Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

New Delhi: Keeping your kitchen chimney clean has always been a challenge. Daily cooking generates smoke, oil splatters and spices that settle over time, leaving the chimney black, sticky and clogged.

Kitchen chimneys rarely look dirty at first. The outside surface may seem fine for weeks, yet the filters slowly collect layers of cooking oil, spice residue, and smoke particles that settle into the ...