With more than 30 years of combined experience and IICRC certification in fire damage restoration, our team at Austin Fire & Flood has walked into a lot of Austin kitchens after a fire. Many of them started the same way: a pan of oil, a ringing phone, and about ninety seconds. We clean the sticky smoke film off cabinets and ceilings, remove what can’t be saved, and rebuild your kitchen with our own crew, because the wrong cleanup can turn a repairable room into a full replacement.
The flames might stay on the stovetop. The damage almost never does.
Grease smoke is oily, so it grips painted doors, wood grain, and hardware instead of wiping away.
Heat warps metal and cracks tile, so stove fire damage repair often includes the wall cavity behind it.
Smoke rises, then drifts down hallways and into the living room. That spread is where our smoke and soot removal services come in.
Both find their way into drawers, under the sink, and beneath flooring.
Odor soaks into drywall, cabinet interiors, and anything fabric.
Most people grab dish soap and a sponge. On oily smoke residue, that usually smears the film wider and pushes it into wood grain and grout lines. Cabinets that could have been cleaned now need refinishing or replacing, and cabinets are one of the biggest costs in any kitchen.
Timing matters for your claim, too. If you scrub surfaces or throw items out before they’re documented, it gets harder to show your insurance company what the fire actually damaged. Professional kitchen fire damage repair starts with photos and notes on every surface, then matches the cleaning method to the residue. Our approach follows the IICRC S700 fire and smoke standard, and you can see how each phase fits together in our walkthrough of the professional fire damage restoration process.
Before: You’re standing in a kitchen that smells like a campfire, with a gritty film on every surface and no idea what’s safe to touch. Grease fire damage restoration starts here: we secure the area, document the damage, and figure out which residues we’re dealing with.
During: Our crew removes charred cabinets, drywall, and fixtures that can’t be saved, then dries anything the fire hose soaked. Salvageable cabinets, counters, and appliance exteriors get cleaned with methods built for grease residue. We clean the contents of your drawers and pantry, deodorize the space, and check for hidden damage after a fire, like heat-stressed wiring and plumbing behind the walls.
After: Because we also handle kitchen remodeling in-house, rebuilding your kitchen after a fire stays with the same Austin team, from new cabinets and counters to drywall and paint. If the fire spread past the kitchen, our full fire damage restoration services cover the rest of the house.
We handle kitchen fire cleanup in Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Jollyville, and Pflugerville, plus Hill Country communities like Spicewood and Dripping Springs.
A kitchen claim has a lot of parts: the structure, the cabinets, the appliances, even the food in the fridge. As a kitchen fire restoration company in Austin, TX, we work directly with your insurer, document everything before it’s cleaned or tossed, and keep your adjuster in the loop. Tell us what happened, and we’ll walk you through next steps.
