Free guides, checklists, and logs

Know what the inspector knows

Plain-language guides to SNHD inspections, plus free checklists and logs you can use today. No email gate, no sales pitch. This is how I'd explain it standing in your kitchen.

Probe thermometer standing in a steel pan of soup on a commercial kitchen prep counter
The cheapest insurance in your kitchen: a probe thermometer in the food, not the air.

Free downloads

These are the tools I wish every kitchen had on the wall. They're free because this practice is built on education first: the more you understand the system, the better your inspections go, whether you ever hire me or not.

SNHD Grade Card Cheat Sheet

One printable page: what A, B, and C actually mean, how demerits add up, the repeat rule, the downgrade clock, and the five violations inspectors cite most with one-line preventions.

Open and print

Monthly Self-Inspection Checklist

Walk your own kitchen once a month the way an inspector would: station by station, about 30 minutes, in plain language your whole crew can follow.

Open and print

Cooling and Cold-Holding Temperature Log

A simple daily log for the rules SNHD cites most: cold food held at 41°F or below, and cooling done on the clock. Fill it in every shift and the habit takes care of itself.

Open and print

Guides to the SNHD system

Every guide here answers a real question owners ask me, and every one is written the way I'd say it across a prep table: the why first, then the what.

Inspections and grades

SNHD Inspection Grades Explained: Demerits, Grade Cards, and Downgrades

How the demerit math works, why one repeated violation can cost you the A, what the grade card's QR code shows, and what happens after a downgrade.

Read the guide

Fixing problems

Failed Your SNHD Inspection? Exactly What Happens Next

The 15-business-day clock, the fees, the re-inspection standard, and the calm, ordered way to get back to your A.

Read the guide

The Violations SNHD Cites Most, and the 10-Minute Fixes

What Clark County inspectors write up over and over, straight from SNHD's own published data, and the quick habits that prevent each one.

Read the guide

Tip of the month

Before the lunch rush, open your cold table and probe one pan, not the air. Cold holding at 41°F or below is the violation SNHD cites most: in the district's 2021 Risk Factor Study, 65.7% of restaurants were out of compliance. One thermometer habit, every shift, is the fix.

Let's make your food safety program stronger, simpler, and more effective.

Book a Free Walk-Through

Free, no pressure, at your restaurant. If you don't need help, I'll tell you.

Call (702) 960-3647 Book a Free Walk-Through