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Your NYC Grease Trap Is Due Before the Holiday Rush

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Catering orders. Office parties. Double shifts. From Thanksgiving to New Year's, your kitchen works harder than it has all year. Every pan that gets rinsed sends more grease to the same place.

Your trap.

What the rush does to a trap

A trap that handles a normal week fine fills faster when volume jumps. If yours was last pumped in August or September, it's likely due right around Thanksgiving. That's the worst week to find out.

A trap that overflows on a Friday night closes the kitchen through the weekend. In December, that's a weekend of party bookings.

What to book in November

Pump the trap. If your last pump-out was before October, book one now. Empty it before the volume goes up, not halfway through.

Jet the lines. Pumping empties the trap. It doesn't touch the grease restricting the lines that feed it. We clear those lines so the trap can keep up at full volume.

Set your oil pickups. More frying fills drums faster. We'll put your pickups on the calendar through New Year's, so you're not stacking barrels by the back door in the middle of the rush.

Done before you open

The kitchen closes at 11. We start at 5. Most of our preventative work gets done before the first shift walks in, so lunch service never knows we were there.

If it backs up anyway

A trap on a schedule can still back up. A big party, a new fryer item, a line nobody's rodded. There is always someone on call - 718-729-3018.

More than one kitchen

One call covers every location. We'll stagger service so each kitchen gets done before its busiest week, and every visit gets documented for your records and your inspector.

Call 718-729-3018 or schedule service online: https://alcesspool.com/, Homepage

A&L Cesspool, Long Island City. .

Talk to dispatch

Call dispatch with the address and what's backing up. For scheduled service, send the quote form and we'll come back with the cycle.