| If you have spent hours cleaning grime from your | | | | are the best performance wise but are quite |
| kitchen utensils or cabinets, you know why you need a | | | | expensive. They can be of the island or the wall |
| kitchen hood. It is basically an electric fan inside a metal | | | | mounted type range hood. Their huge size is a big |
| casing, which has the capability of capturing smoke, | | | | problem for small kitchens. |
| steam, grease, odors and gases. A range hood will | | | | Kitchen hood can be also classified on the basis in |
| clean up the air many times in an hour and promotes a | | | | which they vent out the impure air. The main function |
| sound heath of the family. It is available in many | | | | of the kitchen hood is to treat air-borne contaminants |
| dimensions; finding one that would fit inside your kitchen | | | | present in the kitchen. There are ways in which the |
| is not a difficult job. Its installation is generally easy and | | | | range hood works against these. There is the duct |
| can be maintained without much fuss. For the more | | | | type hood, which forces all the contaminants from the |
| stylish people there are many eye-catching designs | | | | kitchen outside the building using a vent or duct. These |
| available in the market. Nowadays, there are many | | | | require to be installed near the window or anywhere |
| types of hoods available in the market, like the canopy, | | | | else in the kitchen where a provision of a vent could |
| retractable and fixed variants. | | | | be made. In kitchens where such an arrangement |
| Kitchen hood can be classified in a number of ways. | | | | cannot be made, the internal or re-circulation hoods |
| They can be classified on the basis of their installation | | | | can be used with ease. These hoods use a series of |
| process. The fixed range hood as the name suggests | | | | charcoal filters to re-circulate fresh air inside the |
| is fixed to the wall. It covers the entire stove area and | | | | kitchen. Though it is less expensive, it is also less |
| is the most easy to install. It has quite a large filter. | | | | efficient than the duct type hood. |
| Then there is the retractable hood, which can be pulled | | | | If you have finally decided on buying a kitchen hood, it |
| out and placed over the stove while cooking and the | | | | is great news but one must look at a number of |
| rest of the times it could be kept inside. This concept | | | | aspects while getting one. The speed and type of the |
| of retracting the hood is very neat. They are however | | | | internal fan, noise level, lighting system, size and the |
| a little more expensive and performance wise not that | | | | Cubic feet per minute rate are just some of these |
| good when compared to the other hoods. The third | | | | basic things to consider while getting a range hood. |
| type is the canopy style Kitchen hood. These used to | | | | There are additional features as well like the heat |
| be a common feature of industrial kitchens but now | | | | sensor, which obviously calls for more money. |
| they have become quite popular in homes too. They | | | | |