01 / 05Photo to formVISION AI
Take a Photo. AI Fills the Form.
Your inspector takes a photo of any asset or defect. AI reads it and fills the inspection form automatically.
No typing. No manual entry.
Kitchen Hood Cleaning Checklist
Use this kitchen hood cleaning checklist to run checks on job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, grease containment, accessible ductwork and extract fan, and cleaning method and materials, recording pass, fail, or N/A and capturing a photo on anything that needs proof.
8 sections30 questions16 to 30 minutesFree
Kitchen Hood CleaningKitchen 3 · Hood and Canopy Cleaning0 of 3 checked
- Hood and canopy surfaces cleaned of grease and residue.
Photo Added - Capture surfaces and accessible plenum cleaned.Photo Added
- Record any areas requiring additional treatment or a return visit.Photo Added
Free on iOS and AndroidGet the App
What’s in this checklist.
8 sections · 30 questions · 16 to 30 minutes · Free
- 5 questions
Record the site or venue name and address.
Enter textIdentify the kitchen and hood or extract system cleaned, with its asset ID or location and the cooking line served.
Enter textRecord the date of cleaning.
Enter textRecord the pre-clean condition and grease loading found.
Enter textConfirm the system is isolated and safe to clean where applicable, with appliance power or gas off and the extract fan isolated.
- 3 questions
Hood and canopy surfaces cleaned of grease and residue.
Capture surfaces and accessible plenum cleaned.
Record any areas requiring additional treatment or a return visit.
Enter text
- 4 questions
Grease or baffle filters removed and cleaned or degreased.
Cleaned filters confirmed free of remaining grease and residue.
Filters refitted correctly in every slot.
Record any filters found damaged or requiring replacement.
Enter text
- 2 questions
Grease cups, troughs and collection areas emptied and cleaned.
Grease containment confirmed clear and draining after cleaning.
- 3 questions
Accessible duct or riser sections cleaned where safely reachable.
Accessible extract-fan components cleaned where safely reachable.
Record inaccessible duct or fan sections and any further specialist access required.
Enter text
- 2 questions
Record the cleaning method used, such as manual degrease, hot-wash or steam.
Enter textRecord the cleaning products or chemicals used, where applicable.
Enter text
- 4 questions
Visible grease and residue confirmed removed from cleaned surfaces.
Cleaned surfaces confirmed in acceptable post-clean condition.
Filters, access panels and components confirmed refitted and restored.
Record any remaining issues or areas not brought to standard.
Enter text
- 7 questions
Before-cleaning photographs captured.
After-cleaning photographs captured.
Record areas not cleaned or any access limitations.
Enter textRecord the cleaning operative or contractor name and date.
Enter textRecord the overall clean outcome.
Record the standard, site policy or contract the clean was carried out to, where applicable, such as TR19 Grease industry guidance.
Enter textRecord the cleaning certificate or report reference and the recommended next-clean date, where applicable.
Enter text
How the Kitchen Hood Cleaning checklist works.
Three steps, about 16 to 30 minutes.
Work through each section
Section by section, one check at a time.
Log every finding
Tap Fail, add a photo, assign who fixes it.
Sign off and share
The report is ready the moment you finish.
Same checklist, two ways to run it.
Paper for a one-off check. The app when every finding needs fixing.
Printed PDF
- Pen on paper
- Photos in your camera roll
- Report typed up later
InspectWrk appRecommended
- Photos on every finding
- Owner and due date per finding
- Report ready at sign-off
Branded checklist
Get Your Company Branded Checklist
Customize with your logo and company details.
What is a kitchen hood cleaning checklist?
Quick answer
A kitchen hood cleaning checklist is the structured inspection that verifies field controls and closes findings with proof that food & beverage teams use to check the key inspection points, assign owners to any failures, and close them with photo proof. Completed in InspectWrk, it is timestamped, works offline, and exports as an audit-ready food & beverage report for FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000.
A kitchen hood cleaning checklist is the structured inspection that verifies field controls and closes findings with proof that food & beverage teams use to check job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, grease containment, accessible ductwork and extract fan, and cleaning method and materials, capture photo evidence, and track corrective actions to closure. Its job is to confirm cleaning remains serviceable through high-touch surface cleaning, washroom fixtures and consumables and waste segregation and bin condition.
Why are kitchen hood cleaning inspections still chased on WhatsApp?
Housekeeping supervisors and facilities coordinators still miss empty consumables, mixed waste streams and wet floors without signage when rounds are ticked without zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo.
