Outdoor kitchen range hood

[herd]

Hi all, I am trying to finish up a screen porch project I started two years ago and have just completed adding a small kitchen in the sheltered end. It's mainly 10' of countertop with nice oak cabinets which will have a 20''x20'' sink but no cooptop. I plan to purchase a very nice, high-end "hot plate'' for cooking plus using frydaddy and other small applilances.

I do want a range hood tho, my first thought was to help remove the moisture from cooking and secondly to remove smoke, which obviously will dispel anyway since it's open on three sides.

So, my question is, does anyone have any exp or advice on "vented vs unvented" range hoods. I am not worried about cost within reason; I am worried about butchering up the cabinets and losing some of the soffitt space above the range hood.

I understand the ventfree units use a charcoal type filter and do ok with smoke and odors but what about moisture. If I go vented, it will be up into the attic and over to the soffit to vent. tks for any advice and input.

 

[Trails2004]

If you can vent the range hood to the outside- you should go for it.

Fresh air is good- charcoal pads will need to be replaced at some point-they trap the odors on the inside of your home- rather that remove the odors though an exhaust fan.

If you are using grease to fry foods-- you need a vent with an exhaust fan

Why cant you run the vent directly through your roof??

 

[herd]

I can run it thru the roof, I just didn't want the roof penetration and venting to the outside soffit should be sufficient, I thought. Anyway, I was trying to avoid butchering the cabinets with the vent pipe and thought vent free might work. I also thought that since the porch is open on three sides that there would be enough free air flow to compensate for not having a vented exhaust fan.

But, I like your thought of "fresh air" is good. tks for the feedback.

 

[MarkV]

Isn't moisture remove a bit of a moot point in a screen porch? Every time it rains you will have more moisture than the occasional meal will produce.

MarkV

 

[tlbuser]

Have you considered a downdraft or wall mount exhaust?

 

[mroldstyle]

Isn't moisture remove a bit of a moot point in a screen porch? Every time it rains you will have more moisture than the occasional meal will produce.

MarkV

X2....

 

[herd]

I understand the point on moisture given that it's an outdoor kitchen, my concern is the type of moisture. I think "cooking moisture," vapors and grease pose a bigger threat to the cabinets than just "wet moisture."

I have considered an alternate drafting system but the wall is a no-go and I don't want to cut into the countee top for a ''down draft system."

either.

 

[hr3]

Check out Fantech they have several vented solutions and are very quiet..
Kitchen

 

[Deere Dude]

Why put a range hood in at all?

Just for the average cooking and frying now and then you aren't going to have a problem with smoke or grease.
We had range hoods in two fairly sealed up houses and they collected some grease on the filters over time. There wasn't enough smoke or grease compensate for the noise I had to listen to running the thing.

The 6 year old tightly sealed house we are in now doesn't have one but I was going to install one later. Now after 6 years there isn't any grease film on cabinets or anyplace else that we can tell, and my wife cooks a lot, so no vent for me.

I wouldn't mess with it.

 

[ustmd]

Vent it to the outside. We used use to have a non-vented hood. Once we built our house and added the vented hood, we realized what we were missing.