How to Remove Grease from Hood Filters: The hood is an essential tool in the kitchen as it allows us to eliminate a good part of the odors that are released from the food during cooking. Unfortunately, however, hoods tend to accumulate a lot of dirt and in the middle, one of the most difficult elements to eliminate, there is also grease along with dust and various debris. Cleaning the hood, therefore, is essential if you want to keep it and the kitchen in excellent hygienic conditions and if you want to continue to ensure that it always sucks in the best. The frequency of such cleaning is to be determined depending on how often we cook: the more food we prepare (and thus use the hood to vacuum) the more necessary and frequent the need for cleaning will be.
Tools and products needed for cleaning
Before we start cleaning, however, it is necessary to prepare properly and arm ourselves to the hilt. Appropriate tools and products make the difference between a clean and efficient hood and a passable and less performing one. These certainly include not only degreasing detergents but also simple baking soda and white vinegar.
Another indispensable item is a good soft sponge or cloth, with which you will actually clean the actual hood filters. For this, it should be noted that many hoods today have removable filters; you will simply have to find the opening mechanism and unhook them from the main structure, and then clean them properly.
How to effectively clean the filters
Once they have been disassembled you can decide between several methods to clean them, one of the most natural, and environmentally friendly, is to make use of baking soda; you will simply soak the filters in a basin with warm water and a few tablespoons of baking soda and leave them for a few minutes, then scrub with a soft sponge or brush until completely clean.
These below are the correct steps:
- disassembling filters
- mix baking soda and warm water in a bowl
- place the filters in it
- scrub with a sponge
- rinse and dry thoroughly
Possibly you can also use white vinegar instead of baking soda as a natural method. In that case you will have to pass it directly over the disassembled filters and let it act for at least fifteen minutes and then scrub with more vinegar and a brush (or an old toothbrush) before rinsing them with warm water.
Finally, you can also simply use a classic degreasing cleaner to spray on and leave on according to directions; in any case, remember that you should always dry thoroughly. To keep the filters clean for a long time, on the other hand, remember to always keep a window open so as to increase circulation when cooking and thus promoting a decrease in the accumulation of dirt and moisture in the filters.
