Kitchen Island Extractor Vs Ceiling Cooker Hood
If you are lucky enough to have a kitchen island in your new kitchen, the problem of picking the best cooker hood will rear its head.
Traditionally, a hood will come down from the ceiling and stop about 750mm above your hob. Bizarrely, the price of an island extractor is much higher than the equivalent wall hood. Yes, the hood needs to be finished all the way round, but the markup seems unfair as the motor and internal parts will be the same.
Then you have the issue of the hood’s limited vision. You have gone to the trouble of installing a beautiful hob on your new island and wanted to open up the space in your new kitchen, only to find that when you are cooking on the hob, all you can see is the hood directly in front of you with the noisy motor inches from your face.
Some manufacturers offer designer hoods in cubes and spheres. But these are generally recirculating and do not offer any decent power. Sure, they look great, but be careful, as you have an open space, you need to consider this when picking a powerful enough island extractor.
