Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Resources

Operating a kitchen exhaust cleaning business can be lonely sometimes. When we operated our business in Raleigh, NC we found being members of forums where we could exchange ideas, pictures, and ask questions made it more fun.

Below are websites we found helpful. We invite you to send us links to other websites (including your own) that you have found useful.

www.theGreasePolice.com
This forum has a free area and a paid subscription area. There is some good stuff in the free area, but the best advice is found in paid subscription area

www.theGrimeScene.com
There is a forum here just for kitchen exhaust cleaners. Many members of the GrimeScene clean driveways, windows, etc.

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www.raglady.com
Using her blue surgical rags saved us grief on 2 occasions when the customer claimed our rag ruined his fan. The rag in question was white. This site also has great prices for gloves and oil booms. Oil booms contain material that absorbs oil but not water.

www.HoodFilters.com
Great prices, great service. Make money replacing broken hood filters.

www.restaurantactivityreport.com
Weekly notification of new restaurants, new owners of existing restaurants, management changes, and closings. Get there BEFORE your competitors! Also a great source for accurate lists if you plan to do some direct mail marketing.

www.OmniContainment.com
Make money selling grease containment systems and replacing the filters that go into them.