
Cleanliness begins with the basic personal hygiene of all employees.
- We expect, as far as personal hygiene:
- Clean hands
- Be sure to wash hands upon arrival to work and any time you change work areas or before touching foods
- Clean hands
- Clean hair, face
- If wearing a hat, it must be a Pitmaster BBQ hat
- No facial piercings
- No extreme hair colors
- Long hair pulled back




- Clean Pitmaster BBQ shirt
- Pants or Knee-length shorts without holes
All areas of the restaurant needs to be clean. We deal with a lot of meat and have to avoid cross contamination at all times. Things to remember about cross contamination:
- Change gloves when working with raw meat
- After putting meats on the smoker, remove glove to open door back into restaurant
- Remove gloves to open refrigerators, warmers, ovens
- Clean any area as soon as finished working, especially with the meats, with sanitizer water
- Change gloves any time ticket indicates a gluten free (GF) customer
- All used cooking utensils must be washed and sanitized after lunch service
Dining room:
- Trays need to be removed from the dining room often and the tray return area cleaned. It is acceptable to clean the garbage area with cleaner and paper towels; so that the towels may be immediately thrown away.
- Any fingerprints on the windows need to be cleaned with window cleaner
- Sweep periodically as needed throughout the day; especially after families with young children.
- Booths, tables and chairs need to be moved for nightly sweeping and mopping or as needed.
- Highchairs need to be cleaned taking care to wipe the front and sides
- Wipe clean the counters throughout the day
- At night cleaning, be sure to use the CHECKLIST which outlines all the cleaning processes.
Mop room:
- Mop room needs to remain clear and clean
- After night use, keep all brooms, squeegees, and scrubbing brushes hung up–off the floor
- Mop bucket needs to be cleaned inside and out periodically
- Keep dirty linens in bin
- Report to GM when opening last product so there’s time to refill
- Mop draining sink needs to be cleaned with Comet periodically




General:
- Office window cleaned with window cleaner
Dishroom:
Using the dishroom checklist will ensure that the nightly tasks are completed. In addition to the nightly assignments, things to accomplish are:
- Dish racks pulled out and walls and floors cleaned with floor cleaner
- Outside of sinks cleaned with Comet*
- Shelving above sinks cleaned
- Outside of dish machine cleaned with Comet
- Clean inside of dish machine with sponge and lightly with Comet
*To clean with Comet means
- Sprinkle area with Comet
- Scrub with a sponge
- Rinse with water
Storage room:
- Sweep and mop the storage room nightly when mopping the kitchen floor
- Keep storage area clean
- Keep food off the floor
Utensil bins and drawers:
- Empty any bins and/or drawers of their utensils
- Clean thoroughly
- Dry with paper towel
- Replace utensils
Smoker:
- Clean table off with sponge or towel