Well, here are the results using the hood when steaming:

http://tinypic.com/4ggtg5f.jpg
You can see where the lights are located on the front of the vent hood - and
the vents are to the rear of the lights. Obviously the steam is going up
onto the lights and making the stainless ledge that contains them wet with
steam.

Bad mistake to take the tiles down - a few of them were broken off taking
them down. As the vent sits out from the wall, they could've been left in
place, or re-installed. PITA.



http://tinypic.com/2h3c0n9.jpg
At a very hard boil, this is the pan I generally use to cook dried
spaghetti. Similar pan for soups. I used a lid on this to redirect the
steam, but didn't help.
This is the third stage fan setting. You can feel the steam outdoors 12'
away from the vent flap where it is exhausting, so it is going out well --
but not quickly enough it seems.

The front of the new stove has its larger burners on the right of the stove
in a triple ring of 6"-9"12".

I was hoping for better. I must've imagined the fan was going to push some
air forward, encircling, and pulling it back. Was I dreaming?

Dee