An IKECA member company serving the Chowchilla market
IKECA member hood and exhaust cleaning for Chowchilla commercial kitchens. Inspected by the Chowchilla Fire Department. NFPA 96 compliant, photo-documented, and accepted by your fire authority.
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Chowchilla sits on Highway 99 in the farming country of northern Madera County, and its food service reflects that: highway kitchens that never really close, school cafeterias, and the large institutional catering operations nearby. Long cooking hours are the norm rather than the exception.
Summers hold above 100°F for weeks and the air carries farm dust the whole time. Heat oxidises grease inside the ductwork until it hardens into deposits a light clean will skate over, and the dust shortens filter life so more of that grease reaches the duct in the first place.
From kitchens on the Highway 99 frontage running fryers most of the day to school cafeterias and institutional food service, we work every configuration in Chowchilla and across northern Madera County.
The mix matters because it sets the interval. A highway kitchen serving through the night and an institutional cafeteria serving three fixed sittings load a duct at very different rates, so we scope the system before proposing a cycle rather than after.
Hood interior and baffles, the plenum behind them, the duct end to end, and the rooftop fan taken off its curb so the blades, the housing and the deck underneath are all cleaned.
Hardened deposits are the local problem, and they do not come off with water. We foam and brush the surfaces that can be reached, open every panel the run provides, and quote a new access point where a stretch of duct has none. Fan belts, bearings and airflow are checked at the same visit.
A rinse from the roof looks like a cleaning and costs like one. It does not touch the hardened material that valley heat leaves inside a Chowchilla duct, which is precisely what an inspector goes looking for.
A documented method and a record for every job measured against NFPA 96, not a photograph of a shiny canopy.
Timestamped images from both ends of the work, so the condition of the system is evidenced rather than asserted.
A signed certificate and the images behind it, sealed in EvidLY and available whenever the department asks.
Highway kitchens cannot shut down mid-service, so we work the hours that suit the operation instead of the hours that suit us.
PECT Designated Technicians on site, and a founder holding the CECS who has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness.
Chowchilla runs its own municipal fire department. The Chowchilla Fire Department conducts commercial kitchen inspections and enforces NFPA 96 compliance directly.
Chowchilla Fire Department inspectors verify that your hood and exhaust system is cleaned per NFPA 96 schedule, your fire suppression system is current, and your cleaning certificate is on file. Cleaning Pros Plus provides the documentation your Chowchilla fire inspector needs.
See full Madera County fire safety profile →Hood count, cooking type, roof access and your quiet hours. The scope and the price follow before we book.
Baffles, plenum, duct, fan and curb, foamed and brushed rather than rinsed, with photographs throughout.
Belt, bearing and airflow condition assessed while the unit is lifted, so problems surface on a planned visit.
A signed certificate and photo report, sealed in EvidLY and ready ahead of any inspection.
IKECA Membership ID 76716495 stands behind the company, and the crew on site are PECT Designated Technicians. CECS #200452 is the founder’s credential, and Arthur Haggerty has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness. Every Chowchilla service is sealed in EvidLY, leaving one retrievable record rather than a folder somebody has to find.
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If your fire inspector finds any issue with our work, we come back and re-clean at no charge. No questions asked. We stand behind every hood, every duct, every fan — because your compliance is our reputation.
