Scheduled or emergency grease trap pump-out for restaurants and commercial kitchens across Los Angeles and San Diego. Health department compliance documentation included with every service. We track your trap's fill rate and schedule cleanings before you hit the 25% limit. After-hours service so you never close your kitchen. 42 restaurant clients served.
FOG — Fats, Oils, and Grease — is the byproduct of every meal your kitchen cooks. It flows down your drains, cools, and solidifies inside your pipes. Without regular grease trap maintenance, FOG builds up into a thick, concrete-like blockage that causes backups, overflows, and health code violations.
LA County and SD County Health Departments require restaurants to maintain grease traps at 25% capacity or less — with documentation at every health inspection. We clean your trap, pump it to spec, and leave you with the paperwork your inspector needs.
Most restaurant clients keep us on a scheduled maintenance plan. When emergencies happen, we're there in 45 minutes.
Quarterly or monthly cleaning based on your kitchen's volume. We track your trap's fill rate, schedule cleanings before you hit 25% capacity, and leave compliance paperwork on your manager's desk. Most work happens between 10pm and 6am so you never close.
Your trap overflowed during dinner service. Call dispatch and a technician arrives in 45 minutes. We pump the trap, clear blocked lines, clean the area, and provide emergency documentation for your health department file. Flat-rate pricing — no hourly surprises.
Every grease trap cleaning includes a dated, stamped certificate showing the pump-out volume, residual grease level, and service date. This satisfies both LA County and SD County Health Department requirements.
We maintain a FOG (Fats, Oils, Grease) log for your property — a running record of every cleaning, pump-out volume, and residual level. Your health inspector will ask for this. We keep it updated and ready.
Contract clients never have to think about grease trap cleaning again. We track your trap's fill rate, schedule cleanings before you hit the 25% limit, and send your manager a reminder before each visit.
Every grease trap service is quoted flat-rate in writing. Compliance documentation is included in every price. After-hours included in maintenance contracts.
All prices include pump-out, area cleanup, and health department compliance paperwork. View full pricing page →
LA County Health Department and SD County Health Department require grease traps to be cleaned when they reach 25% capacity. For most restaurants, this means every 30–90 days depending on your cooking volume and trap size. High-volume kitchens with heavy FOG production may need monthly service.
We track your trap's fill rate and schedule cleanings before you hit the 25% limit — so you never get caught off guard by a health inspector.
An overflowing grease trap is a health code violation and a plumbing emergency. Call our dispatch line immediately and we'll send a technician for emergency pump-out — average 45-minute arrival.
We pump the trap, clear any blocked lines, clean the affected area, and provide emergency documentation for your health department file. Emergency pump-out is $349 flat-rate for non-contract clients, $249 for contract clients.
Yes. Every grease trap cleaning includes a dated, stamped certificate showing the pump-out volume, residual grease level, and service date. This documentation satisfies both LA County and SD County Health Department requirements for your next inspection.
Contract clients get compliance paperwork filed automatically on schedule. We also maintain a FOG log for your property that your health inspector can review.
FOG stands for Fats, Oils, and Grease — the byproducts of cooking that flow down your kitchen drains. FOG cools and solidifies in your pipes, building up a thick layer that causes backups, clogs, and sewer overflows.
Health departments regulate FOG because it damages public sewer systems and can cause sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) that contaminate the environment. Proper grease trap maintenance is your restaurant's primary defense against FOG buildup.
Yes. 90% of our grease trap cleanings happen between 10pm and 6am — after your kitchen closes, before prep starts the next morning. We coordinate with your manager to schedule during your slowest hours.
After-hours service carries a modest premium for non-contract clients, quoted flat-rate upfront. For maintenance contract clients, after-hours work is included in the standard rate — no premium, no surprise charges.
4,000 PSI water pressure scours kitchen main lines clean — removes hardened grease, food debris, and scale that snaking can't touch. Quarterly for high-volume kitchens.
Learn moreAnnual testing required by LADWP and SD County Water Authority. Certified testers perform the test, file paperwork, and flag devices needing repair.
Learn moreFull-service restaurant plumbing — prep sink repair, floor drain maintenance, commercial water heaters, and kitchen line maintenance. After-hours so you never close.
Learn moreWritten by our commercial division lead — the same person who manages your account.
The inspection schedule, grease trap maintenance routine, and backflow testing cadence that keeps LA and SD restaurants running.
Read the guideHard water + kitchen grease = the clog combo. The grease prevention principles here apply directly to restaurant kitchen lines and prep sinks.
Read the guideSnaking punches a hole. Hydro jetting scours the whole pipe. We break down when each method is appropriate for restaurant kitchen lines.
Read the guideCall for same-day scheduling, or submit the form for an appointment within 48 hours. $189 flat-rate cleaning, compliance paperwork included, fill-rate tracking so you never miss a deadline.