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Default Cleaning stove/oven vent flumes ??

On 11/24/2012 7:47 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:18:16 -0600, Sky wrote:
>
>> How does one go about getting the stove/oven vent flume (exhaust pipe)
>> cleaned? Would that be the chore of a chimney sweep? When is cleaning
>> indicated - regularly on schedule or when a problem is noticed? What
>> price can one expect to pay to get a "home" cook stove vent flume
>> cleaned of years' worth of cooking fumes/grease/etc. ? Heck, about how
>> much does it cost to clean a restaurant's cooking exhaust flume?
>>
>> I've never researched how to get grease cleaned from cooking exhaust
>> systems before, so this is my starting point - to ask here on RFC for
>> folks' personal experiences with this aspect of home (and restaurant)
>> maintenance. TIA.

>
> Maybe you could burn one of those chimney sweep logs in the own.
> Throw a pork butt in at the same time so as not to waste all that good
> smoke!


LOL! Maybe you just came up with a great idea for a TV-comedy sketch
---> How 'not to cook' a pork butt in an city apartment ala-Seinfeld
style! Just think of the possibilities ;D

Scary thought though, some idiot just might think that 'idea' would work
- use a chimney-cleaning 'log' on the stove!!! yikes!

Sky, who has a few fire extinguishers around, just in case!

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