The Biggest Signs Your Industrial Kitchen Needs A Deep Clean

Ensuring your industrial kitchen is clean is not just important for your reputation, it is also legally required to ensure you avoid legal liability if someone gets ill in your establishment. Sometimes a deep clean is necessary.

You need to ensure your kitchen enables you to meet food hygiene requirements, but sometimes the problem is deeper than washing surfaces and keeping floors clean.

Sometimes you need professional intervention, and with that in mind, here are the biggest telltale signs that your kitchen needs a deep clean.

Unusual And Unpleasant Smells

There is a lot of dirt that accumulates in a kitchen every day, and whilst kitchen staff do their utmost to keep services, appliances and prep stations clean, it can accumulate over time and work as an early warning sign that your whole kitchen needs cleaning sooner rather than later.

More Smoke Than Usual

Whilst some types of cooking will naturally generate smoke, it can start to accumulate over time, as the extractor fans used to clear smoke away catch a lot of grease, which burns off when the appliances heat up.

This build-up of grease over time can become a severe fire risk, so it becomes a matter of safety to get it deep cleaned.

Lingering Stains

Spills are largely inevitable in a busy kitchen, and as long as they are cleaned up, they are not a problem. 

However, if they are left to linger, they will become much harder to remove and lead to greater growth of bacteria and mould, which can cause hygiene and food safety issues.

Underperforming Appliances

Over time, dirt can stick to fans, pipes and airways of appliances, causing them to take longer to heat up and underperform.

Whilst sometimes an underperforming oven is simply the result of it getting older or a worn-out part, it can also be a symptom of a build-up of dirt that requires a specialist deep clean to truly get rid of.