Hoods

The design and layout of a restaurant kitchen is imperative to running a smooth operation, but there is more that goes into the layout than the line of tables for preps and cooks. Where you place appliances, the location of your freezer, and the exhaust hood system are all taken into account when designing a kitchen space as these are the fundamental elements keeping the kitchen running and functioning efficiently. Ensuring that your kitchen is properly ventilated helps to ensure that the air being circulated is clean - making it safe for the staff and also helping keep the kitchen space clean of build ups that could cause employees to slip, or even pose a fire risk. 

Every commercial kitchen space is going to require an exhaust hood system. What this exhaust system does is capture and ‘exhaust’ heat, smoke, grease, fumes, and other air particles that dirty up the air and remove it from inside the kitchen to outside the building. Since you are removing all of this dirty air from inside the restaurant, your exhaust hood system will need a make-up air unit that will then take air from outside and push clean air back into your kitchen and building. There are different types of make-up air units for different types of scenarios. For example you can install a tempered makeup air unit that can heat-up outside air before its sent into your building to provide heat during colder months, or go with a unit that cools air down to help push colder air back into the restaurant ...