5 Things You Need To Know When Shopping For a Range Hood

Are you remodeling your kitchen? Are you looking for a new Kitchen Range Hood? One of the most important appliances you should consider for your kitchen is the range hood as it helps to ventilate air the when you are cooking. When you are cooking, there will be, without doubt, lots of smokes and scents sizzling out from your cooking utensil.  

With the help of the range hood, all the unpleasant smoke and scents will be sucked out by the range hood. You do not have to worry about any unpleasant smell stuck with you after cooking and can continue doing what you want to do, chilling out with friends, shopping, catching a movie etc. Cool isn’t it? So here are the things you need to know before you shop for a Range Hood:

• Range Hood Style

First, you should know what style of range hood you need in your kitchen. There are different styles of kitchen range hood. For example, if your cooking area is attached to the wall area, then you should be getting a wall range hood. If your cooking area is underneath the cabinet, then look for an under cabinet range hood.

Other styles of range hoods are the island type, chimney types, range hood inserts etc. It’s important to know where you are going to install your range hood so you can decide what style or type of range hood you need to buy.

Strength

You should know how powerful your range hood is. The cubic per minute (CFM) is used to measure the airflow of the range hood. The stronger your range hood the more effective it will be especially if you cook a lot. You should have 1 CFM of ventilation per 100 British thermal units (BTU) for the gas range. They say the higher the CFM of your range hood, the faster it will release air from the home.

Size

The size of a range hood is one of the most important aspects that should be considered. You should consider how wide the hood and the range it will be venting should. But the larger the range hood the more expensive it is. If you’re investing in a large stovetop, then it is likely worth it as long as it is manageable and safe. Make sure that you already measure where you are going to install your range hood before buying one. Lastly, make sure you measure the right dimensions of your cooking area so that installing the range hood will not be a waste of your time and money.

Noise

Range hood noise is measured in sones, 1 sone is equal to the total running of a fridge. Most range hoods are going to be loud, so make sure you use this factor as an important point when considering which range hood to purchase.

Features

You may want to look for range hoods that have good features, for example, rangehood with bright lights that can help you with your cooking at night, rangehood with multiple fan speed so that you can control the power of smoke suction which is very useful for light, medium and heavy cooking. A range hood that have exhaust timer is quite beneficial too as you can set the time on when to automatically shut off the hood. Heat sensors will be a bonus as it automatically turns the vent on when the range hood is experiencing a high amount of heat.