Featured Product: FUJIOH Cooker Hood FR-CL1890

Cooker hoods have been a necessity in kitchens, and it helps remove excess smoke, steam, and grease produced from cooking. By doing so, cooker hoods themselves will get greasy in time, a fact that cannot be avoided.

Because of this, cooker hoods may seem tricky to clean. But there are ways to make the task less daunting and a lot easier. Here’s what you need to know about cooker hood maintenance.

General Cleaning Guideline for Cooker Hoods

Before you start cleaning a cooker hood, there are a few guidelines to consider and help you get ready to get the deed done.

Type of Cooker Hood Filters

There are 2 types of cooker hood filters that would need the most attention during the cleaning process. Your cooker hood will have one of these, so identify them and see if it needs cleaning or replacing. These are:

Metal Filter

Metal filters are great at trapping grease as you are cooking, while the exhaust fan helps remove cooking smoke and odors. These filters need to be cleaned every three to four months. If left uncleaned for too long, it will affect your cooker hood’s performance.

Carbon Filter

The carbon filter absorbs grease and moisture while cooking, removing the bad smells and odors in the kitchen. Most of the recirculation type of cooker hoods are equipped with a carbon filter which must be replaced every four months. *

*Please refer to product manual or check on the best replacement filter & period that is specified by the manufacturer.

Tools Required for Cleaning

To get started on cleaning your cooker hood, it’s best to prepare these items to make the cleaning process easier:

• Replacement hood filters
• Gloves
• Toothbrush
• Sponge
• Cloth
• Vinegar
• Dishwashing liquid
• Bicarbonate of soda
• Surface cleaning product

*The cleaning tools and methods described above and below is a general method and may differ from product to product. Be sure to check the product manual that came with your cooker hood for a more detailed and correct maintenance method.

Step-By-Step Guide on How to Clean a Cooker Hood

For the Cooker Hood Filter:

1. Remove the hood filter and all other removable parts from your cooker hood. Be sure to refer to the manual for this if you’re unsure.
2. Remove and replace hood filters if applicable.
3. For metal filters, soak it in hot, soapy water with a cup of vinegar for a long time, or refer to your product manual for a recommended timeline.
4. After soaking the metal filter, scrub the filter carefully with a toothbrush, adding bicarbonate of soda for tougher grease areas.
5. Rinse, wipe dry and put it back on the cooker hood when ready.

For the Cooker Hood Surface:

1. Apply a surface cleaning product on the hood surfaces.
2. Use a clean, soft sponge or cloth to wipe down the surfaces.
3. Wipe off the cleaning product with a clean cloth.
4. Use a toothbrush to gently brush away any stubborn grease.

FUJIOH’s Unique Coating Technology Provides Easy Cleaning

Some grease and stains can be tough to clean on some cooker hoods, but FUJIOH cooker, with its easy to clean functional coatings, promise to make cleaning a lot more convenient and easier to maintain. With just a few simple steps, you can maintain the hood which means cleaning would be less of a hassle and your cooker hood will have a longer life span.

FUJIOH cooker hoods come with 3 different coatings to make the process of cleaning and maintenance a lot easier. This includes:

Super Kirei Coating

The Super Kirei Coating minimises oil adhesion on metal surfaces, reducing oil accumulation and stain build-up. This coating is applied at the fan, maintaining cleanliness as well as durability.

Super Kirei Coated Fan of FR-SC20 with Oil Repellent Illustration

Hydrophilic Coating

The Hydrophilic Coating comes with high water compatibility that makes oil removal on coated surfaces easy to wash off with just water. This coating is applied at the Aqua Slit filter and Oil Smasher’s spinning disk.

Hydrophilic Coating Mechanism Illustration

The Aqua Slit Filter can be washed easily with water, and you don’t need to replace this filter like every other cooker hood metal or carbon filters. You can just do your own maintenance based on the cooking size and frequency, where every other week or month, you can take out the filter, wash and dry it up, then put it back. Simple and effective.

Aqua Slit Filter Maintenance

*Note: Always use gloves while maintaining the filter.

Oil Repellent Coating

The Oil Repellent Coating prevents oil from sticking to coated surfaces so any oil can be easily wiped off the cooker hood exterior with just a damp cloth. This coating is applied on the exterior hood body, especially for all made-in-Japan hoods.

Oil Repellent Coating Mechanism Illustration

This means you can easily wipe your cooker hood every time you’ve finished cooking. No extra effort required.

The External Body Hood Coated with Oil Repellent Coating Means You Can Easily Wipe Off Grease

Get A FUJIOH Cooker Hood for Easier Cleaning & Maintenance

Looking for a range of cooker hoods that’s highly functional yet easy to clean and maintain? FUJIOH has No.1 household cooker hood market share in Japan.
*(April 2021 research by Tokyo Shoko Research, including ODM products) 80 years of history.

FUJIOH Japan hoods come with unique coating technologies (which is a great Japanese innovation) that makes the cleaning process of cooking hoods a lot easier. Feel free to contact us for more information!