PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— A restaurant kitchen can be a miserable place to work if it isn’t properly ventilated.

Sweltering heat and lingering smoke are sure signs that a commercial kitchen isn’t pulling in fresh air and pumping out hot air effectively, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods, a Santa Ana hood sales company. The headquarters for APS-Hoods is located in Colorado, but the company opened a Placentia fabrication plant in August of last year in an effort to better address the increasing demand for Santa Ana hood installations, as well as its other services throughout California.

“Our job is to ensure that ‘hot and smokey’ describes only food in restaurants, not kitchen conditions,” Farazandeh said.
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PLACENTIA AND LOS ANGELES, CA— This is the time of year when millions of people make personal resolutions.

American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), a Los Angeles and Santa Ana hood sale company, recommends to restaurant owners and managers that they also make at least one work-related resolution this year: schedule their routine hood cleanings for the entire year.

“We do this with most of our existing clients and we have found over the years that this is the best way for restaurants to stay on target with this highly important task,” said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods, a Santa Ana hood cleaning company. APS-Hoods is headquartered in Colorado, but opened a fabrication plant in Placentia in August 2009 to address the growing demand for Santa Ana hood installations and its other services throughout California. (more…)