Patent ID: 7832391

Claim:
A cleaning system for cleaning a cooking range exhaust having a hood, a backsplash, and a flue for exhausting cooking effluent, the cleaning system comprising: a fluid delivery system constructed for placement within the cooking range exhaust, the fluid delivery system, including a hood spray conduit constructed for placement within the hood and adjacent an interior surface of the backsplash defining an outer perimeter portion of the cooking range exhaust, the hood spray conduit longitudinally traversing a substantial portion of the backsplash and comprising a plurality of spray openings for directing a degreasing composition to substantially the entire interior surface of the backsplash at a first time, and a flue spray conduit constructed for placement within the flue and comprising a plurality of spray openings for directing the degreasing composition to substantially an entire interior surface of the flue at the first time, at least one of the spray openings configured to vertically spray the degreasing composition into a fan subsystem located vertically above a top end of the flue spray conduit; and a pump system constructed for conveying the degreasing composition from a degreasing composition source and through the fluid delivery system.