3 Tips To Prevent Grease-Related Sink Clogs In Your Commercial Kitchen

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Grease-related sink clogs can be a big issue for many commercial kitchens. If you're a restaurant owner, you should know that following these tips can help you prevent these clogs and all of the problems that can go along with them.

1. Encourage Employees to Scrape Plates

If your employees aren't doing a good job of scraping plates before they go into the dishwater to be cleaned, then there is going to be an increased chance of your restaurant experiencing sink clogs. Setting up a large trash can in the dish area and asking your employees to scrape each plate can be a good way to help prevent any grease-related or other types of sink clogs.

2. Invest in a Sink Strainer

If you don't have a commercial-quality sink strainer in your commercial kitchen sinks, you are probably going to find yourself dealing with clogs all the time. Any good restaurant supply store should sell these, and it should be easy to put into place yourself. You can also ask your plumber about a good sink strainer that works well for commercial applications. This can help catch greasy food and more to help prevent sink clogs.

3. Have Your Grease Trap Cleaned Regularly

Even if you and the people who work in your restaurant kitchen look for various ways to prevent grease clogs, you're still probably going to have to deal with grease. Luckily, though, having a grease trap installed and making sure that you have it cleaned out regularly can help to prevent costly plumbing issues, unpleasant odors and more in your commercial kitchen. Fortunately, there are plenty of grease trap cleaning companies out there that specialize in working with restaurants and other commercial food preparation settings, so you should be able to get on a schedule so that you can have your grease trap cleaned on a regular basis. How often you will need to have your restaurant's grease trap cleaned out will vary based off of the size of your grease trap and how busy your restaurant is, but this is something that a grease trap cleaning company can help you with.

Dealing with grease and oil is pretty much inevitable in a restaurant setting. This can lead to sink clogs and other issues if you aren't careful, but there are steps that you can take in your commercial kitchen that can help prevent this from happening. Fortunately, if you follow these tips, you can help reduce the number of issues that you have to deal with in regards to oil and grease.

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