Kitchen hood cleaning for restaurants and homes across the UAE
The hood is the part of your exhaust system everyone sees, and the first place grease collects. HoodEx cleans commercial kitchen hoods in restaurants, hotels and cloud kitchens, and range hoods in villas and apartments. Before we quote, we inspect the system, so the plan and the price match what is actually there.
- We inspect before we quote
- Report with before and after photos
- Day and night shifts
Your kitchen exhaust system, in one picture
Smoke and grease rise from the cooking line into the hood, pass through the filters, travel up the duct and leave through the fan. Some kitchens also have an ESP or ecology unit in the path. HoodEx cleans that whole path, and the highlighted part is what this page covers.
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Hood. The first line of capture above the cook line.This page
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Filters. Baffle filters that trap grease before it reaches the duct.
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Exhaust Duct. The hidden network carrying air — and grease — out of the building.
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ESP Unit. Electrostatic precipitators used in select kitchen setups.
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Exhaust Fan. The motor that pulls contaminated air out of the kitchen.
What's included
- Canopy interior and exterior surfaces
- Grease channels and capture edges
- Baked-on grease film removed with professional-grade degreasing agents
- Advice on whether the filters and duct also need cleaning
Every cleaning ends with a company-attested report that includes before and after photos and recommendations, plus a cleaning certificate showing the cleaning date and the next due date. Our cleaning follows the NFPA 96 standard, and the certificate states it.
Signs it needs cleaning
- Grease dripping or pooling around the hood edges
- A sticky, dark film on the canopy surfaces
- Cooking smells that linger long after service
- Smoke and heat that clear more slowly than they used to
How we do it
We use professional-grade degreasing agents to strip the grease film from the inside of the canopy, the exterior panels and the capture edges, then leave the surfaces clean and dry. Some customers call this exhaust hood cleaning or hood exhaust cleaning. It is the same canopy cleaning, and it can be combined with the filters, duct and fan in our complete kitchen hood exhaust cleaning service. For villas and apartments, see our kitchen chimney and range hood cleaning page.
Looking for kitchen hood cleaning near you, or exhaust hood cleaners for your restaurant? Our team travels to commercial and residential kitchens across all seven emirates, and where possible we schedule the work around your kitchen's operating hours.
Frequently asked questions
What is exhaust hood cleaning?
Exhaust hood cleaning is another name for kitchen hood cleaning: removing baked-on grease from the canopy above the cooking line, including its interior, exterior panels and capture edges. It can be booked on its own, or as part of full kitchen hood exhaust cleaning that also covers the filters, duct and fan.
How often should a kitchen hood be cleaned?
It depends on cooking volume and method. NFPA 96, the standard commonly used as a benchmark, ranges from monthly for solid-fuel cooking to yearly for low-volume kitchens. After inspecting your system we recommend a schedule that fits how you cook.
Do you clean range hoods in homes as well as commercial hoods?
Yes. We work in villas and apartments as well as restaurants, hotels, cafes, cloud kitchens and catering facilities.
Is cleaning the hood enough, or does the duct need cleaning too?
Grease passes the hood and filters and collects in the duct and fan. Cleaning only the hood leaves that grease behind, which is why we also offer the complete exhaust system service.
What makes the best kitchen hood cleaning company?
No company is the best for every kitchen, so judge by what you can check: it inspects before it quotes, it cleans the whole exhaust path and not only the visible canopy, and it gives you a report with before and after photos. HoodEx does all three, with day and night shifts across the UAE.
Do you issue a kitchen hood cleaning certificate?
Yes. Every job ends with a cleaning certificate showing the cleaning date and the next due date, together with the company-attested report with before and after photos and recommendations. Our cleaning follows the NFPA 96 standard, and the certificate states it. Keep both for your records or show them to your landlord, insurer or inspecting authority.
Is canopy cleaning or vent hood cleaning the same as kitchen hood cleaning?
Yes. Canopy, vent hood, extractor hood and exhaust hood are all names for the same piece of equipment, the hood above the cooking line. Whatever you call it, we clean the canopy inside and out, the grease channels and the filters, and we tell you whether the duct and fan need cleaning too.
More questions? See our full FAQ.
Helpful guides
Which degreasers work on commercial kitchen hoods and filters, which surfaces they can damage, and the safety steps to follow before you clean.
Step-by-step guide to cleaning kitchen baffle and mesh grease filters with a hot soak, how often to do it, and when filters need replacing.
A smelly cooker hood or range hood usually means saturated grease filters, a spent carbon filter or grease in the fan. Here is how to find and fix it.
Where we do this
Kitchen hood cleaning UAE-wide. HoodEx is a kitchen hood cleaning company in UAE serving all seven emirates and Al Ain: restaurant hood cleaning, commercial kitchen hood cleaning and home range hoods. Our kitchen hood cleaning team works in every emirate, with day and night shifts.
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Not sure what your system needs? We inspect it first and recommend only what's needed.