Field records
Every Updraft visit ends with a stamped record. Below: the four most recent close-outs, plus the operator-side details and a link to the full sign-off card.
Orquídea Cantina, East End
Q1 close-out · Plancha + tortilla griddle
Sazerac Rooftop, Midtown
Q4 close-out · Solid-fuel charbroiler · monthly cycle
Westchase ghost-kitchen hall
Multi-tenant · Six hoods · Two roof fans
Big Sun BBQ, Spring Branch
Recommission after 18 months closed
What a record contains
A record is a one-page packet covering a single hood at a single visit. It contains: the operator name, the kitchen address, the visit date and time-stamped start/end, the technician name and IKECA serial, the protocol run, photographs of the plenum at four corners with the time-stamp baked into the EXIF, photographs of the duct interior at every accessed panel, the manometer reading at the hood plane, the temperature reading at the exhaust fan bearing, and the technician's signed attestation that the work meets NFPA-96 §11.4.
Records are filed in the operator portal within 24 hours and retained for seven years. The two-year retention floor is a Texas record-keeping minimum; we hold seven because that is the longest realistic AHJ look-back window in a code-enforcement action.
Why we publish them
Two reasons. One: the operators we work for are proud of how their kitchens are run, and a public record is a small piece of evidence to that effect. Two: prospective clients want to know what our work looks like before they sign. Below is what it looks like.