Bryan Exhaust has been servicing restaurant kitchen exhaust hood systems for over 30 years.

We are a small family owned hood cleaning business which delivers honest service.

Every hood cleaning service we perform is checked for quality with picture documentation.

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Kitchen Exhaust Hood Cleaning in Pasadena

This is a recent hood cleaning in Azusa, CA done by Bryan Exhaust Service.

The kitchen hood area is spotless.

Kitchen hood cleaning in Azusa

Here is one of our certified hood cleaning techs working on the duct area.

Certified hood cleaning in Azusa

The fan was opened all the way up and cleaned as well.

Azusa grease fan cleaning

Bryan Exhaust Service was the first hood cleaning company in Azusa to provide our customers with photographs after every service.

I you would like to have a hood cleaning service that you can rely on, call the experts at Bryan Exhaust Service! 800-300-7832

Lots of hood cleaning companies in Los Angeles will offer service for around $250, but what are you really getting when you pay this low low price? Take a look:

Bryan Exhaust Hood Cleaning in Los Angeles has never been the cheapest guy on the block, but we guarantee our work, and follow up every hood cleaning service with photographic evidence.

And if there is ever a problem with your service, you can rest assured that our friendly office staff will be there when you call and get any customer service issues handled properly.

We are the only Grease Police Certified Hood Cleaning Company in Southern California (www.thegreasepolice.org ) which means we are the only restaurant exhaust hood cleaning company in Southern California completely dedicated to quality kitchen exhaust cleaning and overall customer satisfaction.

Give us a call today and find out what true hood cleaning service is all about 800-300-7832.

Your facility’s fire safety is very important. You need an honest company with honest business practices working for you. Our comprehensive service is designed to meet a National Fire Protection Standard (NFPA 96 Guidelines). Call today!
(800) 300-7832 or email us at info@bryanexhaust.com

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Los Angeles cities we service
Agoura Hills, Alhambra, Arcadia, Artesia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bellflower, Bell Gardens,Beverly Hills, Bradbury, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, Cerritos, Claremont, Commerce, Covina, Cudahy, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Downey, Duarte, El Monte, El Segundo, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hermosa, Beach, Hidden Hills, Huntington Park, Industry, Irwindale, La Canada Flintridge, La Habra Heights, Lakewood, La Mirada, Lancaster, La Puente, La Verne, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan, Beach, Maywood, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Norwalk, Palmdale, Palos Verdes Estates, Paramount, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Pomona, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, South El, Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena, Temple City, Torrance, Walnut, West Covina, West Hollywood, Westlake Village, Whittier, Woodland Hills

This is a wood burning pizza oven that requires monthly service in order to remain fire safe.

The hood area is spotless

Exhaust Hood Cleaning in Beverly Hills

This is the flue leading to the exhaust fan, notice that there is no grease buildup at all on the duct

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The fan intake has also been cleaned down to the metal

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And the most important part of the hood system, the exhaust fan, is also completely free of grease. This will insure the proper operation of the fan and the optimum amount of air being pulled out of the restaurant

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It is important to have your exhaust hood system cleaned all the way to the metal on regular intervals to prevent the risk of fire spreading to your ductwork.

It is also very important to make sure your hood cleaning contractor is doing the job right. That is why Bryan Exhaust Hood Cleaning is the only exhaust hood cleaning company servicing Beverly Hills that takes photos of every service, to give you the piece of mind that the job was done right.

If you own or manage a restaurant in Beverly Hills or the surround areas and would like Bryan Exhaust Hood Cleaning to inspect your restaurant hood system for grease buildup, give us a call at 800-300-STEAM (7832).

What service am I talking about? –Kitchen hood exhaust cleaning– Having your kitchen hood system properly cleaned and serviced according to the NFPA #96 standards is essential for

* Maintaining proper airflow in your kitchen
* Keeping the fire marshal off your back
* Staying compliant with local fire codes
* Providing a safe working and dining environment for your employees and patrons.
* Reducing the possibility of a devastating fire spreading through duct work and onto the roof.

Hood Cleaning (or hood vent cleaning) should be done by a “properly trained, qualified, and certified company” according to NFPA #96 guidelines 8-3.1. Some restaurant owners like to go with the lowest bid in an attempt to save money.

Usually what happens is the cleaning contractor will only clean what is easily seen or reached from the ground. This is NOT acceptable! The grease will collect and become an extreme fire danger. It will also restrict the flow of air and reduce the efficiency of your exhaust system, costing you money.

By the time you hire a reputable hood cleaning company, they are going to charge you more money due to the major build up of grease that has to be removed. So, my advice would be to hire a kitchen exhaust cleaning company that will clean your entire system from top to bottom the first time and every other time.

There is a list of restaurant exhaust hood cleaning companies that will clean your vent hood system from top to bottom every time at www.thegreasepolice.org

It will save you money in the long run. It will save you headaches from hassling with fire marshals, health inspectors and insurance companies. Check their work after they have cleaned, or ask for pictures to hold them accountable. Restaurant fires are serious business, and they are a very real threat if your kitchen exhaust system has not been cleaned properly.

