Non ducted range hoods...

[highland145]

If I change the charcoal filter regularly, do they work well enough keeping odors out of the house? Really not interested in cutting a hole in my roof for a duct.

TIA

 

[Krazy4Real]

It definitely helps, but it is nowhere near as good as an outside vent.

 

[TwiceOver]

Don't cut it in your roof then, vent it out the side or something. External vent is the only way to go if you are worried about cooking smells in your house.

 

[HN]

didn't even know that existed. even if the charcoal filters help with the odors, what about the smoke? where does it go?

 

[ISAslot]

didn't even know that existed. even if the charcoal filters help with the odors, what about the smoke? where does it go?

It's filtered out by your lungs.

 

[Cal166]

Only thing I hate about our townhouse. What was the builder's original thinking? Oh, people don't cook, they just go out and eat.

Every time we cook heavy, the smell gets all over the house.

 

[lxskllr]

It's filtered out by your lungs.

and sticks to the walls. My stove's unducted. I don't care about odors cause I like the way my food smells. Grease on the walls is more of an irritation. I prefer my range to exhaust outside.

 

[Mixolydian]

Put in a vent. As someone else mentioned, it doesn';t have to be through the roof.

 

[highland145]

Don't cut it in your roof then, vent it out the side or something. External vent is the only way to go if you are worried about cooking smells in your house.

Probably have to be a 10+ feet run to an exterior wall. Don't know if that would be a problem or not.

With what I've got in the kitchen, we'll never eat out again.

 

[NutBucket]

It shouldn't be a problem. Do you have enough space in the ceiling to accommodate a 6" (minimum) duct?

True story: The range hood in my parents' home cost more than their stove.

 

[NetWareHead]

It definitely helps, but it is nowhere near as good as an outside vent.

The charcoal filter helps to an extent but if you are serious about cooking or cook aromatic foods, you'll wish you had a vented hood to outside.

In my first house, I tried cooking a steak on a cast iron pan and the resulting smoke set off the smoke detectors. In the first 10 seconds after I placed the meat into the pan, I knew this was going to be a problem (the pan was screaming hot). I had to close all the doors to the bedrooms to prevent the cooking odor from getting in there.

Non vented hoods will work for most cooks, but some of us will want a real vented hood system.

 

[radtechtips]

It shouldn't be a problem. Do you have enough space in the ceiling to accommodate a 6" (minimum) duct?

True story: The range hood in my parents' home cost more than their stove.

Viking?

 

[NutBucket]

Vent-a-Hood. Apparently there is little middle ground in vent hoods. They're either cheap or pricey.

 

[Puppies04]

didn't even know that existed. even if the charcoal filters help with the odors, what about the smoke? where does it go?

You know that smoke is tiny particles of stuff right? Why wouldn't they be filtered like everything else?

 

[highland145]

It shouldn't be a problem. Do you have enough space in the ceiling to accommodate a 6" (minimum) duct?

True story: The range hood in my parents' home cost more than their stove.

Yep. The broan we got can be ducted or not, uses a 7" if so.

 

[NetWareHead]

You know that smoke is tiny particles of stuff right? Why wouldn't they be filtered like everything else?

Can't speak for other's hoods but the charcoal filter in my old vent was mainly there to try and absorb some of the cooking smell. It was a porous filter not designed to filter out smoke.

 

[Eug]

Vent-a-Hood. Apparently there is little middle ground in vent hoods. They're either cheap or pricey.

Yeah, my Vent-A-Hood was 4-digit $. Not exactly cheap, but not north of $2000 either like some of them out there.

We did have one of those combo microwave vent jobs, and despite being vented, it was near useless for smoke (eg. searing a roast). I couldn't imagine using a ventless one.

 

[K1052]

Ventless hoods are nearly useless.

It would probably cost $5-10K to put in a vent in my kitchen, I'd need condo board approval, and a way to work on the outside of the building 9 floors up. Not going to happen. I just open a window pop in a fan if I'm going to be cooking something smoky.

 

[highland145]

Thanks, guys. The boss just told me it's going to be vented.

 

[Eug]

OK good choice.

Now you have to decide what kind of vented hood you want. We ended up removing a cabinet so that we could put in an 18" tall Vent-A-Hood.

Generally the deeper the hood, the better it is for catching smoke.

 

[highland145]

OK good choice.

Now you have to decide what kind of vented hood you want. We ended up removing a cabinet so that we could put in an 18" tall Vent-A-Hood.

Generally the deeper the hood, the better it is for catching smoke.

Already got the broan. Didn't think about that, we didn't have one prior to now. It's going to have to do, the new cabinets are already built and hung.

 

[Eug]

Depending upon what type of cabinets, you may be able to remove the one over the stove.

Actually, that cabinet may largely be useless anyway, if you have to run the vent through it.

 

[highland145]

Depending upon what type of cabinets, you may be able to remove the one over the stove.

Actually, that cabinet may largely be useless anyway, if you have to run the vent through it.

30" cabinet, 7" vent. It'll be o.k. I'll post pics, before and after, when I'm done. Should be next week. Gotta do all the trim.

 

[kage69]

I hate ventless hoods with a passion. Venting outside is the only way to go.

I'd recommend going with the largest diameter vent/fan you can accommodate.