Regardless of what type of cooktop you use, cooking creates a lot of chemical, moisture, and small particle pollution indoors. A properly installed, vented-to-the-outdoors range hood is the best method to remove cooking pollutants from your home and protect your family from short and long-term health effects from cooking activities. Range hoods should be used EVERY time you cook.
Don’t have a range hood that’s vented outdoors? Place a window fan blowing out of an open window, preferably a kitchen window. Like a range hood, use this EVERY time you cook indoors.
What to Look for When Buying a Range Hood
When purchasing a new range hood, look for ones that are:
1) Efficient: Capture Efficiency or CE of 80% or more as rated by the Home Ventilating Institute (HVI).
2) Quiet: HVI noise rating of less than 3 sones at an airflow rate of 200 cfm or more.
3) Multi-speed: So, you can adjust fan rate and noise as needed.
