Are you worried about how to clean a commercial stove top? No doubt you have invested a good sum in your commercial stovetops.
You must have been worrying about keeping its newness over the long term.
Are you finding the easiest and most effective way?
Proper cleaning will also help you to reduce your future expenses towards major cleaning or even replacement of some parts of your commercial cooking stove range.
When you are using it to cook with some acidic ingredients such vinegar, tomato sauce, etc. it will need particular cleaning practices.
You have to remove these stains initially with the help of a blade or razor without scrapping hard the surface.
As you know, there are two types of commercial stoves. One is a gas oven and another is heating cooktop surfaces.
The process to clean both types of commercial stove tops is slightly different.
Cleaning of stove top normally does not require any special cleaning material unless it is specified in the cleaning manual provided by the manufacturer or your cleaning expert.
To reduce cleaning efforts has to be taken each time can be reduced by scheduling your cleaning process.
It will help to reduce greasiness each time you clean the commercial stovetop. A weekly cleaning schedule is recommended for commercial food delivery outlets as their capacity is high.
Steps for cleaning the commercial gas stove top.
Step 1: Let the commercial stove cool. Now you have to remove the burner. Before removing the burner you have to remove the cap, burner covers, and base of the burner.
Step 2: Soak all these removed accessories in hot soapy water for a while. It will help to loosen the bonds of burnt, greasy food stuck to the grates and burner if any.
Step 2: After proper cooling of the burner, caps, grates, and top, clean the top with a nonabrasive plastic scrubbing pad. You can use a non-abrasive cleaner.
Step 3: Now proceed to clean the opening of the gas tube of the commercial stove seen under the base.
Step 4: Clean the gas igniter with a cloth. It is advisable to use a damp cloth for igniter cloning.
Step 5: Finally, it is time to clean the gas burner. Pores of the gas burner can be cleaned using a pin or needle.
If a pin or needle is not available, you can use a gauge wire available at your disposal.
Steps for cleaning commercial heating stove top
#Step 1: This step is to be performed while the cooktop of the commercial stove is warm.
But keep in mind that the cooktop should not be too hot. Turn off all controls of the commercial stove cooktop.
Use a scrapper made to clean cooktops to remove residues of food on the cooktop.
Scrapper should be kept at 45°. While cleaning, keep in mind that the cooktop is still warm, though not too hot.
Take proper precautions. You can use an oven mitt to avoid any change getting burnt.
#Step 2: Before proceeding ahead in step 2, you have to wait to cool off the commercial stove cooktop to room temperature.
After cooling the cooktop, apply a few drops of a cooktop cleaner.
Apply the cleaner to the affected area properly and wait till it dries.
Keeping mind that, the cleaner should be spread all over the area which is to be clean.
#Step 3: Take a dry clean cloth and rub off the cleaner from the commercial stove cooktop.
You can repeat the process 2-3 times as per the need for more sturdy stains.
Tips for cleaning commercial gas stove top
1. As a routine practice, wipe out spills as soon as it happens. It helps to reduce the greasiness of the commercial stove. Also, these spills become harder to clean as they burn.
2. Also refer user manual provided with the product you purchased. There may some specific cleaning instructions and cleaning products be suggested.
3. Always cut off all types of gas and electric connections before starting the cleaning process.
4. Wear safety gloves while cleaning and washing.
5. You can use a good grease scrapper to remove dirt from a commercial gas stove.
Conclusion
Now you must be satisfied with your question – How to clean a commercial stove top? As I assured you in the starting, cleaning a commercial stove top is not a hard task. Just you have to follow some specific steps. Use prescribed products as per the user manual, if any to get the best cleaning results. Stick to a predefined cleaning schedule. A weekly cleaning process of commercial gas stove tops is recommended for best results and less hardship considering the heavy use of commercial gas tops.