A range hood, also known as a vent hood or stove hood, removes smoke, airborne grease, odors and heat from a stove or cooktop, ducting all to the exterior or, with ductless units, recirculating it ...

The home fixture with the dirtiest job in the kitchen is cleaning up its image. Modern designs for range hoods—stove overheads designed to suck up and filter cooking exhaust—have transformed ...

Having a ventless exhaust hood is better than nothing, and it will do a decent job at filtering the kitchen air to keep it fresh and safe. Still, containing inevitable aromas in a closed space ...

Q: Our 10-year-old multispeed kitchen exhaust fan drips greasy water back down onto the stove. Three of the highest fan speeds no longer work. The lights in the hood have also stopped working.

Despite stricter enforcement of kitchen exhaust hood cleaning rules, in-depth industry research—and insights from sources like NFPA and local fire marshal guidelines—reveal a critical shortage ...

Move your cooking outdoors with a grill or barbecue. This keeps the heat outside and gives your indoor kitchen a break. Set a timer so you don't have to stand in the heat the whole time.