Care notes · Hoods
Grease Trough and Blower Housing
Viking's use and care guide: give the hood a thorough cleaning every 3 months.
- Baffle filter — grease collects on the channels and drains to the bottom
- Blower (ventilator) — the only moving part pulling the air
- Backdraft damper — opens under airflow, falls shut when the fan stops
- Metal duct — smooth and straight is best; every elbow costs draw
- Roof or wall cap — where the air finally leaves the house
- Lights and controls — the lamps and the fan and light switches on the canopy
In short
Grease the baffles miss settles in three places: the trough on 18-inch-high hoods, the inside of the canopy and the fan. Viking asks for all three to be kept free of build-up. Viking Repair Sammamish takes over where the ventilator itself begins: (425) 610-8986.
Where grease goes after the baffles
Baffles catch most of the grease, not all of it. The rest coats the canopy walls, pools in the trough on tall hoods and lands on the ventilator. Viking lists frequent fan cleaning among its steps against a rangetop grease fire, so the fan belongs in the routine.
Where the owner’s part stops
We draw the line at the ventilator body: its wheel, motor and wiring sit behind fasteners and a hard-wired supply. When the fan needs more than a wipe, we open it with the power locked off and read the grease before we clean or replace anything.
The steps
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Cut the power at the breaker first
Viking says to switch the hood off at the service panel before cleaning; left live, its heat sensor can start the blower. Let the metal cool, then take the baffles out.
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Soak the trough on 18-inch-high hoods
Hoods with an 18-inch-high canopy carry a grease trough along the filter line. Viking says to lift it out with the filters every time and soak it in hot, soapy water. Lower hoods have none.
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Wipe the canopy, soften what has set
Warm soapy water on a cloth, inside and out. Viking rules out abrasive cleansers, steel wool, scouring cloths and anything with chlorides. Soften hardened deposits under hot towels, then lift them with a wooden or nylon scraper, never metal.
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Wipe only the fan surfaces in reach
On some models part of the ventilator shows once the filters are out. Wipe the grease you can reach on its outer surfaces with a soapy cloth. Do not unbolt it, reach into the wheel or open the electrical box.
Call us when
- Grease has built up inside the ventilator, beyond what a cloth can reach
- The blower rattles, wobbles or sounds different after a cleaning
Past that point it is a bench job, not a care job. Viking Repair Sammamish picks up on (425) 610-8986; the visit and diagnosis are $89, taken off the repair if you go ahead.
Asked about this
Does every Viking hood have a grease trough?
No. In Viking's 5 Series professional hood guide the grease trough belongs to the 18-inch-high models only, and it comes out whenever the filters are cleaned. On lower wall hoods grease drains to the bottom of each filter. Viking Repair Sammamish can tell which you have: (425) 610-8986.
