What should I do if there is too much cooking fumes in the hotel?

Excessive cooking fumes are related to the type of cooking oil, the quality of kitchen utensils, and the ventilation conditions of the kitchen. As we all know, cooking fumes are harmful to the human body and can easily cause cancer. So what can be done to reduce cooking fumes?

1. Use new oil for cooking, rather than fried or heated oil. The smoke point of fat that has been fried, or that has been mixed with impurities after being used once, will significantly decrease, which means there will be more fumes when cooking, which will cause greater harm to the health of the operator.

2. Do not choose stir-frying, frying, over-oiling, or overheating. The oil temperature required for various cooking methods is different. Stir-frying requires a temperature of nearly 300 degrees. This temperature will inevitably cause the oil in the pot to smoke a lot. Those operations where the pot is set on fire can even cause the oil temperature to exceed 300 degrees, which has reached a temperature that produces a large amount of benzopyrene carcinogens. In addition, methods such as frying and oiling will inevitably lead to the reuse of grease, thereby increasing the generation of oil smoke.

3. When cooking, put the vegetables in before the oil smoke is obviously produced, which will quickly cool down the cooking oil to avoid excessive temperature. You can put shredded green onions into the pot. If bubbles appear around the green onions but the color remains unchanged, it means the oil temperature is suitable for cooking.

4. Don’t stir-fry, fry, or pan-fry every dish at every meal. Instead, use cooking methods such as stewing, steaming, oven roasting, and cold salad. This can not only reduce the generation of oily smoke, but also reduce the amount of fat consumed throughout the day. Intake. At the same time, such a meal is richer in taste and helps cultivate a light-tasting eating habit.

5. Buy a very effective range hood, preferably one installed very close to the cooking fire source. It is best not to buy European-style products, as these products are not suitable for Chinese cooking habits. The standard for effective range fume extraction is that the smell of cooking cannot be smelled one meter away from the stove.

6. Turn on the range hood while turning on the fire. After the cooking is completed, continue to turn it on for 5 minutes and then turn it off. When gas is burned, it will produce a variety of waste gases, which should be pumped away in time. It is too late to turn on the range hood until a large amount of oil smoke is produced during cooking. However, don’t think that with an effective range hood, you can safely eat fried and stir-fried foods, because in addition to the harmful effects of oil fumes, carcinogens will also be produced in overheated foods, and vegetables will also lose their quality. Cancer prevention and other health effects.