Featured Product: FUJIOH Cooker Hood FR-CL1890
Cooker hoods have been a necessity in kitchens for the longest time since they help remove excess smoke, steam, and grease produced from cooking. By doing so, cooker hoods will get greasy over time, a consequence that cannot be avoided.
Because of this, cooker hoods, unlike other common kitchen appliances found in Singapore, may seem tricky to clean. But there are ways to make the task of cleaning this kitchen appliance less daunting and a lot easier. Here’s what you need to know about cooker hood maintenance.
Before you start cleaning a cooker hood, there are a few guidelines to consider and help you get ready to get the deed done. For starters, you’ll have to determine the type of cooker hood filter. Part of the hood, the filter plays a key role in capturing all the grease, dirt and particles. Despite playing the main role of improving the air quality in your kitchen, each type of cooker filter functions slightly differently, thus necessitating the use of different cleaning tools to ensure a proper cleaning session.
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 filters are great at trapping grease as you are cooking, while the exhaust fan helps remove cooking smoke and some odours. 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.
The carbon filter absorbs grease and moisture while cooking, removing the bad smells and deodorising odours 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 the product manual or check on the best replacement filter and period that is specified by the manufacturer.
To get started on cleaning your cooker hood, it’s best to prepare these items to make the cleaning process easier:
*The cleaning tools and methods described above and below are general methods 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.
Some grease and stains can be tough to clean on some cooker hoods, but FUJIOH cooker hoods, with their advanced technologies and 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 unique coatings technology to make the process of cleaning and maintenance a lot easier. This includes:
The Super Kirei Coating minimises oil adhesion on metal surfaces, reducing oil accumulation and stain build-up. This coating is applied to the Super Kirei fan, maintaining cleanliness as well as durability.
Super Kirei Coated Fan of Oil Repellent Illustration
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 to the Aqua Slit Filter and FUJIOH’s Oil Smasher 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 with metal or carbon filters. You can just do your own maintenance based on the cooking size and frequency. This means that 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.
The Oil Repellent Coating prevents oil from sticking to coated surfaces of your cooker hood so any oil can be easily wiped off the hood’s exterior with just a damp cloth. This coating is applied on the exterior body of the hood, 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 is required.
The External Body Hood Coated with Oil Repellent Coating Means You Can Easily Wipe Off Grease
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*. But that’s not all! FUJIOH Japan hoods come with unique coating technologies, one of the greatest Japanese innovations that makes the cleaning process of cooking hoods a lot easier. Feel free to get in touch with us at FUJIOH Singapore or email us at fit@fujioh.com.sg
*(April 2021 research by Tokyo Shoko Research, including ODM products)
