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Kidde vs. Ansul: Which Fire Suppression System Is Right for Your Commercial Kitchen?
• Septiembre 04, 2026
Categorías: Fire Suppression
Every commercial kitchen is required to have a fire suppression system installed above cooking equipment. Choosing the right one affects installation time, inspection outcomes, and long-term reliability. HoodMart carries both Kidde and Ansul systems, and understanding the differences helps you make the right call before the job starts.
What Is a Commercial Kitchen Fire Suppression System?
A fire suppression system is a code-required, automatic wet chemical system mounted within your exhaust hood. It detects heat and discharges a suppression agent directly onto cooking equipment and into the duct to extinguish a fire before it spreads.
Key features of a commercial kitchen fire suppression system include:
• Activates automatically via heat detectors
• Shuts off the gas and electrical supply to the cooking equipment upon discharge
• Must be inspected and serviced every six months per NFPA 96
• Required for all Type 1 hood installations above grease-producing equipment
Compliance is not optional. Both Kidde and Ansul meet the UL 300 standard required for commercial kitchen installations.
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Steps To Ensure Your Exhaust Hood Is Running Efficiently
• Agosto 31, 2026
Categorías: Hoods
A commercial kitchen exhaust hood does more than clear smoke from the air; it maintains air quality, regulates temperature, captures grease before it becomes a fire hazard, and keeps the kitchen compliant with health and safety codes. When the system...

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Preventative Maintenance Guide For Your Exhaust Hoods
• Agosto 28, 2026
Categorías: Hoods
A commercial kitchen exhaust system works harder than almost any other piece of equipment in the building—pulling heat, smoke, grease, and odors out of the kitchen continuously through every service. Because it runs quietly in the background (a...

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Why Your Commercial Kitchen Hood Is Failing a Health Inspection (And You Don't Know It Yet)
• Agosto 24, 2026
Categorías: HOOD FACTS, PRODUCT CARE
Health inspectors are not trying to surprise you. The violations they cite most often on commercial kitchen ventilation systems are the same ones, kitchen after kitchen, year after year. They are predictable, preventable, and almost always traceable ...

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The Complete Guide to Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Components
• Agosto 19, 2026
Categorías: HOOD FACTS, Hoods
A commercial exhaust hood is the piece of equipment everyone notices. The fourteen other components required to make it function are the ones nobody thinks about until a contractor is standing in the kitchen asking where the unistrut is. If you've e...

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