Without inspection records, teams reconstruct the evidence from phones instead of proving FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000 readiness.
Before and After InspectWrk
Before InspectWrk
- Temperature logs and CCP records sit in binders at each station, filled in once per shift.
- Kitchen hood cleaning checks are ticked on paper without photo evidence per finding.
- Missing or inconsistent logs surface during the FSSAI audit, not when the deviation happened.
After InspectWrk
- Food safety officers complete the inspection in the app with photo evidence at the kitchen hood cleaning, even offline.
- Managers see open findings, closure status, and FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000 evidence live on one dashboard.
- Out-of-range readings trigger an immediate corrective action with an owner, so the licence is never on the line.
Why is a kitchen hood cleaning checklist important?
It helps food safety officers and supervisors keep food & beverage work consistent, safe, and auditable, with the evidence needed for FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000:
- Cover the full inspection: structured checks across job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, and grease containment surface empty consumables, mixed waste streams and wet floors without signage before they reach handover, audit, or the next shift.
- Document food & beverage findings with the right proof: capture zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo on every issue so nothing rests on memory.
- Track food & beverage fixes to closure: each failure becomes an action with an owner, a due date, and a re-inspection that confirms it is done.
- Stay audit-ready: keep one timestamped record for FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000 you can export instead of rebuilding it from scattered photos and spreadsheets.
What should be included in a kitchen hood cleaning checklist?
A complete kitchen hood cleaning checklist works through job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, grease containment, accessible ductwork and extract fan, and cleaning method and materials, then records inspection context, scored checkpoints, and evidence with corrective actions:
Inspection context
Record where and when the inspection runs:
- Site, food & beverage location, and asset identification
- Inspector, date, and the food & beverage areas or assets in scope
- Reference numbers or schedules linked to the checklist
Checkpoints and scoring
Define what each checkpoint verifies and how results are scored:
- Job Details and Pre-Clean Preparation
- Hood and Canopy Cleaning
- Grease Filters
- Grease Containment
- Accessible Ductwork and Extract Fan
- Cleaning Method and Materials
- 20 fields aligned to the checklist
Evidence and corrective actions
Make every finding traceable and actionable:
- Capture zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo on failed or critical items
- Retain inspection records with the inspection record
- Sign-off, completion status, and follow-up notes
How do teams use a kitchen hood cleaning checklist?
Follow these steps to run the kitchen hood cleaning checklist:
- Fill in the kitchen hood cleaning header: inspector, site, date, and areas in scope.
- Work through job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, grease containment, accessible ductwork and extract fan, and cleaning method and materials in order, recording pass, fail, or N/A.
- Attach zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo wherever a failure or observation needs proof.
- Raise actions for empty consumables, mixed waste streams and wet floors without signage with owners and deadlines before sign-off.
- Review the kitchen hood cleaning summary, share the report, and keep the record for your audit trail.
See how this checklist fits into Food & Beverage inspection software.
This checklist runs as a mobile inspection app that works fully offline on site, with AI-powered defect detection on every photo. To see it on your own workflows, talk to our team.
AI-Powered Features for Your Field Workflows
Submit an inspection and AI writes the PDF report and Excel sheet for you. No admin, no waiting.
02 / 05Voice to textVOICE AI
Speak. AI Writes It Down.
Inspectors speak their observations in any language. AI transcribes and fills the form in real time.
Completely hands-free in the field.
03 / 05Auto reportsREPORT AI
AI Writes the Report. PDF and Excel, Instantly.
The moment an inspection is submitted, AI summarises the findings and builds a branded PDF report and an Excel sheet for you.
No manual reporting. No copy-paste.
04 / 05IntegrationsINTEGRATIONS
Connect Your Existing Tools.
InspectWrk integrates with the tools your team already uses, including Zoho, Microsoft 365, and SAP.
No double entry.
05 / 05Live dashboardLIVE DATA
Live Dashboard. Every Site. Always On.
Your operations team sees completion rates, open issues, and compliance scores across all sites in real time.
No chasing updates.
One Platform. Mobile-First. AI-Powered.
- Collaborate
Collaborate with your team anytime, anywhere
See which checklists your team has in progress across every site, jump into the same inspection with one tap, and keep field, supervisor, and back-office views in sync without sending screenshots on WhatsApp.
- Organise inspection data by site, team, and date
- Assign checks to the inspector or vendor responsible
- Track completion across every location in one view
- Keep field and back-office in sync in real time
- Comment on findings without leaving the inspection
- Custom Reports
Custom reports that guide your decision making
Every team reports differently. Build the report your operations, quality, or compliance leads actually want to read, share it as a branded PDF, and schedule delivery to the stakeholders who need it.
