Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Guides

Practical answers for Triangle commercial kitchens

These guides cover cleaning frequency, NFPA 96 practice, fire-inspection prep, free evaluations, and after-hours scheduling. They are written for restaurant and facility operators in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill—not as city spam pages or a substitute for an on-site review.

Use them to prepare questions for your inspector or contractor, then book a free ProKEC evaluation if you need a grease-load assessment, access notes, and a documented cleaning plan for your hoods, ducts, and fans.

Guides stay educational: they explain common operator tasks without inventing review counts, fees, or certifications. Local fire authorities may set additional expectations—ask your AHJ when you need a binding interpretation. ProKEC cleans to NFPA 96 standards and issues service reports and certificates after completed jobs in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.

If you already know you need hood, duct, or fan work, start on Services or Free Evaluation. If you are comparing industry-specific scheduling (restaurants, hotels, healthcare, campuses), open the matching industry page after you skim the relevant guide.

Each guide is a starting point for operators who want clearer expectations before a site visit. Scope, access, and grease load still determine the cleaning plan—use these pages to align stakeholders, then confirm details during a free evaluation with ProKEC.