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post #1 of 8
10/12/11 at 5:03am
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I am an at home cook with desires to be an at home chef in the near future.  I am about to purchase a Thermadore 36" Pro Harmony all gas range for our new home.  While i will definitely use all the burners i will never have all at highest BTU capacity.  I am still shopping around for the ventilation system to choose.  I would like a chimney hood,  though not recommended by thermadore.  Can anyone please provide some brands or suggestions for hoods to choose.  I would like to keep the cost down on this particular feature because we are building a new home. 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thank you,

 

Jess

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post #2 of 8
10/12/11 at 6:45am

FWIW, we installed a Ventahood over our Wolf when we did our kitchen many years ago.  It has worked flawlessly.  It is a residential hood, but I suspect you don't need the performance or the price of a commercial hood.

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post #3 of 8
10/12/11 at 1:40pm

See if you can buy used one. Fabricated hoods and ductwork is one of the most costly items in a kitchen. Ansul system is extremely expensive.

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post #4 of 8
10/12/11 at 8:08pm

True, commercial hoods, properly installed, are stunningly expensive.  A friend expanded the food offerings, and thus the kitchen, in his wine bar and the cost of the hood and installation, even with a heavily discounted hood (he bought an unsold custom order) was several times the cost of his new range.  How many CFM does your range require?  I think it unlikely that you will need a true commercial hood.

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post #5 of 8
10/16/11 at 12:02am

You might look at the Appliance forum on Gardenweb, which discusses hoods all the time -- residential hoods, but often quite powerful ones.  Some sample threads are below.  Kaseki is a particularly high-value commenter.

 

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/appl/msg0717145823319.html

 

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/appl/msg0711031226925.html

 

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/appl/msg0820244318868.html

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post #6 of 8
10/16/11 at 8:17am

ventahood

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post #7 of 8
10/16/11 at 5:49pm

Am I missing something?  We are talking about about a residential range here, right?

A commercial hood for FREE will cost more to install the a residential.

Your CFM specs will probably be listed with the range specs.

I found prefabricated Vent-a-hood to serve my needs very well, very easy to clean.

Just as important to have enough air volume returning. Don;t want to be sucking the curtains off the windowswink.gif

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post #8 of 8
10/20/11 at 12:06pm
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The total output of my stove requires has 6 Burner at a top capasity of 18,000 BTU's the Kitchen store recomended 1,000 CFM but i think i should be fine with 600 CMF given that i will never be able to cook on all 6 burners at that rate.  I was looking at the Ventahood but i was hoping to find something less than $2,000+ for a hood since the stove is close to $6k. 

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