles, reseal the access panels, and put your kitchen back exactly the way we found it.
STEP 5
Final Walkthrough, Photos & Certificate
We walk the finished line with you, hand off before-and-after photos for your insurance file, and post a dated compliance sticker on the hood listing scope, date, and our company name — so the fire marshal and your insurance carrier see proof on the wall.See the Difference Yourself
Every step of our Wilmington NC restaurant hood cleaning is photo-documented and certificate-tagged so your insurance file and the fire marshal both have proof on the wall.Why Wilmington NC Restaurants Choose Us for Hood Cleaning
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SatisfactionGrease-Loaded Hoods in Wilmington NC
Are a Fire Risk
Your kitchen exhaust hood is a fire-prevention system, and just like every other piece of life-safety equipment in the building, it only works when it has been scraped clean. Every shift, fryer fat, charbroiler smoke, and flat-top vapor coats the hood interior, the plenum, the ductwork run, and the exhaust fan with a flammable layer that bakes harder by the day. Without a real degrease, that layer turns into a wick — and a flash on the cookline becomes a fire that runs the length of the duct. Here is what is actually happening up there.
21%
Of all U.S. restaurant fires start in cooking equipment and the kitchen exhaust system, per the U.S. Fire Administration. Grease in the hood, plenum, and duct is the fuel.
$165K
Average direct property loss on a single commercial kitchen fire — before lost revenue, insurance hikes, and the doors-shut weeks of rebuild.
Bare metal
What your insurance carrier and the fire marshal expect to see inside the hood, plenum, and ductwork. Anything less is documented exposure.
Neglected Hood vs. Scraped-to-Metal Hood — What's Really Coating Your Exhaust System
A commercial kitchen hood, plenum, and exhaust fan act as the choke point of your cookline, pulling grease vapor, smoke, and steam out of every shift. The only question is whether that system has been scraped clean recently — or whether every fire-up is loading another layer onto a stack that is already a fire risk.
Neglected Hood — Grease Loaded
- Baked-on grease coating the hood interior, baffles, and grease cups
- Buildup hardening inside the plenum, full ductwork, and rooftop fan housing
- Slow exhaust draft, smoke spilling onto the line, hot kitchen, irritated staff
- Dripping grease over the cookline — burned to a black coating that flashes on contact
- Insurance file stale, last compliance sticker expired, fire marshal exposure documented
Scraped to Metal — Hood, Plenum & Fan Cleaned
- Hood interior, baffles, and grease cups scraped to bare stainless
- Plenum, full duct run, and exhaust fan housing pressure-washed at 200°F+
- Exhaust draft restored — no smoke spillage, cooler kitchen, faster ticket times
- Fresh dated compliance sticker on the hood, before-and-after photos in your insurance file
- Fire load removed — insurance carrier and fire marshal both seeing proof on the wall
Schedule Your Wilmington NC Restaurant Hood Cleaning Today
We service commercial kitchen exhaust systems across Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Leland, Hampstead, Castle Hayne, and the rest of the Cape Fear region. Call now or request pricing and we will quote your scope in about a minute.Restaurant Hood Cleaning Wilmington NC — Frequently Asked Questions
Is professional restaurant hood cleaning required in Wilmington NC?
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Yes. Every commercial kitchen with a Type I exhaust hood — fryers, charbroilers, ranges, flat-tops, woks, conveyor pizza ovens — is required by your insurance carrier and the fire marshal to keep the hood, plenum, ductwork, and exhaust fan clean of grease. We provide the dated compliance certificate that goes in your insurance file.
How much does restaurant hood cleaning cost in Wilmington NC?
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Pricing depends on hood length, fan accessibility, ductwork run, and how much baked-on buildup is in the system. Most Wilmington NC commercial kitchens come in between $300 and $1,200 per service. Every job is different. Some are really dirty because they have not been taken care of. We come out and give a quote in person. No surprise fees, no upsells.
How often should a Wilmington NC restaurant hood be cleaned?
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Frequency is set by cooking volume and fuel type. Solid-fuel kitchens (wood, charcoal) — every 30 days. High-volume frying and charbroiling — every 90 days. Moderate cooking — every 6 months. Low-volume kitchens — annually. Wilmington's coastal humidity tends to push every category one tier shorter.
How long does a commercial hood cleaning take?
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Most Wilmington NC restaurant hood cleaning jobs take 2 to 4 hours start to finish for a single hood with one fan. Larger lines with multiple hoods, long duct runs, or rooftop access take 4 to 8 hours. We work overnight, after close, or before service so your kitchen never loses production time.
Do you scrape the ductwork and exhaust fan, or just the hood?
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Full system every time — hood interior, baffles, plenum, the entire ductwork run from hood to roof, and the upblast or utility-set exhaust fan housing and blade. Anything less is a partial clean and your insurance carrier will note it on your file.
Will you give me a compliance certificate after the job?
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Yes. Every Wilmington NC restaurant hood cleaning ends with a dated compliance sticker on the hood listing scope, date, and our company name, plus a digital certificate and before-and-after photos emailed for your insurance file.
Can you clean my hood while we are open?
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We work around your schedule — overnight after close, early morning before prep, or on a slow afternoon. The cookline is fully tarped and bagged, and the kitchen is back to clean and ready before your next service window.
What is included in your commercial kitchen hood cleaning?
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Walkthrough and compliance assessment, full containment of the cookline, alkaline pre-soak on hood and baffles, hot-pressure degrease of the hood interior, plenum, ductwork run, and exhaust fan, hand-scraping of weld seams and corners, polish of the stainless face, reassembly, dated compliance sticker, and before-and-after photos.
Do you clean the rooftop exhaust fan?
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Yes — every job. We pull the fan, scrape the housing and blades, hot-pressure degrease the interior, scrape the curb and grease channel, reseal the gasket, and put it back on a properly hinged base. Rooftop fan access is included in the scope.
How do I prepare for a restaurant hood cleaning appointment?
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Almost nothing on your end. Have a manager available for the first 10 minutes so we can walk the line, point out the access panels, and confirm scope. We tarp the cookline, bag the appliances, run our own hot-pressure unit and water, and leave the kitchen ready for your next prep window.
What Wilmington NC areas do you cover for restaurant hood cleaning?
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We cover commercial kitchens across Wilmington (28401, 28403, 28405, 28409, 28411, 28412), Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Leland, Hampstead, Castle Hayne, Rocky Point, Burgaw, and the rest of the Cape Fear region. If you are not sure whether we run your area, give us a quick call and we can confirm in about 30 seconds.
Still Have Questions About Restaurant Hood Cleaning?
We are happy to answer any questions over the phone before you book. No pressure, just straight answers.Wilmington NC Cleaning Services
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We service commercial kitchens across Wilmington NC, from downtown restaurants on Front Street to high-volume kitchens out toward Mayfaire, Porters Neck, and Wrightsville Beach. Tap any neighborhood below to see we cover your spot, or call and we will tell you in about 30 seconds.
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Wilmington NC Today
Whether your restaurant is in Wilmington NC, Leland, Wrightsville Beach, or anywhere in the Cape Fear region, we are here. Tap the button, answer a few quick questions about your hood, fan, and last cleaning, and you will have a real restaurant hood cleaning quote in about a minute. We usually have evening and overnight openings this week.Get Instant Estimate