Clairitek
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Ravinmad|1325781881|3095730 said:Sounds as if you have a true air exchange hood, and if that is the case with it venting outdoors, then the odors, and other airborne matter will be displaced from inside your home or kitchen to the outdoors by the vacuum effect, where conventional range hoods tend to just stir it up in the room and push burned food smoke everywhere!![]()
puppmom|1325784484|3095759 said:Yes, it absolutely works. Does it bug him because it's noisy? Sometimes that bothers me about ours. If I turn it up to high, we can barely carry a conversation over it.
sonnyjane|1325785452|3095772 said:puppmom|1325784484|3095759 said:Yes, it absolutely works. Does it bug him because it's noisy? Sometimes that bothers me about ours. If I turn it up to high, we can barely carry a conversation over it.
This is why I'm not really a fan of ours either. If we're cooking something that's creating a lot of smoke or steam, I'll turn it on, but other than that I choose to leave it off because I find it very loud.
decodelighted|1325783473|3095747 said:Why in the world would he be against using it? Is he an AIR HOARDER?![]()
Clairitek|1325786720|3095800 said:decodelighted|1325783473|3095747 said:Why in the world would he be against using it? Is he an AIR HOARDER?![]()
God only knows Deco... we have literally had fights about his lack of use of the vent.
I think he doesn't like the noise. It is fairly powerful and noisy. Because he thinks that it doesn't help, he refuses to use it for my pleasure. He often listens to podcasts on his computer or episodes of Star Trek so with the vent on he can't hear anything.
The worst odor comes from when he makes pad Thai from scratch. I was packing for a business trip when he was making it one Sunday and all of my clothes smelled terrible. I had to lay them out all over my hotel room to try and air them out.
ETA: I see others have issues with noise, too. I really only want him to use it when he is cooking at a high temperature or cooking with oil. He likes to sear meat in a little bit of really hot oil to get it crispy on the outside/seal in moisture. Since he cooks chicken or some other meat almost every night this really creates a lot of odor! He also loves to use lots of shallots, onion, and garlic cooked initially at a high temperature.
sonnyjane|1325788686|3095832 said:Clairitek|1325786720|3095800 said:decodelighted|1325783473|3095747 said:Why in the world would he be against using it? Is he an AIR HOARDER?![]()
God only knows Deco... we have literally had fights about his lack of use of the vent.
I think he doesn't like the noise. It is fairly powerful and noisy. Because he thinks that it doesn't help, he refuses to use it for my pleasure. He often listens to podcasts on his computer or episodes of Star Trek so with the vent on he can't hear anything.
The worst odor comes from when he makes pad Thai from scratch. I was packing for a business trip when he was making it one Sunday and all of my clothes smelled terrible. I had to lay them out all over my hotel room to try and air them out.
ETA: I see others have issues with noise, too. I really only want him to use it when he is cooking at a high temperature or cooking with oil. He likes to sear meat in a little bit of really hot oil to get it crispy on the outside/seal in moisture. Since he cooks chicken or some other meat almost every night this really creates a lot of odor! He also loves to use lots of shallots, onion, and garlic cooked initially at a high temperature.
This is my kind of my qualm with my husband as well lol. When HE is cooking, not only must the fan be on, but all doors and windows downstairs must be open too! When he cooks meat, he uses this spice blend that has dried hot peppers (Spicy Montreal Steak), and when he sears the meat, it literally fills the downstairs with fumes that make me cry and cough within seconds. One day I was showering UPSTAIRS with the doors closed and he was cooking downstairs and I was still coughing! I HATE that particular spice blend because of what it does to my house! I've gone to the extent of trying to switch it out with the regular Montreal Steak (which is yummy), but he always ends up finding the spicy one again! It's like cooking with mustard gas!
decodelighted|1325789160|3095837 said:ETA: Re the pepper steak incident .... it's possible you might be slightly asthmatic. I've noticed it coming on in recent years as I get older. Super sensitive to, say, cold air with exertion ... the smell of the heater in the car starting .... colds last longer & might have some chest rattle & wheezing.
decodelighted|1325789160|3095837 said:Maybe you could have one of those 1-10 convos. Like .... listen, on a scale of 1-10 these cooking smells bother me a TEN. How much does the noise bother you? Maybe that would make it CLEARER to him how strongly you feel about it.
We don't have ANY vent system right now and it makes cooking certain things out of the question! I can't stand the smells! We can't deep fry -- we can't broil steaks ... super hot roasted chicken will linger for days. It's awful!
I have a feeling he's more sensitive to noise and you're more sensitive to smells .... let's see where it plays out on the 1-10!
pregcurious|1325792063|3095869 said:It works. I'm not sure how he would think it doesn't work. Even in biological labs, outside venting hoods are used (of course they are not the same as a cooking vent, but the principle is the same.)
I cook a lot with a lot of spices, and it's an absolute must.
TristanC|1325823584|3096265 said:Get a door to separate your kitchen from the rest of the house if possible. Shut it, then open the windows in the kitchen and turn the vent on.
Basically ventilate the kitchen as much as possible. It obviously helps. I HATE the sound of those range hoods as well, but you can install a silent one, or a silenced one. You only need to turn it on the moment the food hits the pan, and then lower it and let it cycle for a while after cooking.
We open the doors/windows AFTER cooking. Sometimes you need to pay attention to how airflow works in your house. If you cross ventilate and air moves from the kitchen to other parts of the house, ventilating LESS is better from an odour standpoint. If air exits your kitchen then ventilate as much as possible.
In my place we shut the door and open the windows and turn on the vent. I hate the sound, so I cook faster. We then ventilate the whole house after cooking. Helps. Oil odours are very pervasive. Oil vaporises at high heat, or is carried in droplets, it then coalesces every bloody where and smells linger. Aromatic cooking styles over a period of years can literally leave your house reeking of dinner on a day to day basis.
monarch64|1325824767|3096270 said:Isn't it like having an exhaust fan in the bathroom?Maybe if you relate it that way (manspeak, that is) he will get it?