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Schedules restaurant hood washes 24/7.

AI answers the call, finds out what they need, and books a free inspection on the next available date.

Non-compliant kitchen hoods are the #1 cause of restaurant fires, responsible for 8,000+ annuallyAvg ticket: $550 average hood cleaning
Hood Cleaning industry scene

Anatomy of a Lost Job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

Restaurant failed fire inspection — hood system must be cleaned before re-inspection Friday.

9:15 PM — No Answer

"Please leave a message or press 1 for..."

7:18 PM - Lead Hangs Up

Searches Google, hires a competitor who answers.

Bottom Line

-$800

Estimated Opportunity Lost

The Old Way:
Losing Contracts to Voicemail.

Kitchen exhaust cleaning happens exclusively between 11 PM and 5 AM. Finding reliable night-shift crews who show up sober and on time, combined with securing after-hours building access codes from managers who are asleep, creates constant scheduling friction.

A burger restaurant misses its mandatory monthly cleaning interval by 4 days. A surprise fire marshal inspection results in an immediate shutdown order, costing the restaurant $12,000 in lost weekend revenue and your company a recurring $550 monthly contract.

A technician leaves a quarter-inch strip of grease in an inaccessible duct elbow 20 feet above the grill line. Six weeks later, a flare-up travels through that section, and your company faces a $200,000 liability lawsuit for the kitchen fire.

How Daniel books hood cleaning jobs

Picks Up Instantly

No hold, no menu, no voicemail. A real voice picks up in under 3 seconds.

Gets the Details

Takes their name, number, what they need, and when they need it.

Collects Deposit

Sends a payment link by text so you get paid before the truck rolls.

Anatomy of an AI Workflow

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

Restaurant failed fire inspection — hood system must be cleaned before re-inspection Friday.

7:15 PM - Instant Answer

Daniel answers instantly and qualifies the lead.

7:17 PM - Job Booked

Emergency cleaning booked. Inspection report reviewed via SMS. Crew dispatched for overnight service.

Bottom Line

+$800

Revenue Captured While You Slept

Daniel - Your AI Voice Agent for Hood Cleaning

Meet Daniel

Your AI Voice Agent for Hood Cleaning

Answers the phone, asks for their street address, texts them a deposit link, and drops the confirmed job into your schedule.

See it live

Watch Daniel book a real job. 30 minutes. No pitch deck.

AI answers the call, finds out what they need, and books a free inspection on the next available date.

Hood Cleaning — why missed calls hurt

Market reality

A fire marshal hands a restaurant owner a 72-hour citation at 4:30 PM on a Friday. If the hood system isn't cleaned and certified by Monday, the fryers shut down and the restaurant loses $8,000 in weekend revenue. The owner calls 3 hood cleaning companies — the 2 that go to voicemail lose a $650 emergency job to the one that picks up.

How Daniel wins the job

A panicked restaurant owner calls at 4:30 PM Friday. The fire marshal just issued a 72-hour citation: produce a valid hood cleaning certificate by Monday or shut down the fryers. The AI agent asks about the kitchen setup: two 6-foot charbroilers, an 8-foot fryer bank, and a 20-foot vertical duct reaching a rooftop upblast fan. Recognizing the high grease volume, the scheduling engine classifies this as a mandatory monthly-interval account and quotes a $650 emergency rate. It dispatches a 2-man night crew for 11:30 PM and texts the owner instructions to leave the back alley door unlocked and the fryer oil drained. By 4 AM, the crew scrapes the duct to bare metal, cleans the fan blades, and uploads close-up photos. Before the breakfast prep cooks arrive at 5 AM, the platform auto-generates a timestamped compliance certificate detailing the bare-metal status of every duct section and emails it to the owner — ensuring the fire marshal clears the citation Monday morning.

Live demo

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are NFPA 96 standards for commercial kitchen hood cleaning?

NFPA 96 is the fire-code standard that governs commercial cooking exhaust systems. It requires hoods, ducts, and fans to be inspected and cleaned on a schedule based on grease load — typically monthly for solid-fuel or high-volume fryer/charbroiler kitchens, quarterly for moderate volume, and semi-annually or annually for lighter cooking. DispatchNode tracks each location's NFPA 96 interval, texts managers before the deadline, and auto-generates timestamped compliance certificates with bare-metal photo evidence after every cleaning.

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