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Restaurant compliance services in Gulf Shores, AL

Gulf Shores kitchens run harder than most. A beach-season rush pushes fryers and grills at high volume for months at a stretch, which moves many kitchens into the fire code's quarterly inspection tier and fills grease traps faster than the off-season calendar suggests. This page lists companies that handle hood cleaning and grease trap pumping in Gulf Shores, several of them based minutes away in Foley and around Baldwin County.

Hood cleaning companies

Alabama enforces the 2021 International Fire Code statewide, which requires the full kitchen exhaust system to be inspected for grease buildup on a set schedule: monthly for solid fuel cooking, quarterly for high-volume cooking, every six months for most kitchens, and annually for low-volume operations. A packed summer season can push a kitchen into a higher tier, because the cooking volume decides, and cleaning follows the ANSI/IKECA C10 standard whenever grease is found. Inspectors look for the service tag on the hood showing the company and date of the last service.

Grease trap pumping companies

Sewer service in Gulf Shores comes from Gulf Shores Utilities, whose service area runs from County Road 10 south to the Gulf and from Gulf State Park to Fort Morgan. Alabama's food establishment rules require a grease trap that meets state specifications, and the common trigger used by Alabama utilities is pumping once grease and solids reach 25% of the trap's depth. Gulf Shores Utilities runs a cooking oil recycling program, but grease trap waste is excluded from it and must go out with a licensed hauler. Verify current requirements with Gulf Shores Utilities at (251) 968-6323 and keep every hauler manifest on file.

Service area

Companies on this page serve Gulf Shores and nearby communities including Orange Beach, Fort Morgan, Bon Secour, Foley.

Nearby areas

All Baldwin County services · Orange Beach · Foley

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