Food Trucks & Ghost Kitchens
Food Truck and Ghost Kitchen Maintenance
NFPA 96 hood cleaning, fire suppression service, and grease management for DMV food trucks, ghost kitchens, commissary kitchens, and delivery-only kitchen operations.
Food trucks and ghost kitchens have exploded across the DMV restaurant scene — and most operators discover only at inspection time that their compact mobile and delivery-only kitchens are subject to the same NFPA 96 standards as their full-service competitors. Whether you operate a single truck, a multi-vehicle fleet, or a ghost kitchen running five virtual brands out of one production line, your exhaust hood needs the same regulated maintenance program.
Compliance
Food truck and ghost kitchen compliance
Mobile and ghost kitchens face NFPA 96 oversight from local fire marshals, health department inspection from county public health, and (for trucks) annual mobile food unit inspection. Our service program treats compact kitchens like any other restaurant — with documentation tailored for mobile and shared-kitchen operating environments.
- NFPA 96 cleaning records sized for compact mobile and ghost kitchen exhaust systems
- Mobile food unit inspection-aligned documentation for truck operators
- Commissary kitchen multi-tenant compliance documentation for shared production facilities
- Health department-aligned grease trap and disposal records
- Delivery-only kitchen audit-ready records for DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub virtual brand operators
Services
Mobile and ghost kitchen services
Food truck hood cleaning
Compact-system exhaust cleaning for single trucks and multi-vehicle fleets.
Ghost kitchen exhaust maintenance
Multi-brand production line cleaning with documentation for each operating brand.
Commissary kitchen multi-tenant service
Shared commissary facilities with bundled service for multiple resident operations.
Mobile food unit certification support
Exhaust certification ahead of annual mobile food unit inspection.
Fleet account management
Multi-vehicle food truck operators get unified scheduling, fleet-wide documentation, and bundled service runs.
FAQs
Food Trucks & Ghost Kitchens questions, answered
Do food trucks really need NFPA 96 hood cleaning?
Yes. NFPA 96 applies to commercial cooking operations regardless of whether they operate in a brick-and-mortar restaurant, a mobile food truck, a ghost kitchen, or a commissary. Your local fire marshal can cite mobile and ghost kitchens for the same exhaust violations as any other commercial kitchen.
How often does a food truck need its hood cleaned?
Frequency follows the same NFPA 96 Table 11.4 standards as any restaurant — based on cooking volume and equipment. Most full-service food trucks fall into quarterly cleaning cycles. High-volume trucks operating events daily may need monthly cleaning.
Can you service a multi-truck fleet?
Yes. Fleet operators get unified scheduling, fleet-wide compliance documentation, bundled service runs (we can clean multiple trucks at your commissary in a single visit), and consolidated invoicing.
Do you have experience with ghost kitchen production lines?
Yes. Ghost kitchens often operate multiple virtual brands out of a single production line, which creates documentation complexity (which brand owns which compliance record?). Our service program produces brand-attributed documentation that supports multi-brand audit requirements.
Can you work with my commissary kitchen landlord?
Yes. Commissaries typically maintain their own facility-wide hood cleaning program in addition to tenant-specific equipment requirements. We coordinate with commissary management for facility-level service and tenant-level supplemental cleaning.
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