Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

On Jan 24, 12:02*pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova
wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. *As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. *Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. *Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

I would think that if you are getting smoke from the food in a
microwave then you might want to change you microwaving habits or
perhaps the microwave is on the fritz.

On Jan 24, 3:02*pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova
wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. *As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. *Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. *Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

I had the same settup years ago and it was the same,
worthless. I haven't seen a hood that's effective
without it being vented outside. I don't suppose by
chance it's on an outside wall?

Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

Just vent it outside. How on earthe are you going to filter out grease and smoke
without hugely expensive equipment?

On 1/24/2012 10:02 AM, Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

Typically, there's a option for venting to an outside duct instead of
recycling the air. A lot of times, venting externally is not a option.
Recycling the air might be better than nothing but not by much.

My Samsung microwave has problems with moisture getting into the control
panels which shorts out the switches. This causes the weak overhead
light to cycle on and off. My guess is that my fondness for
slow-roasting pork in the oven below and the cold weather is a factor.
You could say that this is a pork induced electronic glitch.

On Jan 24, 3:23*pm, Chemo the Clown wrote:
On Jan 24, 12:02*pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova
wrote:





Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. *As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. *Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. *Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

I would think that if you are getting smoke from the food in a
microwave then you might want to change you microwaving habits or
perhaps the microwave is on the fritz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's not smoke from the microwave. It's smoke
from the range. It's a microwave that goes over
the range with a vent fan/filter arrangement on the
bottom.

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:23:10 -0800 (PST), Chemo the Clown
wrote:

On Jan 24, 12:02*pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova
wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. *As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

As far as I know, all hood filters are woven metal. Range hoods that
recirculate air have notoriously weak fans so the CFM is low. Low CFM
means fewer times through the filter, so air in the kitchen is dirtier
and smellier than the air would be if the fan was stronger.


They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. *Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. *Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

Use hot water to get rid of most of the gunk and then run it through
the dishwasher.

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

Your best bet is to learn how to cook with less grease and to cause
less smoke/smell.

I would think that if you are getting smoke from the food in a
microwave then you might want to change you microwaving habits or
perhaps the microwave is on the fritz.

The microwave is mounted *over* the stove and it takes the place of a
regular hood with outside ducting. IMO her only option is to clean
the metal filter and replace the charcoal filter more often.

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:49:40 -1000, dsi1
wrote:

My guess is that my fondness for
slow-roasting pork in the oven below and the cold weather is a factor.
You could say that this is a pork induced electronic glitch.

Cold weather? Are you on a Hawaiian mountain? For some reason, I
thought you lived in Honolulu.

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On Jan 24, 12:02*pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova
wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. *As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. *Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. *Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

You can run your fan filters through the dishwasher which does a lot
more good than hand washing.
You should also see if you can run a cloth on a brush or something up
in the vent to clean it as much as you can once in a while.

On 01/24/12 03:02 pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:

Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

Our Kenmore (made by LG, I think) has the aluminum mesh filters at the
bottom but also an activated charcoal filter at the top. The former do
collect a lot of grease, and the latter cuts out some of the smell but
needs to be replaced from time to time. We clean the aluminum filters in
the dishwasher; they get discolored, but who cares?

Perce

On Jan 24, 2:30*pm, "
wrote:
On Jan 24, 3:23*pm, Chemo the Clown wrote:









On Jan 24, 12:02*pm, Amanda Ripanykhazova
wrote:

Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. *As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. *Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. *Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

I would think that if you are getting smoke from the food in a
microwave then you might want to change you microwaving habits or
perhaps the microwave is on the fritz.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's not smoke from the microwave. *It's smoke
from the range. *It's a microwave that goes over
the range with a vent fan/filter arrangement on the
bottom.

They do make stoves with a vent at the back.

On 1/24/2012 3:02 PM, Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

We have a 1 year old GE microwave range hood but it directs/exhaust air
thru a 4 inch round duct to outside the roof.

It sounds to me like you want to filter the air from the bottom of the
microwave and exhaust it thru the top vents of the microwave and it is
not really capable of that, certainly not with GE products. They are
primaraily designed to exhaust smoky greasy fumes OUTSIDE the home.

On 1/24/2012 12:42 PM, sf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:49:40 -1000, dsi1
wrote:

My guess is that my fondness for
slow-roasting pork in the oven below and the cold weather is a factor.
You could say that this is a pork induced electronic glitch.

Cold weather? Are you on a Hawaiian mountain? For some reason, I
thought you lived in Honolulu.


I live on the windward side of Oahu. By cold, I mean 74 degrees and below.

On 1/24/2012 3:50 PM, wrote:
On Jan 24, 3:02 pm, Amanda
wrote:
Does anyone know of a microwave which has a built in hood underneath
it which filters the air properly please?

We have a GE setup with the microwave positioned over the cooker and a
fan in it with aluminium filters. As far as I can see, they feed the
air into ducts which must go behind the microwave and out through
vents at the top. No further filtering is done beyond the aluminium
filters?

They don't seem to filter much, especially as we tend to cook in such
a way as to give rise to quite a lot of smoke. Which tends to waft
all over the apartment before hopefully getting expelled out of
windows. Mind you, the filters do go black quite quickly, which I
take to mean that they are filtering something: I think that the
standard way of cleaning them is with baking soda?

I was wondering whether any other company had married up a microwave
to a fan effectively OR do the newer GE microwaves do any better a job
of sucking up the smoke and filtering it please?

I had the same settup years ago and it was the same,
worthless. I haven't seen a hood that's effective
without it being vented outside. I don't suppose by
chance it's on an outside wall?

My hood isn't vented to the outside yet is effective at recirculating
the air. Maybe the filters you use have to be cleaned more often. My
new vent has two of them, where as my old one only had one.

On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:02:16 -1000, dsi1
wrote:

On 1/24/2012 12:42 PM, sf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:49:40 -1000, dsi1
wrote:

My guess is that my fondness for
slow-roasting pork in the oven below and the cold weather is a factor.
You could say that this is a pork induced electronic glitch.

Cold weather? Are you on a Hawaiian mountain? For some reason, I
thought you lived in Honolulu.


I live on the windward side of Oahu. By cold, I mean 74 degrees and below.

Oh, okay! 74°F is still balmy here, but creeping towards hot. We
start melting at 80°.

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