Thorough interior degreasing, baffle service, pipe clearing, odor treatment & full compliance documentation for commercial kitchens in Dawson, MN.
Click Here to Call (888) 435-1815Most commercial kitchens get their grease trap pumped. Fewer get it properly cleaned. The difference is what happens after the waste is extracted β and that difference is exactly where a lot of persistent grease trap problems live.
Pumping removes what's floating. Cleaning addresses what remains: the grease layer coating the interior walls, the compacted material around baffles, the bacterial buildup producing that persistent odor, the residue narrowing your inlet and outlet pipes.
A thoroughly cleaned grease trap performs better, accumulates more slowly, and presents better during compliance review than one that's only ever been emptied.
Cari Grease Services provides complete grease trap cleaning across Dawson, MN β thorough, documented, and built into maintenance programs that keep your kitchen consistently compliant.
Cleaning starts with complete pumping. All three layers come out β floating FOG, middle effluent, and settled sludge β before any surface work begins.
After extraction, we clean the trap's interior surfaces: walls, floor, and lid interior. The grease film that accumulates between service visits reduces trap performance and is the primary driver of bacterial odor.
For traps with significant wall buildup β particularly those that have been pumped regularly without proper cleaning β high-pressure washing clears hardened deposits that hand-cleaning can't fully address.
Baffles are removed, cleaned individually, inspected for wear or structural damage, and properly reinstalled. If replacement is needed, we document the condition clearly.
Both pipes are cleared of grease accumulation as part of every cleaning service. Restriction in either pipe affects how the trap performs under load.
We clean the lid interior and inspect the gasket. A deteriorating gasket is one of the most common sources of odor migration.
After full cleaning, we apply deodorization treatment targeting the bacterial colonies that are the true source of grease trap odor. This is standard.
Before leaving, we confirm inlet flow is unobstructed, effluent is moving correctly through the outlet, and all serviced components are functioning properly.
Every cleaning service in Dawson generates a complete written report. Condition before and after service, components cleaned and inspected, any issues flagged, and next service recommendation.
A grease trap doesn't operate in isolation. Its performance is directly shaped by the condition of the drain lines feeding into it and the sewer connection at the outlet.
When kitchen drain lines accumulate grease buildup, flow slows and the trap fills faster than designed. Drain line degreasing done in conjunction with trap cleaning resets the entire upstream system.
When Cari Grease cleans a trap in Dawson, we look at the whole picture. If we see something developing in the connected system, we flag it. A clean trap feeding into a restricted drain line is still a compromised system.
"We switched to Cari Grease after years of basic pump-outs from another company. Their first cleaning revealed that our baffles had never been removed β ever. The difference in odor after that single cleaning was immediately noticeable. We should have done this years ago."
β Carl O., Restaurant Owner β Dawson"I appreciate that they actually explain what they found during each service. The condition reports are clear, they track changes over time, and I feel like I actually understand what's happening with our trap. That level of transparency didn't exist before."
β Faith M., Kitchen Supervisor β Dawson, MN"We'd had persistent slow drains that we attributed to our volume. Turned out the outlet pipe hadn't been properly cleaned in years. Cari Grease cleared it during the cleaning service and we've had full drain flow since. A relatively simple fix that no one had caught."
β Paul F., Operations Manager β Hotel GroupIf your trap has been pumped but never properly cleaned β or if you're dealing with odor, slow drains, or health inspection documentation that doesn't reflect the actual state of your system β Cari Grease Services is ready to do it right.
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Thorough, documented, and built for commercial kitchens across Dawson, MN.
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