How to clean the fume hood

It symbolizes that every household has a range hood in life. However, when we Chinese cook Chinese food, we need to use oil every time. The whole house is full of smoke and we must turn on the range hood. However, when the range hood is turned on, the oil sucked in every time will be contaminated by the oil pot of the range hood. When there is oil smoke or oil smoke filter, it will be blocked and produce some odor, which is not good for the body. So what are the ways to clean the range hood?

Don't let the range hood become a time bomb around you!

As one of the world's cuisines, Chinese cuisine has become the quintessence of our country with its diversity of dish styles, unique taste, and special cooking methods. It is precisely because of the particularity of Chinese cooking methods that the fumes in our kitchens are incomparable to other cooking methods. Because of this, range hoods have entered the kitchens of thousands of households. Range hoods are a type of kitchen appliance that purifies the kitchen environment. It is installed above the gas stove and can quickly extract the waste from stove combustion and the fumes harmful to the human body produced during cooking and discharge them outdoors, reducing pollution, purifying the air, and providing safety protection against poison and explosion.

How to clean a range hood? How to clean a range hood?

1. Types of range hoods

(1) Chinese-style range hoods, mainly old-style shallow and deep suction range hoods. It takes up a lot of space, makes a lot of noise, and is prone to oil dripping.

(ii) The second type is the European style range hood, which uses multi-layer oil mesh filtering, has a beautiful appearance and is expensive.

(iii) The third is the side-suction range hood, which adopts the principle of aerodynamics and first uses the oil fume separation plate on the surface to separate the oil fume and then discharges it into clean air. Its characteristics are that it is embedded in the cabinet, does not take up kitchen space, is easy to clean, does not stick to oil, and has a long service life. The fourth type is the modern multimedia intelligent range hood, which adopts the latest technology and realizes computer control. It is a model for people’s kitchen life in the future.

2. How to clean the range hood? How to clean the range hood?

(1) How to clean the range hood is a rather troublesome problem. We clean the range hood by starting with using it. Before use, sprinkle a thin layer of soap powder into the two oil storage boxes, and then inject about one-third of water. In this way, the recovered oil will float on the water surface. After pouring it out, repeat the same method. Alternatively, you can put a smaller disposable oil box in the oil storage box, and take it out and throw it away after the waste oil is collected. In addition to the first time we clean the range hood, the waste oil can filter out the top layer of grease and can also be used as a detergent to wipe the body of the machine.

(2) How to clean the body of the range hood. The range hood is mainly composed of a casing, air duct, fan, check valve, oil collection and drainage device, lighting device, power switch and power cord. It is time to distinguish what can be cleaned and what cannot be cleaned. First, cut off the power supply of the smoking hood to ensure the most basic life safety. Use a screwdriver to unscrew the screws on the casing, remove the casing and the oil screen. If the grease on the oil screen is very thick, first use a tool to gently scrape off the excess grease, then put it in warm water mixed with neutral detergent, soak for three minutes, and then wipe it clean with a clean rag.

(III) How to clean the range hood? In addition to using oil fume cleaner, you can also use a mixture of detergent and vinegar to clean the fan blades. This solution is harmless to the human body. Another method is the high-pressure steam method. The specific method is to put half a pot of cold water in the pressure cooker, heat it, and when steam is continuously discharged, remove the pressure limiting valve, turn on the range hood and aim the steam water column at the rotating fan blades. The oily water will flow into the waste oil box along the oil drain groove. The turbine of the range hood is treated in the same way.

Although there are many ways to clean range hoods now, we have to use different methods depending on the type of range hood. For example, for old-fashioned range hoods, you can just use some simple water to clean them. Don't use too much at one time to avoid damaging the range hood. Also, when cleaning, it's best not to use too much water to avoid smoke.