"Alan S" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 03:52:23 -0500, "Storrmmee"
> > wrote:
>
>>totally agree, Lee
>>"Janet" > wrote in message
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>>> Speaking of cleaning, a non-negotiable for me is a real hood over the
>>> cooktop, with the fan vented to the outdoors. I do not know how people
>>> live in houses and apartments with those crummy charcoal recirculating
>>> things. They obviously don't cook like I do! <G>
>>>
>>>
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> I must admit I've had them for over forty years in every kitchen in
> every house I've lived in (about 15 in that period) and just presumed
> it as a given. Not having one would be like going back to the early
> Australian days where the kitchen was a separate building to the home
> so that if when it burned down you still had somewhere to sleep

I have the charcoal one currently but it isn't working due to an electrical
problem.

In the military housing on Cape Cod there was some little noisy fan high on
the wall, not near the stove. I don't think it did a danged thing.