Ductless Range Hoods

[chas]

I am in the process of buying a new construction condo and I have determined that the range hood that will be coming with the unit won't be acceptable. The issue is that there is no vent out and I know that this is an imperfect situation. That being said, does anybody have good options that they can recommend?

So far it looks like Vent-a-Hood has the best option with their ARS system. Are there any other ductless hood options that are great?

 

[edmorel]

how do these things work? Where does the smoke go?

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by edmorel

how do these things work? Where does the smoke go?

Right back into the kitchen. A wast of $$$ if you ask me.

 

[chas]

Originally Posted by Manton

Right back into the kitchen. A wast of $$$ if you ask me.

Manton:

I agree completely. But I have no other options and the below link shows how the Vent-a-Hood system works. It is certainly better than nothing. I was wondering if any other companies have something similar.

http://www.ventahood.com/ars-hoods.jsp

 

[otc]

Originally Posted by Manton

Right back into the kitchen. A wast of $$$ if you ask me.

I could see something that pulls the air through a furnace filter as being useful.

I do not have a hood in my apartment and the tops of the cabinets (and anything sitting on top of them) that are over my range seem to be the preferred place for residual cooking oil to settle. I am not sure how it gets there...does it get atomized and float up 5 feet? but I would imagine pulling the air through a filter would stop this.

It wouldn't get rid of smoke or make the air better...but it would probably keep my kitchen less oily.

 

[SField]

Originally Posted by chas

Manton:

I agree completely. But I have no other options and the below link shows how the Vent-a-Hood system works. It is certainly better than nothing. I was wondering if any other companies have something similar.

http://www.ventahood.com/ars-hoods.jsp

People in my building have these on order. Strongly considering one myself.

 

[Manton]

Vent-a-hood is very good product. I wish I had one. Worth a try, I guess.

 

[chas]

Originally Posted by SField

People in my building have these on order. Strongly considering one myself.

How do the people who have them like them? Do they work well?

 

[edmorel]

what about those things that pop up behing the range and suck the air in (where does that air go? teh oven?)

I have the ventahood, nice but when I have to take the fans apart to clean them it's a pain. Big globs of grease in there. I guess that means they work well. Or that I cook with a lot of oil

 

[SField]

Originally Posted by chas

How do the people who have them like them? Do they work well?

I'm going to ask them, because I haven't heard about it. I moved into this building a couple years ago, and that was my issue with living in a highrise. My previous apartment was in NYC which was in a low rise that did have ventilation so it had a kick ass hood. I could have been running inquisition style heretic burnings and no one would have known.

This ARS system looks like it's worth a try.

 

[Manton]

Here's a trick that works wonders on the baffles of any hood.

Take a big Hefty bag outside. Lay the baffles down inside the bag and spray them liberally with Easy Off on all sides. Close the bag with a twist tie and let the baffles just sit there in the bag covered with oven cleaner for several hours or even over night.

Then open the bag (wearing long rubber gloves; you don't want this crap on your skin), remove the baffles and clean with SOS pads. Grease comes right off. You will use roughly one SOS pad per baffle and the gloves will have to be tossed after. But it's all worth it.

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by SField

I'm going to ask them, because I haven't heard about it. I moved into this building a couple years ago, and that was my issue with living in a highrise. My previous apartment was in NYC which was in a low rise that did have ventilation so it had a kick ass hood. I could have been running inquisition style heretic burnings and no one would have known.
because there's nothing worse than a really nice heretic burning and then you wake up smelling it in the morning!

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by Manton

Here's a trick that works wonders on the baffles of any hood.

Take a big Hefty bag outside. Lay the baffles down inside the bag and spray them liberally with Easy Off on all sides. Close the bag with a twist tie and let the baffles just sit there in the bag covered with oven cleaner for several hours or even over night.

Then open the bag (wearing long rubber gloves; you don't want this crap on your skin), remove the baffles and clean with SOS pads. Grease comes right off. You will use roughly one SOS pad per baffle and the gloves will have to be tossed after. But it's all worth it.

that venezia i have, the baffles fit in the dishwasher. nice.

 

[chas]

Originally Posted by SField

I'm going to ask them, because I haven't heard about it. I moved into this building a couple years ago, and that was my issue with living in a highrise. My previous apartment was in NYC which was in a low rise that did have ventilation so it had a kick ass hood. I could have been running inquisition style heretic burnings and no one would have known.

This ARS system looks like it's worth a try.

Any word back from your neighbors on how the ARS System works?

 

[whiteslashasian]

Originally Posted by chas

Any word back from your neighbors on how the ARS System works?

I thought his neighbors were trying to kick him out of the condo (probably for the burnings

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