"Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
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>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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>> "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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>
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> Just to be su Your stove is NOT on an outside wall?

Yes, our present Jenn-Air is definitely on the outside wall. And vented to
the outside now. But heavy duty pots are too high to catch the steam into
the down-draft.
DH doesn't want to go thru cabinets and tall attic to vent steam out (for
various reasons). Even now, he opens the windows when we cook to equalize
the air coming & going.
Dee Dee
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