If you love cooking, then you already know how foggy, smelly, and sticky your kitchen feels after you prepare a meal. And the more delicious the meal, the longer those post-dinner cooking fumes tend to linger.
Unfortunately, many kitchens don’t come with their own ventilation system or a range hood to rid the area of those unwanted smells. It can make justifying cooking difficult if it’s going to stink up the entire house or apartment for a few days afterward. This is just one of the many, many reasons every restaurant has sophisticated commercial roof exhaust fans installed in the kitchen.
Whether you’re cooking in a small kitchen at home or in a large restaurant, you’re going to need to get rid of all the smells, particulates, and water vapor that cooking creates. Fortunately, there are a few tricks to cook whatever you want in your kitchen and not have those smells lingering around for days.
Commercial Fans
This is an extremely underrated item when it comes to cooking. Fans can be placed in kitchen windows or ceilings and can send all that unwanted air outside. For those who like to cook at home, install the fan in your window and put it on the “exhaust” setting every time you plan on cooking. Doing this will certainly rid your kitchen of those unwanted odors, and there are many affordable commercial fans on the market today.
Place Fans in Other Rooms
If you’re unfortunate enough to not have a fan inside your kitchen, installing commercial fans in another room can be almost as effective. Placing any fan in close proximity to where the cooking is being done will battle those nasty fish and other food odors. Even in a bathroom that’s down the hallway from the kitchen, turning on the exhaust fan will decrease the amount of lingering odors throughout the house or building. In short, the more ventilation there is inside your building, the better the air quality will be in your kitchen.
Regularly Clean Fan Filters
It’s important to not just leave your fans unattended for weeks and months at a time. Even if they don’t look that dirty, there is still a pretty good chance they are. If you aren’t cleaning them every once in a while, after a few weeks those smells you’re trying to get rid of will come right back — even if you aren’t cooking. If the fan is doing its job, then it’s probably clogged with the particulates causing the smells you don’t want.
Make sure to thoroughly wash and clean your fans every couple of weeks and replace filters as needed. In larger areas, bigger commercial fans and exhaust systems should be thoroughly cleaned at least once every three months, but it’s recommended to wash them more regularly if possible.
If you want to take a look at some exhaust fans, don’t hesitate to contact Brooklyn Fan today!