Sandy > wrote:

>Buying a house with 10 year old Jenn Aire 2 burner plus grill gas top
>with downdraft, no hood. Have read the Google history of discussions.
>Conclude from that the grill is too cool to be useful, and we need more
>burners anyway. Some say the downdraft may suck the flame away from the
>burner area, others say it works "ok".
>
>Would it be better to buy a 2 burner cartridge unit (about $200) to
>replace the grill cartridge, or buy another brand without the downdraft
>and install a hood?
>
>Thanks.

As a recovering Junk Aire owner, I'd suggest doing both. Having the
extra burners will greatly increase the utility of your current
cooktop while you take your time figuring out what to replace it with
when you have the hood installed.

My downdraft cooktop is installed in a island cooktop, so I'm stuck
with it - there's absolutely no way to put in a hood which would be in
any way acceptable to live with. I replaced the Jenn Aire with a
4-burner Amana downdraft which is significantly more powerful, but
still has the same heat-sucking problem with the fan. Consequence is
that we never use the fan. The Amana won't simmer worth a damn either
- I'm seriously considering junking gas altogether and getting a
smoothtop electric.

Cheers,
David
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