The short answer is all of them. When a restaurant produces waste water, it’s responsible for it. If there is water draining from your kitchen into your wastewater pipe, that’s your responsibility. Grease traps and grease interceptors should be used to collect all the FOG (Fats, oils, and grease) coming out of your kitchen, so you can stay up to code on your local ordinances. Wondering why to connect all of them? See it broken down below. [Read more…]
Troubleshooting 3 Common Grease Trap Problems
We often get called in during the 11th hour, with a grease trap that has gone critical and severely hampered the functions of a client’s kitchens. Like with many technical problems, while sometimes these crises require complex work and replacement, their issues can often be traced to several simple and common problems that can be solved with some regular planning and a little (pardon the pun) elbow grease. Below we go over the three common grease trap problems at a standard restaurant or food service business. [Read more…]
Restaurant Kitchen: Oil and Grease Hazards
Your kitchen is the beating heart of your restaurant, from a burger bar to a five star. From pan searing to deep frying, oil and grease are a part of your kitchen. However, when improperly handled or stored, they can become a hazard to both your employees and the health of your kitchen. This article looks at three of the most common oil and grease hazards that can happen in the kitchen of a restaurant, and the best ways of cleaning them up as well as avoiding them in the first place. [Read more…]
The Solids in Fat, Oil, Grease and Solids
Here at Food Grease Trappers, we’re all about keeping Fats, Oils, and Grease out of the sewers and storm drains. After all, the laws preventing these are there for good reason, as if those substances collectively known as F.O.G. make it into the sewer, they clog pipes and lead to overflows in your restaurant, the local water and sewer system, and puts unnecessary strain on and damage to treatment plants. But it’s not the only culprit: F.O.G. is actually F.O.G.S. with the last standing for “solids” and this last category exacerbates all the others, providing them with object to congeal around, which leads to the formation of Fatbergs. [Read more…]
