Started by someone who ran kitchens
Oregon Hood Cleaning is a family-owned company founded by a former multi-unit restaurant owner and executive chef. The business exists because of what he saw as an operator: hood cleaners who skipped the roof, left a mess, and left a sticker instead of a report.
Why an operator started a hood cleaning company
When you have run restaurants, you know what a hood cleaning is supposed to look like from the inside. You know the crew should cover the line before they start. You know the fan on the roof is the part that actually matters. You know the kitchen has to be cooking again by the morning shift, and you know the fire marshal is going to ask for a piece of paper you can actually produce.
That is the standard this company was built to. Every job is cleaned to bare metal, hood to roof. Every job gets a certificate, a dated hood sticker, and a photo report checked by the office before it is issued. Every phone call gets answered, 24 hours a day, and after hours the owner picks it up himself.
Today Oregon Hood Cleaning has serviced more than 5,400 commercial kitchens and locations across Oregon, Washington, and Northern California, from single-hood taquerias to hospital systems and national franchise brands. It is still family-owned, still based in Salem, and still run by the standard of someone who used to be the customer.
What we hold ourselves to
IKECA member company
The International Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Association is the industry body whose standards fire inspectors reference. We are a member company and our technicians are trained to that standard.
ORLA allied member
We are an allied member of the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, the trade group for the operators we serve.
NFPA 96 and IMC
Every cleaning is performed to NFPA 96 and the International Mechanical Code, in line with Oregon and Washington fire department requirements.
Licensed, bonded, insured
Certificates of insurance and vendor paperwork are available on request for your procurement or engineering team.
What is different about a job with us
The roof gets done
Fan tipped back, fan bowl and blades cleaned, rooftop checked for grease and photographed. If your last cleaner never asked for roof access, this is the difference.
The photos are yours
Our crews document before and after on every job, time-stamped. You get the report, not a summary of it.
One company for the whole system
We clean, maintain, and repair exhaust fans, install access panels and hinge kits, and fit rooftop grease containment. The crew that finds the problem is the crew that fixes it.
Scheduled around service
Overnight, early morning, between meal services, or during a school break. Your kitchen never closes for us.
Trusted by Commercial Kitchens Across the Northwest
Plus more than 5,400 locations across Oregon, Washington, and Northern California.
Talk to the people who do the work
One number, 24 hours a day. After hours, the owner answers.
(800) 973-5573