IKECA member hood and exhaust cleaning for Lodi commercial kitchens. Inspected by San Joaquin County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. NFPA 96 compliant.
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Lodi sits where Highway 99 meets Highway 12 in northern San Joaquin County, at the centre of a wine district that has put tasting rooms and restaurants along School Street and out among the vineyards. The Mokelumne River runs past the north edge of town.
Two things complicate an exhaust system here. Summer heat bakes the deposit until it no longer behaves like grease, and the fine particulate lifting off the vineyards works into that film on the blades and the duct wall, producing a buildup that a pressure wash slides straight over.
Commercial kitchens in Lodi are inspected by San Joaquin County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. Fire inspectors verify that your hood and exhaust system is cleaned per NFPA 96 schedule, your fire suppression system is current, and your kitchen meets all fire code requirements.
Cleaning Pros Plus provides the documentation your fire inspector needs — cleaning certificates with before/after photos, NFPA 96 compliance reports, and IKECA technician credentials that demonstrate your system was serviced by certified professionals.
See full San Joaquin County fire safety profile →Every commercial kitchen in Lodi must comply with NFPA 96. Your fire authority — San Joaquin County Fire Department / CAL FIRE — enforces these cleaning frequency requirements:
| Type of Cooking | Cleaning Frequency |
|---|---|
| Solid fuel cooking operations (wood, charcoal, mesquite) | Monthly |
| High-volume cooking (24-hour operations, charbroiling, wok cooking) | Quarterly |
| Moderate-volume cooking (full-service restaurants) | Semi-Annually |
| Low-volume cooking (churches, day camps, senior centers, seasonal) | Annually |
Not sure which category your Lodi kitchen falls into? We'll assess your operation and recommend the right schedule — no charge.
The local range covers Lodi’s family restaurants and the tasting-room kitchens around School Street and the wine district, hotel and healthcare food service, and the daycare and after-school programme kitchens serving Lodi Unified families.
Those cook at very different rates, and the NFPA 96 interval follows the cooking. A tasting-room kitchen busy through harvest and a daycare serving a set menu do not belong on the same cycle.
Hoods, ducts, plenums and rooftop fans are all covered, with the fan lifted from its curb so blades, housing and the deck below get cleaned rather than passed over. Filters are collected and degreased away from the kitchen.
Photographs document the whole visit rather than a highlight or two. Fan inspection, testing and maintenance are folded into the complete package instead of appearing as a separate line, and a duct with no opening along its middle is quoted for one rather than signed off unseen.
Hoods, fans, cooking type and roof access. Scope and price come back before we take a slot.
The whole run degreased properly, photographed as each part is completed.
Inspection, testing and maintenance on the rooftop unit while the access is open.
Certificate and full photo documentation, sealed in EvidLY before the inspector calls.
IKECA Membership ID 76716495 stands behind the company, and PECT Designated Technicians are sent to every Lodi job. The CECS #200452 credential rests with Arthur Haggerty, our founder, retained on past occasions as an NFPA 96 expert witness. Lodi work is sealed in EvidLY, which keeps the photo documentation and the certificate in one place rather than two.
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Contact Us →Or call directly: (209) 318-2737 — or text (209) 553-4297
Cleaning Pros Plus handles fire safety on the hood. EvidLY identifies how San Joaquin County evaluates your food safety and fire safety, scored exactly the way your county scores them. Stovio publishes the editorial standard. Cleaning Pros Plus is the hands. HoodOps is the tools. EvidLY is the eyes. Stovio is the lens.
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.
IKECA membership belongs to Cleaning Pros Plus; the technicians carry the PECT designation and the CECS belongs to the founder.
Images across the whole job, not a tidy shot of the canopy taken at the end.
Certificates naming the sections cleaned and the NFPA 96 frequency your kitchen sits on.
We built the record system, so your certificate and photographs do not live in a folder someone has to remember.
Where an inspector challenges the work we come back and put it right at our cost.
Better than 350 services a year across every kind of system is what makes a Lodi estimate hold.
