"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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> "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
>>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>
>

So, find an overhead cooking fan unit that vents straight out through the
wall. End of problem.