A Spotless, Compliant Kitchen — Commercial Cleaning in Portland, OR
NFPA 96 hood & exhaust cleaning, kitchen deep cleans, and inspection prep for restaurants and food-service — scheduled overnight, so you never lose a shift.
The Whole Back of House
From the exhaust hood down to the floor drains — everything a commercial kitchen needs to stay clean, safe, and compliant.
Cleaners Who Know Commercial Kitchens
A commercial kitchen is not a house, and it can't be cleaned like one. Grease-laden exhaust systems are a real fire hazard, health inspectors look in places you'd never think to, and every hour the kitchen is down is money lost. It takes a crew that understands food-service — the codes, the equipment, and the schedule — and that's exactly what we are.
For twelve years, Portland restaurants have trusted Backline to keep their kitchens clean, safe, and compliant. Our technicians are trained and certified, our hood cleaning meets NFPA 96 and comes with full documentation for your fire marshal and insurer, and we work overnight so your kitchen is spotless by the morning shift with zero downtime. One kitchen or a whole restaurant group, we're the back-of-house crew that lets you focus on the front.
- ✓NFPA 96 compliant hood cleaning
- ✓Certified, food-service-trained crews
- ✓Overnight — zero lost shifts
- ✓Full compliance documentation
Built for Food-Service
Commercial kitchen cleaning is a specialty. Here's why Portland operators keep us on the schedule.
NFPA 96 Compliant
Hood and exhaust cleaning to code, with the documentation your fire marshal and insurance require.
Overnight Service
We clean while you're closed and are gone before you open — your kitchen never loses a shift to us.
Insured & Certified
Fully insured, certified technicians who understand food-service safety and how a kitchen actually runs.
Documented Every Time
Before-and-after photos and service certificates on every visit — proof for inspectors, insurers, and you.
On a Schedule
Quarterly, monthly, or on your cadence — we keep you ahead of grease buildup and inspection dates.
Multi-Unit Ready
One kitchen or twenty — we handle restaurant groups on a single coordinated schedule and invoice.
Clean Kitchen, Zero Downtime
We fit the clean around your service, not the other way around.
Walkthrough & Quote
We assess your kitchen, hood system, and needs, then give you a clear quote and a compliance-friendly schedule.
We Clean Overnight
Our certified crew arrives after close and cleans to spec — hood, equipment, surfaces, floors, and drains.
Certified & Documented
We leave photos and a service certificate, and set your next visit so you stay ahead of grease and inspections.
Cleaned to the Metal
A few Portland kitchens we keep spotless, safe, and inspection-ready.
Your Hood Is a Fire Risk Until It's Clean
Grease buildup in a kitchen exhaust system is one of the leading causes of restaurant fires — and it's exactly what insurers and fire marshals check. NFPA 96 sets the standard for how often and how thoroughly commercial hood systems must be cleaned, and falling behind can mean a failed inspection, a voided insurance claim, or worse.
Backline cleans your hood, ducts, and exhaust fan all the way to the bare metal, on a schedule that keeps you compliant, and documents every service with photos and a certificate you can hand straight to your fire marshal or insurer. It's the kind of thing that's invisible when it's handled and catastrophic when it's not — so we make sure it's always handled. Stay compliant, stay covered, and stay open.
- ✓NFPA 96 cleaning to bare metal
- ✓Photos & certificate every service
- ✓Fire-marshal & insurer ready
- ✓Kept on a compliant schedule
What a Real Clean Includes
Not a wipe-down — a documented, code-compliant, inspection-ready clean.
To the Metal
Grease removed from hood, ducts, and fan down to bare metal — not just the parts you can see from the floor.
Behind & Under
Equipment moved, floors and walls degreased, drains cleared — the places grease and inspectors both hide.
Documented & Certified
Before-and-after photos plus a service certificate on every visit — your proof of compliance, ready to hand over.
Portland Kitchens Trust Backline
Backline cleans our hood system every quarter like clockwork, overnight, and we've never once opened late because of it. Our fire marshal loves the compliance paperwork, our insurance loves the certificates, and the kitchen is spotless every morning. For a busy restaurant, that reliability is everything.
We run three locations and Backline handles all of them on one schedule. The hood cleaning is thorough and fully documented, the deep cleans are genuinely deep, and they work overnight so we never lose service. Switching to them was one of the best operational decisions we've made.
Passed our health inspection with the highest score we've ever gotten, right after Backline did our inspection-prep deep clean. They got behind and under equipment we haven't moved in years. Professional, certified, and worth every dollar for the peace of mind alone.
The grease was becoming a real fire risk before we found Backline. Now our exhaust system is NFPA 96 compliant, cleaned to the metal, and certified on schedule. They explained everything, showed us before-and-after photos, and made a scary problem simple. Can't recommend them enough.
Spotless, Compliant, Overnight
Get a quote for hood cleaning, a kitchen deep clean, or a full compliance schedule — and never lose a shift to cleaning again.
Commercial Kitchen Cleaning FAQ
How often does my hood system need cleaning?
NFPA 96 sets cleaning frequency by how much you cook: high-volume operations (charbroiling, wok cooking, 24-hour kitchens) may need monthly service, most full-service restaurants quarterly, and lighter-use kitchens semi-annually. We'll assess your cooking volume and set a compliant schedule, then keep you on it so you never fall behind or fail an inspection.
Do you work overnight so we don't lose service?
Always. We schedule around your hours — almost always overnight or after close — so our crew is in and out while you're closed and your kitchen is spotless and ready for the morning shift. You never lose a service period to cleaning. That zero-downtime scheduling is a core part of what we do.
Are you NFPA 96 compliant and insured?
Yes to both. Our hood and exhaust cleaning meets NFPA 96 standards, our technicians are trained and certified, and we're fully insured. Every hood service comes with before-and-after photos and a compliance certificate you can provide to your fire marshal and insurance carrier.
Can you help us prepare for a health inspection?
Absolutely — inspection-prep deep cleans are one of our specialties. We clean behind, under, and inside the equipment and areas inspectors check, degrease surfaces and drains, and get your kitchen genuinely inspection-ready. Many clients book us ahead of a known inspection or on a schedule that keeps them ready year-round.
Do you service restaurant groups and multiple locations?
We do — we handle everything from a single kitchen to large restaurant groups on one coordinated schedule and a single invoice. Multi-unit operators appreciate having one certified vendor keeping every location clean, compliant, and documented. Tell us how many kitchens you run and we'll build a plan.
How do we get a quote?
Call (503) 555-0164 or request a quote through the site with your kitchen type, cooking volume, and what you need. We'll walk your kitchen, recommend a service and schedule, and give you a clear quote — usually within a day. There's no charge or obligation for the assessment.
Let's Keep Your Kitchen Clean
Tell us about your kitchen and what you need. We'll follow up with a quote and a compliance-friendly schedule — usually within a day.