Cooking smell removal makes cooking much more comfortable. The quick removal of smells and grease through the cooker hood makes the home more comfortable and easier to breathe in.
Good food produces delicious smells. However, the smell of grease and other unpleasant odours generated during cooking are not enjoyable. Therefore, dirty and greasy air and water vapour must be removed from the kitchen quickly and efficiently. When choosing a cooker hood, you should pay attention not only to the appearance but also the efficiency of cooking smell removal and the ease of use. A good grease filter, adequate luminous efficiency and easy cleaning add to the comfort of use.
Efficient cooking smell removal improves the comfort of living
The efficiency of cooking smell removal depends on the extract air volume, the distance between the cooker hood and the source of the smell as well as the volume of the smell collection part of the fan.
To ensure that smells, humidity and grease are not left hanging in the indoor air, observe the following:
• The smell collection part must be adequately large.
• The smell collection part of the cooker hood must be at least as wide as the cooker, collecting the vapour to be removed. From a cooker hood with a flat base the cooking smells can easily spread into the room air.
• Cooking smell removal works better next to a wall than in an island kitchen.
• The cooker hood should be placed at as low level as possible in the kitchen, but at least 50 cm away from an electric cooker and 65 cm away from a gas cooker.
• According to the building regulations, a cooker hood should remove at least 25 l/s of air when in use. However, efficient cooking smell removal requires a considerably higher extract air flow.
Measured according to the EN13141-3:2017 standard, the smell absorption capacity of the Vallox Delico cooker hoods is over 50% already at the minimum air flow (25 l/s). When the air volume is doubled, the smell absorption capacity rises to 75 per cent. The more air per second is removed, the higher the hood’s smell absorption capacity. At an airflow of 75 l/s, the smell absorption capacity of Vallox Delico cooker hoods is close to 85 per cent.
The extract air valve helps to keep smells away
If the cooker hood in the kitchen can be switched off, there must also be an extract valve in the kitchen to take care of the ventilation and the removal of smells from dirty dishes and cooking when the cooker hood is not on. This extract air valve is connected to the ventilation system of the home, not to the cooker hood.
The waste bin space in the kitchen cabinets can also be equipped with an extract air valve connected to the ventilation system. Through this valve, the smells from the waste bins are led directly out. This prevents the smells of food leftovers and other waste from spoiling the air in the kitchen.
Silent cooking smell removal with a roof fan and cooker hood
The combination of a Vallox roof fan and cooker hood provides an efficient and silent cooking smell removal solution for the kitchen of a one-family house. The speed of the roof fan is adjusted with the cooker hood control panel. The cooking smell removal duct of a cooker hood must be a steel spiral-seam duct for its entire length.
A cooker hood or a roof fan-cooker hood combination equipped with a motor of its own can guarantee an adequately strong extract air flow. In small apartments in apartment blocks and terraced houses, cooking smell removal can also be connected to the dwelling-specific ventilation unit.