Food Truck Hood Cleaning in Houston, TX
Houston Quality Hood Cleaning cleans food truck and mobile kitchen hoods in Houston, TX, at your commissary or wherever your truck parks overnight. A truck hood is small, but it handles the same fryers and flat-tops as a restaurant line, packed into a space the size of a hallway.
- Hood, filters, short duct and roof fan cleaned to bare metal
- Dated records that stay with the truck for the next inspection
- Single-hood systems typically run $150–$250 per cleaning
We clean the hood, filters, short duct and roof fan to bare metal and leave you with dated records. Those records travel with the truck, so they're ready for whichever inspector stops by next. Trucks based outside the city limits are covered too: we serve Houston and surrounding cities, including Katy, Cypress, Spring, Pasadena and League City.
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Food Truck Hood Cleaning Services
Tight spaces, short duct runs and a kitchen that moves around town. Cleaning a truck isn't just a restaurant job made smaller: water, wiring and propane all sit within arm's reach, so the setup takes as much care as the scrubbing. Here's what we clean.
Food Truck Hoods and Filters
Most trucks have one hood running the full length of the cook line, feeding a short duct and a roof-mounted fan. Grease builds up fast in that short path because there's very little distance for it to cool and settle.
We degrease the hood interior and filters and clean the duct and roof fan in the same visit.
Concession Trailers
Trailers that work festivals, ballparks and weekend markets often run a fryer and a griddle flat out for hours. That's a lot of grease for a small hood to catch in one day.
We clean them at your lot or commissary between events, so the trailer is ready for the next booking.
Catering and Event Kitchens
Mobile catering rigs and pop-up kitchens may only cook a few days a month, but they still need hood cleaning.
Lighter use can mean a longer interval between cleanings. We'll look at how often you cook and what you cook before we suggest a schedule.
Commissary Kitchen Hoods
The commissary where trucks prep and park usually has its own hood system, and it often works harder than people expect.
If your commissary manager handles the building, we can clean its hood and your truck in one trip, and keep each one's records separate.
Food Truck Hood Cleaning, Step by Step
Step 1: Shut Down and Cool Off
Turn off the cooking equipment at least an hour before we arrive and shut off the propane. Clear food and loose items off the line.
Step 2: Cover and Contain
We wrap the equipment, cover the floor and set up containment, so wash water stays off the truck interior and out of the street drain.
Step 3: Clean Hood to Fan
Hood, filters, duct and roof fan are scraped, degreased and washed. In a truck we work in tight quarters, so we take extra care around wiring and gas lines.
Step 4: Records and Sticker
Every visit ends with before-and-after photos, a dated certificate and a sticker on the hood. Keep copies on the truck and on your phone, since an inspector at a new spot will want to see them right away.
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Food Truck Hood Cleaning FAQs
Inspection coming up, or your hood starting to drip? Call (XXX) XXX-XXXX to book a cleaning at your lot.
Yes. A truck hood does the same job as a restaurant hood, and NFPA 96, the fire code for commercial kitchen exhaust, includes rules written specifically for mobile and temporary cooking. Your health and fire inspectors will want to see dated cleaning records.
It depends on what and how much you cook. A truck running fryers and a flat-top six days a week needs cleaning far more often than a coffee or dessert truck. We'll recommend a schedule after we see your setup.
At your commissary or wherever the truck parks, as long as we have room to work and somewhere to set up containment. Tell us the address and any access rules when you call.
A single-hood truck is usually a shorter job than a restaurant, which typically takes two to four hours. Heavy buildup takes longer, so if it's been a while, tell us.
Turn off cooking equipment at least an hour before, shut off the propane, put food away and clear the cook line. Let us know if the fan is wired to anything unusual.
Most single-hood systems in Houston run $150–$250 per cleaning. Heavy grease or a first-time cleaning costs more. You'll have a written quote before we start.