gas range installation instructions - recommendation or required?

selfsown

13 years ago

I'm confused about something: I hope someone here can clear it up.

I'm looking at Five Star ranges: 14- 21k btu depending on burner type (open or sealed) From the Installation guide:

A 600 CFM hood is recommended for 30" & 36" ranges.

Hoods should be 24" min. deep and at least the same width
as the cooktop.

Just for comparison, Capital Culinarian with open burners 23k btu installation guide:

no mention of hood depth; or min cfm; only that it should be as wide as the range.

why should Five Star require the hood to cover the width and depth of the entire range while Capital with a higher btu rating only requires the hood be as wide as the range?
I've read a lot of installation instructions and it appears to me that Five Star is the only one that specifies that the depth of the range be covered. why?

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jwvideo
13 years ago
"A 600 CFM hood is RECOMMENDED for 30" & 36" ranges."

"why should Five Star REQUIRE ..."

Seems like a recommendation would not be a "requirement," wouldn't it?

Recommendation. Read the recent hood threads here and you'll see that at least 24" depth plus 3" wider on either side is recommended for best capture. Also, what does Five Star make and sell? Hoods with 24" depths?
jakvis
13 years ago
"Recommended" can also be stated as "for best performance" or "for best satisfaction"

The bigger the hood and the more powerful the hood will result in better smoke capture.
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selfsown
Original Author
13 years ago
thanks. I've read some of the threads and understand the capture. My hood is 20" deep with 685 CFM vented with a straight run through the roof. So if I understand correctly all I'd be sacrificing is a little efficiency at getting the grease and smells. If the rule of thumb of 100 cfm/10,000 btu is good it should handle the open burner model, which is the one I'm looking at.