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Kitchen Chimney guide

Kitchen chimney is an appliance that absorb smoke, fumes from kitchen and makes kitchen clean and oil, smoke free.
In fact, modern kitchen chimney adds style and decor to your modular kitchen.

Things to consider before buying a chimney

• Types kitchen chimney
• Chimney size- 60 cm and 90 cm 
• Chimney filter types- Cassette ;Baffle filter (best for Indian food) & Carbon filter
• Chimney suction power
• Chimney design
• Chimney ducting

Types of kitchen chimney filter

Depending on the structure, material and filtering process, chimney filter types are classified into 3 categories.

• Cassette filter
• Baffle filter (best for Indian food)
• Carbon filter

Cassette filter

Cassette filter is made of aluminum mesh that are stocked on each other. Gap between the mesh allows air through it. Oil, grease particles in air strike to the this mesh aluminum thread.

Slowly these grease, oil particles clogged the mesh and affects the suction power of the chimney. That’s why, cassette filters need to wash, clean once in a week for better performance. To wash, immerse cassette filter in a bucket of detergent water for some while, wash with cleaner water. If need you can scrub too.

Baffle filter

The baffle is a flow control panel. Baffle filter is made in multiple curve structure. When cooking air passes through these curve changes the direction of smoke air. During this process heavy grease, smoke particles they are dragged down in baffle filter. Even though, baffle filter is fully filled with grease, oil it hardly affects the chimney suction power.

Baffle filter chimneys are best for Indian food items with Masala food. It is very easy to find baffle chimney, look for the product description and search for baffle. For examplePigeon Sterling chimney is one of such good baffle filter kitchen chimney. The baffle filter needs very less maintenance. Needs to wash baffle filter once in 3 months. These filters capabilities to run a number of years without replacement.

Carbon filter

Carbon filter, also known as Charcoal filter because it is made up of black charcoal. Carbon filter mainly used for absorbing odor. The carbon filter is an optional one. In case of recycling / without duct, chimney carbon filter used along with the baffle filter or cassette filter.

The oil, smoke particles clogged inside the carbon filter and reduce the suction power of the chimney, so they need to replace once in six months depending the intensity of cooking. For more details about type kitchen chimney do read different types of chimney filters.

Types kitchen chimney

What type kitchen chimney are going to buy decision depends on the kitchen structure and construction were going to fit it and location of the cooking platform, hob, stove. Based on the capabilities where can fit, kitchen chimney is divided into 3 - 4 categories.

• Wall mounted chimney
• Island chimney
• Built-in chimney (Integrated)
• Corner chimney ( Rare in India)

Wall Mounted chimney

Kitchen chimney fitted against the wall and cooktop, hob also located adjacent to the wall.

Island chimney

Cooking platform, hob located at the center of the kitchen, away from the wall. Kitchen chimney is hanging to the ceiling above cooking top, hob.

Built-in chimney

Built-in chimneys are integrated inside the kitchen wood furniture work against the wall.

Corner chimney

Corner chimney is fitted in the corner of the kitchen where the cooking top, hob located at corner against the wall.

Kitchen chimney size

Thumb rule to decide kitchen chimney size is chosen kitchen chimney is of exact or greater size than a stove or hob size. Kitchen chimney size should be the size of stove or hob but never smaller than the stove, hob.

Auto clean chimney

As it names, auto cleaner chimney capable to maintain its body parts clean. The cooling air mostly contains oil particles. When this cooking passes through the auto clean chimney, it’s turbine blower forces air to move towards the chimney walls. During this process whatever oil present in the air is stuck to the container walls and collected in an oil collecting bowl. This detachable oil collector has to wash once in a month. Auto clean chimney makes cumbersome, time consuming chimney cleaning process for easy and effective. Auto clean chimney avoids sticking grease, oil particles and improves the chimney suction power and increase the lifetime of the chimney. Here, we are presenting a short video on how auto clean chimney works and how they are differ from other chimneys.

Feature	Auto clean chimney	Normal chimney
Oil collector	Yes	No
Cleaning frequency	Frequent cleaning not required	Need to clean often and regular intervals
Cleaning process	As oil collected in separate oil collector, so oil not clog the filter. Overall cleaning filters much easier.	Oil clogs the filters, so cleaning is much difficult
Lifespan	High	Normal
Suction power	Good	Averag

Kitchen chimney without duct

Kitchen chimney ducting is nothing but extracted smoke air are exhausted out of the kitchen atmosphere whereas in without ducting or recycling method using carbon filter oil, smoke particle captured and remained clean air are released again back into kitchen.

Chimney with duct

Chimney without duct

Chimney with duct removes heat from the kitchen. Chimney with duct is more effective, but it’s ducting, pipes disturb the kitchen aesthetic. However, chimney with duct is inexpensive but if you needed lengthy ducting makes overhead costs. Whereas, chimney without duct filters the air, removes the odor and release the air back into the home. Chimney without not disturbs any kitchen interior, but it has the overhead of regular replace of the carbon filter. For more details about kitchen chimney without ducting please read our post kitchen chimney without duct

Kitchen chimney designs

There are two types kitchen chimney designs depending the factor how they look.

• Convectional
• Contemporary

Convectional kitchen chimneys made for complete practical use, are found in most of the kitchens. Convectional chimneys are made by stainless steel and in straight line model. Convectional chimneys are inexpensive. Convectional chimneys available with the ducted mode as well without duct / recycling. These type chimneys are basically focused on the performance.

Contemporary kitchen chimney is designers one and mostly used in modular kitchens for style and status symbol. These chimneys are made of stainless steel with glass, crystal with variety color red, white.

Chimney suction power

Chimney suction power depends on the size of your kitchen and home. For a home with 1 to 3 rooms 500 m3/hr to 650 m3/hr suction power chimney is sufficient. Home with bigger kitchen choose 650 m3/hr to 1000 m3/hr suction power chimney.

If you're still in confusion please go with following calculation method.The thumb rule for chimney suction power is kitchen should able to changes the air 10 times per hour. It means to calculate the air volume in your kitchen by calculating the volume of the kitchen then multiple kitchen chimney volume by 10. For instance, you have a kitchen of width 4m, length 4m, and height 2.5m. Calculating volume of room w x L x H = 4 x 4 x 2.5 = 40m3. Now multiple room volume by 10. 40m3 x 10 = 400 m3 . So chimney suction power must be at least 400m3/hr.