Professional grease trap cleaning provided by Kerkstra Septic.
It may not seem obvious, but neglected grease traps can put a restaurant out of business. Rotten grease odor coming from drains can drive away customers and FOG (fat, oil, and grease) fines from the city can quickly pile up if grease traps aren’t properly maintained. Luckily, finding proper grease trap cleaning is as simple as calling Kerkstra. Our skilled and personable technicians will make sure your trap is completely clean and properly disposes of your grease.
Get Answers to common questions about Grease Trap cleaning.
For most commercial restaurant kitchens, this is typically performed every 60 to 90 days. For higher volume restaurants (fast food), we do cleanings every 2 to 4 weeks.
Washing greasy pans or plates with food matter without scraping them first will fill up your grease trap quicker, resulting in more frequent need for grease trap cleaning. On the other hand, if you recycle waste cooking oil, dry wipe pots and pans before washing, avoid using garbage disposals and scrape dishes of excess food before washing you can reduce the amount of FOGs entering your grease trap.
The universal industry standard is the 25% Rule. A grease trap must be pumped out before the combined volume of floating grease and settled solids fills 25% of the trap’s total depth. Once you find out how long this takes you can set up a recurring schedule with Kerkstra’s dependable and skilled technicians and never risk missing a cleaning again.