- Branded PDF and CSV export from any completed inspection
- Schedule weekly or monthly delivery to managers and clients
- Share to email, Drive, Teams, or Slack in one click
- Filter findings by site, severity, or corrective-action status
- Powerful Analytics
Analyse your inspection data with confidence
See completion, pass rate, and recurring findings across every checklist and every site, without pulling spreadsheets together at the end of the month.
- Powerful dashboard
- Combine multiple reports into one dashboard so you can monitor status, bottlenecks, and completion trends at a glance.
- Always in sync
- Changes sync across devices so inspectors, supervisors, and back-office teams always see the latest responses and attachments.
- Embedded analytics
- Explore checklist data with charts and breakdowns that stay tied to the underlying inspections, without exporting to spreadsheets.
Kitchen Hood Cleaningquestions
See this checklist running on your own sites in a 30-minute demo.
Book a Free DemoIt is scoped to the scheduled cadence and controls that food safety officers, QA managers, hygiene auditors, production supervisors run, not a one-off handover walk. It prompts job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, grease containment, accessible ductwork and extract fan, and cleaning method and materials, watching for empty consumables, mixed waste streams and wet floors without signage, records pass, fail, or N/A with zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo on critical items, and raises corrective actions with owners before sign-off. Run in InspectWrk, the record is timestamped and rolls into trend reports so repeat failures surface before the next audit.
They work through each checkpoint to confirm cleaning remains serviceable through high-touch surface cleaning, washroom fixtures and consumables and waste segregation and bin condition, confirm the required controls are in place, and capture zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo on anything that fails or needs proof. Priority failure modes include empty consumables, mixed waste streams and wet floors without signage. Each checkpoint takes pass, fail, or N/A, and a failed item stays open until the fix is verified.
It expects zone photo, consumable stock note and waste bin photo, plus inspection records on failed or critical items, so findings rest on proof rather than memory. Records support FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000, and every photo, note, and sign-off stays attached to the inspection instead of living in chat threads.
The kitchen hood cleaning checklist covers job details and pre-clean preparation, hood and canopy cleaning, grease filters, grease containment, accessible ductwork and extract fan, and cleaning method and materials. On each checkpoint, food safety officers record pass, fail, or N/A, add a photo on anything that needs proof, and raise a corrective action with an owner and due date. Run in InspectWrk, the inspection is timestamped, traceable to whoever completed it, and exports as a single food & beverage report aligned to FSSAI, HACCP and ISO 22000.
More food & beverage checklists.
Food & Beverage33,500+ downloadsFood Safety Inspection Checklist
Food safety and hygiene inspections: temperature checks, cleanliness, HACCP points, and corrective actions.
- Food safety
- Hygiene
- Food & Beverage10,200+ downloads
Commercial Refrigerator Inspection Checklist
Inspect a commercial refrigerator end to end: temperature, thermostat and control, door and gasket, shelving, condenser, evaporator, compressor, fans, defrost system, drain, electrical condition, cleanliness, and frost or ice, with alarms and maintenance records.
- Commercial refrigerator
- Refrigeration
Food & Beverage9,600+ downloadsWalk-in Cooler Inspection Checklist
Inspect a walk-in cooler's refrigeration operation and storage environment: temperature and temperature display, door condition, door seals and closer, evaporator, condenser, fans, drainage, interior condition, shelving, lighting, and cleanliness, with deficiencies and corrective actions.
- Walk in cooler
- Cold storage
- Food & Beverage9,100+ downloads
Commercial Oven Inspection Checklist
Inspect a commercial oven end to end: heating elements or burners, temperature controls, thermostat, door and gasket, hinges, gas and electrical connections, ignition, safety controls, racks, chamber, ventilation, and cleanliness, with photo evidence and corrective actions.
- Commercial oven
- Kitchen equipment
Inspections Across Industries
- Food & BeverageEnsure Food Safety Compliance
- Health & SafetyProtect Your Workforce
- HealthcareMaintain Patient Safety
- ManufacturingStandardise Line Inspections
- Energy & UtilitiesInspect Critical Infrastructure
- HospitalityConsistent Guest Experience
- Real EstateRun Property Inspections from Phone
- ConstructionAccelerate Project Delivery
- RetailOptimize Store Operations
- Facilities ManagementOptimize Facilities Operations
- EducationSafer Schools and Campuses