Hood cleaning in Portland, Oregon
Portland is our busiest market. Roughly half of Oregon's restaurants are in the metro, and the city's fire inspectors are the most specific in our territory about what a hood cleaning has to include. We clean Portland kitchens to bare metal, hood to roof, and we leave behind the three things the inspector, the insurer, and the health department each ask for: a certificate, a dated hood sticker, and a photo report.
The kitchens we clean in Portland
The Portland kitchens we service run the full range: independent restaurants and food cart pods, hotel banquet kitchens, hospital and campus dining at places like OHSU, Providence, Legacy, and Portland State, stadium and convention concessions, and QSR franchises with a dozen stores across the metro. High-volume cooking is the norm here. Charbroilers, woks, and 24-hour lines put most Portland kitchens on a quarterly schedule under NFPA 96, and monthly if there is solid fuel involved.
Who inspects hood cleaning in Portland
Portland has its own hood cleaning rules (Portland Fire & Rescue policy FIR-8.08) on top of the Oregon Fire Code. They set cleaning frequency by cooking type, require a dated service label on the hood that lists any areas not cleaned, and expect the records to be on site when the inspector asks.
How we schedule Portland
Portland is about 45 minutes from our Salem base, so a crew can be on a Portland roof the same night you call. We schedule overnight and off-hours so the line is never shut down for us, and we cover the whole metro from downtown and the inner east side out to the airport and the west hills.
What we run into in Portland kitchens
The Portland-specific failure we see most is a hood with a current sticker and a duct that has not been touched in years. Portland's label rule means the sticker gets looked at, so cheap cleaners put one on. The riser and the fan tell the real story, and our photo report puts both in front of you and the inspector.
Bare metal, rooftop to stovetop, with proof
Every Portland job gets a certificate of service, a dated hood sticker, and a time-stamped photo report the office checks against the job checklist before it goes out. Fire marshal, insurer, and health inspector each get what they ask for from one packet.
Hood cleaning
The full system to NFPA 96: hood, plenum, filters, duct run, and rooftop fan. Scheduled around your hours in Portland.
Exhaust fan maintenance
Belts, bearings, and motors checked on the roof in Portland, so the fan does not quit mid-shift.
NFPA 96 compliance guide
How often you need it, what Portland Fire & Rescue checks, what your insurer asks for, and what the certificate shows.
Multi-location accounts
More than one kitchen? One vendor, one schedule, and one compliance file across three states.
Portland hood cleaning questions
Does Portland require a hood cleaning sticker?
Yes. Portland Fire & Rescue policy FIR-8.08 requires a dated service label on the hood after each cleaning, including any areas that were not cleaned, and requires records to be available for the Fire Marshal. Our sticker and photo report are built for exactly that.
How often does a Portland restaurant need its hood cleaned?
Portland follows the NFPA 96 intervals: monthly for solid fuel and wok cooking, every three months for high-volume and fast food kitchens, every six months for normal volume. Tell us what you cook on and we will confirm which one you are.
Get a Portland hood cleaning estimate
Tell us what you cook and how many hoods you run. We come back with a number and a recommended NFPA 96 schedule.
Portland kitchens
- Fill in the form. If you do not know a field, skip it.
- We call back, confirm details, and give you a straight number.
- We schedule around your hours.