On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 8:59:41 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-01-08 7:55 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> On 2018-01-08 5:47 PM, cshenk wrote:
> >>> Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>
>
> >> There is a vent from the oven that exhausts through one of burner
> >> bases. When your oven is operating you can feel the heat coming up
> >> through it. Pots left on those burners will heat up.
> >
> > Umm, ok if you say so but I've never noted this on any standalone
> > stove/range yet. THats also not the same thing as venting 'outside' as
> > in outdoors as was indicated by the thread?
>
> Feel free to investigate the next time you use you oven. There will be a
> vent somewhere that allows heat to escape from the oven. Stoves with
> electric coil burners usually vent through one of the element pots.
> Glass tops often have a grill on the the console. The claim was that
> ovens have to be vented outside in SC. All ovens are already vented into
> the kitchen.

That said, I'm pretty sure that code requires a gas cooktop or range
to have additional ventilation to carry combustion gases to the
outdoors. Electric cooktops or ranges can have those pitiful
recirculating fans.

Cindy Hamilton