Alternatives to cooker hood for sucking up oily air?

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I'm the sort of person who can crack their head against anything and my OH is taller and clumsier.
I've heard there are things which sort of suck the cooking fumes down into a vent by the hob instead of having a good over the hob. Anyone used one of these?

Our cooker is in a former chimney (alcove) in the kitchen and my husband put an extractor fan which is flush against the ceiling (so hidden up behind the beam). It also has lights in it, I would recommend something like that if it can fit in your ceiling.

Or get a hob that has a built-in in downdraft extractor. Bora for example.

We have an Elica hob that has an extractor in the middle of the hob and sucks the steam/smells etc down into the centre, filters and cools it, and puts it back out into the kitchen by your feet. It's incredible - and I was skeptical!! It has the added bonus of keeping you cool while cooking as the filtered cook odourless air gets fanned out by your feet!!! Bora is another brand I think.

Also hate noisy ugly light blocking head banging hoods. We have a kitchen extractor fan above the hob, xpelair style. Works, quiet, unobtrusive.

The Downdraft extractors are expensive.

I have been looking at extractors and the only one I have found that is A rated for grease extraction is the IKEA Underverk extractor. When fitted it looks just like a wall cabinet so should save you from banging your head.

We just have an extractor fan, but currently it is broken so I can also suggest an open window works ok at a push!

we used to have this one in a previous kitchen.
(I didn't realise they are so very expensive on their own)

there is no need to bang your head on a cooker hood.

modern houses commonly have 2400mm ceilings, and grander ones 3000mm.

the correct height to place a hood is where the person stirring the porage cannot reach it with their head.

We have a (very) old cottage and the hood is way too close to the hob (and therefore too easy to batter head off).
The extractors that are insert into ceiling are really expensive, at least the ones I’ve seen are (Please recommend affordable options if you know of any!)

Building regs specify extractor heights etc for gas hobs, but as we’re not in mains gas ours is electric and nothing prevents us from
getting rid of our hood and instead having the old-fashioned “bathroom style” extractor on the wall, which is our current plan.

Sorry - the CEILING is very low hence the lack of height above hob!

what is your ceiling height?

is there an external wall behind the hob?

how tall are you?

@redcandlelight

we used to have this one in a previous kitchen. (I didn't realise they are so very expensive on their own)

Not all of them are that expensive. I bought a cookology one which is effectively an unbranded version and it was half the price. It is over three years old now and absolutely fine. I think mine (90cm) was £599 at the time but might be more now.

Downdraft extractor! That's it I think.
The OH is six foot two...

and how high is the ceiling?

Cookology CIHDD700 70cm Induction Hob with Built-in Downdraft Extractor Fan
appears to go for ~£600 all in. The standalone ones seem to go for £3-500.
Thanks all, just wanted really to know they do more or less work!

We have one that just looks like a ceiling tile. It’s fitted flush into the roof and is ducted outside. That could be an option for you too.