Cooker extraction hoods have helped kitchens across the world stay clean and fresh, helping control smells. In commercial settings, this is crucial. Restaurants depend on efficient, effective cooker extraction hoods not just to safeguard their customers from overwhelming cooking smells, but to safeguard the food being cooked from being infected with powerful smells from other dishes and foods.

 

In a domestic setting, cooker extraction hoods vary. For domestic kitchens, cooker extraction hoods often incorporate factors that compromise the extraction power – domestic kitchens often put cosmetics and aesthetics first: cooker extraction hoods in domestic homes often need to fit into a colour scheme or overall kitchen design. Also in some domestic settings, noise control may be a factor. Some cooker extraction hoods can be intrusively noisy stopping users from switching the units on altogether to avoid the noise pollution. But having cooker extraction hoods in commercial settings is more about managing unwanted smells and keeping kitchens clean and fresh.

 

Having cooker extraction hoods is necessary in all commercial kitchens – the hoods work by extracting air from above the cooker, while replacement air is drawn in from the outside. It's recommended that natural infiltration of air accounts for 15 to 20% of total air extracted to maintain a negative pressure in the kitchen – this helps unwanted smells from travelling to adjacent areas (for example, the dining room). There are different ways of incorporating fresh air through cooker extraction hoods, and turning to specialist commercial kitchen suppliers is one way of ensuring you get it right for your kitchen. 

 

 

Cooker extraction hoods are known by other names – extraction canopy, extraction fan, ventilation system, extraction systems or even canopy grease filters. But basically it is a device that contains a powerful fan that is fitted above a stove or cooker to remove airborne grease, odours and heat. As such, ventilation systems in commercial set-ups can be crucial for keeping working conditions comfortable, clean and safe. Another crucial element of cooker extraction hoods is to remove combustion products and smoke.

If you're cooking at a high intensity in a busy commercial kitchen, cooker extraction hoods are a necessity.

 

CK Direct are one of the UK’s top providers of catering and commercial kitchen equipment. We boast many years experience in the field of commercial kitchens and offer a multitude of products to meet your requirements. So, if you’re looking for a commercial kitchen fan or other forms of commercial ventilation, CK Direct are sure to have just the product for you. To find out more about our range of commercial kitchen equipment, just give us a call on 0808 178 0001 or fill in our online enquiry form.