Tinfoil Chef

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From the subject of this one you’d think I was talking about an exhaust fan that doesn’t wear out however the real issue is the fact that nothings getting exhausted at all. You know the setup… a hood over a stove top that has a fan built into it. The big problem that I’ve always had with that sort of thing is that I’ve never seen one (in a home setup) where the exhaust fans actually functioned like air cleaners.

Instead when you turn it on it starts pulling grease and smoke filled air away from the stove top and whatever is doing the smoking…. only to spew it back out into the room with most of the smoke and grease intact.

This is because all it does is move the air through a grease trap… which most people don’t even realize is there in the first place and therefore never replace or clean it… and back into the room. To my way of thinking, running it through a grease trap is ok.. IF the thing is built so that Joe User can see it and know it’s there and needs cleaning. The main thing however is to expel that smoke and grease filled air to the outside.

Really, it’s kinda stupid to be recirculating it back into the room anyway.

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