Anthony Blanton is an expert in the restaurant kitchen exhaust cleaning field. If you are in the San Bernardino Mountains or the High Desert area and would like a FREE inspection of your kitchen exhaust system please visit http://www.5pointinspection.com

Maybe it is because the kitchen lacks make up air. Make up air is the air needed to replace the air being pulled out of your restaurant kitchen by your exhaust fan. Without it your fan motor is overworked and you have poor kitchen air conditions.

ideal kitchen exhaust system setup

The system above has an exhaust fan pulling the air out of the kitchen at the same time the cooler is replacing it with fresh air. This set up not only allows air to be pulled out by the exhaust fan but actually helps PUSH the air out. The two fans (the cooler fan and exhaust fan) work together to produce the best condition for the kitchen air and the least strain on fan motors, keeping costly repairs to a minimum.

inefficient kitchen exhaust system setup

This second set up works but is inefficient. There is no air being pushed in to the kitchen, it is only drawn in by the fan, which makes your fan work twice as hard, and will not cool your kitchen the way it should.

wrong kitchen exhaust system setup

This third setup will is almost useless. No make up air being drawn in to the kitchen at all, and the fan working very hard to get any hot air out of the kitchen at all.

In order to have a cooler kitchen, you must have the same amount of air being pushed in by a swamp cooler as you have being pulled out by your exhaust fan. Once your restaurant kitchen set up this way, you will notice a much nicer environment to work in, and your chefs and kitchen staff will be much happier and more productive.

If you are Los Angeles area restaurant and are having problems with your restaurant kitchen being too hot or smoky, give Bryan Exhaust Fan Repair a call at 213-915-HOOD (4663) or visit them on the web at www.bryanexhaust.com.

The second thing that occurs is the filters become clogged with grease build-up. This causes the flow of air to become reduced. When this happens your fan uses more energy costing more money tom operate and degreasing the life expectancy of the motor. Additionally you are likely to have smoke problems in the kitchen because the air flow is reduced.

The way to handle this is to inspect your filters daily and when they begin to build up a film of grease take them out and wash them. There are a few companies still available that will come to your location every few weeks and change them for you but this can get very expensive. Most restaurants have a dishwasher. If you have one then the easiest way to clean them is first spray them with a degreaser, let them soak for a little while then run them through the dishwasher. If you don’t have a dishwasher, just put them in the sink at night with a degreaser and fill the sink with hot water. Then when you come in in the morning, just rinse them off and put them back in the filter housing. How often should this be done?

In some cases daily if your cooking makes a lot of smoke. If not, at least once per week will assure you of having clean filters and no airflow blockage.

Never operate without your filters in place. They are an important part of your fire protection system, and they do remove a lot of the grease that would otherwise be deposited on the duct system and fan blades.

If you are are burning anything solid for fuel (wood, charcoal, etc.) NFPA 96 recommends having spark arrestor filters installed. These filters are designed to stop red hot embers from going in to your kitchen exhaust system and starting a fire. Also check with your insurance company, they may offer discounts if you use spark arrestor filters on your wood burning exhaust systems.

Ed Bryan has been in the restaurant kitchen exhaust hood cleaning business since 1977. His Los Angeles Hood Cleaning Company, Bryan Exhaust Service, is widely know as one of the top restaurant kitchen exhaust hood cleaning companies in the nation. For more information on hood cleaning in Los Angeles you can reach Bryan Exhaust at (213) 915-HOOD (4663) or visit their website at www.bryanexhaust.com

The simple truth about the hood cleaning industry, is that it is full of companies that are out to rip you off.

If you don’t believe me, take a look at the following photos.

This service was done earlier this month and these photos were taken today. Keep in mind that the service was done by a large company, certified by a kitchen exhaust cleaning association that claims to set higher standards for its members. This is not some fly by night “blow and go Joe”.

Here is the hood. It looks pretty clean, nice clean filters, anyone looking at it would just assume that since the hood looks so clean, the whole system must be clean, right? There is even a “Certificate of Performance” on the hood stating that a complete kitchen exhaust system cleaning was performed.

Just pull one of the filters out, and you can see that the area directly behind them is clean, but there is a lot of buildup on the pipes and up the duct.

This what the duct looks like. Not even touched. The owner of this restaurant assumed he was getting a proper cleaning for a reputable certified company, and it turns out he was getting screwed.

This the top of the duct on the roof. It looks like they at least attempted to clean it. It’s obvious that they gave up after a few minutes and decided to move on to the fan.

Hey, that looks pretty good! Maybe I am not giving these guys enough credit. Lets see what the bowl looks like.

I’m impressed, that is about what I would expect the bowl of a fan to look like a couple of weeks after a proper cleaning. Lets tip the fan over and check the blades.

Ok now see the light brown spots, those are all the areas that the guy cleaned on the service. Not the worst I have seen, but he definitely missed some spots. Now we will take a closer look at the fan blades.

These fan blades are caked with grease and will cause this fan to go out of balance, start shaking, and anyone that has stood under a hood while the fan is shaking knows that the entire hood is going to start shaking. If it doesn’t get handled soon, say goodbye to your fan.

So what should you learn from this? Don’t ever take your hood cleaning companies word for it. Demand that they take photos of the service. It will hold them accountable for their work and give you the piece of mind that the job was done right.