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About Us

About Kitchen Guard of Northeast Atlanta

Trusted by local restaurants and businesses, we’re the go-to experts for kitchen exhaust and hood cleaning in Northeast Atlanta and Athens — proudly serving Buford, Lawrenceville, Winder, Watkinsville, and nearby communities.

Our Value Proposition
Commercial kitchen exhaust hood with baffle filters ready for a filter exchange in Northeast Atlanta

What Sets Us Apart

  • NFPA member logo
    NFPA 96 Compliance, Done Right
    NFPA 96 Compliance, Done Right

  • Badge with checkmark icon representing photo-documented hood cleaning inspection reports
    Photo-Documented Inspection Reports
    Photo-Documented Inspection Reports

  • Alarm clock icon representing on-time commercial kitchen service appointments
    On Time, Every Visit
    On Time, Every Visit

  • Calendar icon representing hood cleaning scheduled around your kitchen hours
    Service Scheduled Around Your Hours
    Service Scheduled Around Your Hours

  • Technician icon representing certified W-2 kitchen exhaust cleaning employees
    Certified W-2 Employees
    Certified W-2 Employees

  • Envelope icon representing emergency text alerts and fast response
    Emergency Text Alerts & Fast Response
    Emergency Text Alerts & Fast Response

Fleet of Kitchen Guard commercial hood cleaning vans

Meet the Team

  • Kenneth Cox, founder of Kitchen Guard of Northeast Atlanta-Athens

    Kenneth Cox

    Owner
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  • Toni Pizano of Kitchen Guard of Northeast Atlanta-Athens

    Tony Pizano

    Director of Sales

Join Our Team of Guardians

We are always looking for talented technicians, foreman, and Fire & Life Safety Consultants.  We’re building a professional business with an empowering culture in Northeast Atlanta.

Click below to see what opportunities exist to join our growing business.

 

The Visionary Behind Kitchen Guard

Meet The Founder

Nathan Leathers

Founder of Kitchen Guard

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Keeping Commercial Kitchens Safe & Efficient (and Operating)

Full Ventilation System Cleaning & Maintenance

Hood Cleaning

Hood Cleaning

Hood Cleaning

From the canopy to the entire ducting network and all the way to the fans on the roof, we clean your commercial kitchen to NFPA 96 standards.

  • This is our core competency. We clean it correctly the first time reducing any fire risk.
  • We clean the entire system, not just a portion of it.
  • We use a commercial-grade pressure washer and other equipment to clean as thoroughly as possible.
  • We’ll show you proof (before and after pictures) and documentation to file for compliance.
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Safe and Clean Kitchens for Every Industry in Northeast Atlanta & Athens

From fast food counters to 5-star dining rooms, our NFPA-certified technicians keep kitchens code-compliant across Northeast Atlanta, Athens, Buford, Lawrenceville, Winder, and Watkinsville — with a digital inspection report every visit.

Restaurant

Restaurants

Whether you run one location or a multi-unit group across Northeast Atlanta and Athens, our certified technicians keep your kitchens fire-safe, clean, and fully operational — backed by NFPA 96 compliance and photo-documented inspections.

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Corporate Cafeterias

Like the employees in your building, we show up on schedule to keep your corporate cafeteria’s exhaust system fully functional and NFPA 96 compliant, with a digital inspection report for your records after every visit.

Sports-Venues

Sports Venues

From concession stands to full-service kitchens, our experienced crews keep stadium and arena exhaust systems performing as well as the teams competing, with the fire code compliance venue managers count on.

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Hospitals &
Assisted Living

Our certified technicians restore hospital and assisted living kitchens to be high-performing, safe, and sanitary — giving patients, residents, and their families kitchens they can trust.

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Educational Institutions

Our trained crews follow NFPA fire protection standards and use commercial-grade equipment to keep school and campus kitchens across Northeast Atlanta and Athens fully functional and safe for students and staff.

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Hotel Chains

From complimentary breakfast bars to 5-star luxury dining rooms, our certified technicians perform regular, code-compliant cleanings that keep your hotel’s kitchens guest-ready for the daily flow of travelers.

Reviews from Our Customers

An amazing company who are not only efficient but also very great to work with…

Ike Olujobi
Restaurant Owner
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They’ve earned our trust, and we’ll definitely be using them again!

Sarah Razor
Kitchen Guard Customer
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5 Star Review
5 Star Review
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Proudly Serving Northeast Atlanta & Athens

Locally owned. Locally operated.

Kitchen Guard of NE Atlanta-Athens provides commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning, fire suppression inspections, and filter exchange services to restaurants and businesses throughout Northeast Atlanta and Athens, Georgia.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions About Working With Kitchen Guard

Answers to the questions we hear most often from restaurants, schools, healthcare kitchens, and food halls across Northeast Atlanta and Athens.

Four, all under one vendor: kitchen hood and exhaust system cleaning, hood filter exchange, commercial pressure washing, and exhaust system repairs.

Most clients start with one and add others once they realize the same crew can handle the whole system. Every service is documented the same way, so your maintenance records stay in one place instead of scattered across three vendors.

Northeast Atlanta and Athens, including Buford, Lawrenceville, Duluth, Norcross, Winder, and Watkinsville, plus the surrounding Gwinnett, Barrow, and Athens-Clarke communities.

If you’re not sure whether your location falls inside our territory, call 678-707-5651 and we’ll tell you straight.

Our technicians are trained to NFPA 96 guidelines, and we’re fully bonded and insured. We also stand behind the work — if the results don’t meet expectations, we come back and make it right.

You get the accountability of a local owner with the standards of a national brand behind it.

We start with a consultation and walkthrough to assess your equipment, your cooking volume, and the current condition of your system, then quote the work and set a service schedule that fits your operation.

Every service includes a full digital report with before-and-after photos, so your compliance record is ready before an inspector asks for it.

Restaurants from fast-food counters to fine dining, plus schools, healthcare kitchens, food halls, and stadium kitchens — single locations and multi-unit groups alike across Northeast Atlanta and Athens.

Kitchen Guard technician degreasing commercial kitchen exhaust filters and ductwork near Athens, Georgia
Proof in the Pictures

See the Results

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