"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>
>> >
>> > So with the exception of having any type of fan vent like my kitchen
>> > has to pull most of the steam from off the top of the pot, what other
>> > options do I have to get rid of the smell?
>>
>> I was told yesterday when looking at kitchen vents that most, if not all
>> (and I would assume the salesperson was talking about vents I could use
>> over MY existing 30" slide in stove or a stove top) only had a carbon
>> filter
>> for smells, but NEVER would vent steam anywhere else except back into the
>> room.
>>
>> Is there any disagreement on this?
>> Dee Dee
>>
>>
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>
> Depends...
>
> The stove vent that I bought came with a pop-out tracing in the upper
> metal insert specifically designed to vent out the roof if I wanted to
> install a roof vent/chimeney.
>
> I did not do it, yet, so yes it vents back into the kitchen thru a
> charcoal filter.
>
> I will eventually install a roof vent when I can afford it.
> --
> Om.

Thanks, Om, for your answer. That IS what she was saying, that if you did
not have a roof vent, the steam vented back into the room. But, I'm
thinking that, as I do have cabinets overhead, is the steam going to come
back out into your face? Onto your clothing? I have some pretty heavy-duty
steam coming out of my pots at times. For the worse steaming, I take
outside. My Genn-Air is a down draft now and it is insufficient to do the
job of heavy steaming.

We would have to intall a roof vent thru the attic and that's a ways up.
The Genn-Air down draft is looking more and more attractive. Yuk!
Thanks.
Dee Dee