Every claim on this site, and how to check it
Including a block at the bottom listing what we don't hold. Anything set in this typeface anywhere on this site is something you can verify yourself — this page tells you where.
| What we claim | How you check it, in under five minutes |
|---|---|
| We're a real, active Texas company | Texas Comptroller franchise tax account status search, or the Secretary of State. File number 0805989748, taxpayer 32099722517, formed 12 April 2025, status active, right to transact business active. |
| Cleaning is performed in accordance with ANSI/IKECA C10-2021 | That is the standard the 2021 IFC names by reference at §606.3.3.2. The standard is published by IKECA and accredited by ANSI. Read the section in your own jurisdiction's adopted code. |
| Houston runs the 2021 International Fire Code | Adopted by City ordinance. The inspection frequency table is Table 606.3.3.1, the record requirements are §606.3.3.3, and the tag requirements are §606.3.3.3.1. A vendor citing §609 is quoting the 2018 edition. |
| There is no Texas license for hood cleaning | Search the TDLR license type list — none of the programs covers kitchen exhaust cleaning. The State Fire Marshal's Office licenses fire extinguishers, alarms, sprinklers and pyrotechnics, not cleaning. Ask any competitor claiming to be “licensed” which license they mean. |
| NFPA does not certify hood cleaning companies | NFPA's own disclaimer, printed in every standard it publishes: “Nor does the NFPA list, certify, test or inspect products, designs, or installations for compliance with this document.” Full explanation here. |
| Insured, with the restaurant named as certificate holder | Commercial General Liability with Benchmark Insurance Company (NAIC 41394): $1,000,000 each occurrence, $2,000,000 aggregate, products–completed operations $2,000,000, in force 27 Aug 2026 – 27 Aug 2027, insured name 3 Scorpion Services LLC. Ask and you get a certificate naming your restaurant as holder before the job. Verify it with the producer, Executive Choice Insurance Solutions, (833) 600-5833. The whole certificate, redacted → |
| Technician credential | No third-party certification is held today, so none is claimed. Texas issues no license for this trade. IKECA certification is individual — the day a number exists it goes here, with a link to IKECA's public credential search. Until then, what you can verify is above: the company record, the insurance, and every certificate we issue. |
| Our domain says “service”, our legal name says “Services” | Both are us. The legal name registered with the State of Texas is 3 Scorpion Services LLC, plural, under file 0805989748. The web address dropped the final s. The plural is what appears on the certificate, the invoice and the certificate of insurance — which is the only place it matters. |
| 5.0 rating, 5 Google reviews | Look at the profile. Five is not many and we're not going to dress it up — but ask us for the phone number of the last kitchen we cleaned near you and you'll get one tonight. |
What we don't hold
No competitor in Houston publishes this section. That is the point of it.
City of Houston pressure washer permit — we do not have one
The City of Houston Health Department tells restaurants, in writing, that you may only use a permitted pressure washing company. We are not on the current permitted list. That matters to you, not just to us, because the City puts the enforcement duty on the business generating the waste.
Here is exactly how we handle pressure washing requests, and the link to check the list yourself →
A state license — nobody has one, including us
Texas issues no license for kitchen exhaust cleaning. We're not licensed for this. Neither is any competitor telling you they are. Ask them which license.
An IKECA logo
Displaying the IKECA mark requires Active corporate membership plus a certified employee plus specific insurance limits. We don't hold that, so the logo does not appear on this site. Certification is individual, membership is corporate, and IKECA warrants the performance of neither.
Questions worth asking any Houston hood cleaner
Including us. Take this list to whoever else you're considering.
- Which license are you referring to when you say you're licensed?
- Does your general liability include products and completed operations? Show us the COI.
- Do you carry care, custody and control coverage for our equipment?
- What is your workers' comp status, in writing?
- Which code edition and section governs our cleaning interval?
- Show us a filled-in certificate from a real job — with the areas-not-cleaned section populated.
- How long will you be on site, and will you photograph the fan blades and the roof?
- Will you photograph every suppression nozzle uncovered before you leave?
A vendor who answers two of these is the market average.
Something here you can't verify?
Text us and tell us which line. If we can't back it up, it comes off the site.