[mustacheemperor]

The author seems to be of the opinion that home range fans are not sufficient to keep the air clear:

>Whereas professional kitchens frequently have strong extraction over open burners and ovens, domestic kitchens often do not. And where extraction is present, it is often not used, and when it is used, it only covers burners and not ovens.

Anecdotally, our apartment came with a gas stove and and an extraction fan built into the microwave oven above (not a hood). The fans seem reasonably effective at extracting steam and smoke but only if I clean the filters every month or so. Even still, searing a steak on the cast iron with the fans on full blast can often set off the particulate fire alarms. So I don't have a lot of confidence it's extracting all the nox and nastiness produced by burning gas - we usually run the fan and open the windows and patio door when the burners or oven are running.

I'd be happy enough to ditch gas, but here in SF it seems almost every rental I've viewed comes with a terrible glass-electric cooktop, an empty void with a gas hookup, or a gas range.

[taeric]

I just posted this as a sibling to you. If you can, definitely upgrade to a vent that goes out of the house. And definitely keep cleaning it on a regular basis. It is very noticeable how much cleaner the house is now that we do both of those.

And yes, it takes effort to convince the family to basically always turn on the fans when cooking. Is worth it.

[mustacheemperor]

Thanks, our fans do vent out of the apartment, at least. Our setup looks a lot like the janky ones you hear about that just vent into a wall, but when you open the cabinet above the microwave there's a duct that merges with the dryer exhaust on the way out of the unit to an exterior vent. It's a bit annoying to hear it running every time I'm cooking, but I figure it's worth it to be inhaling a bit less toxic fumes.

[maerF0x0]

I dont know about everywhere, but at least a few places i've lived it was required by law/code to have it vent outside if it was a gas stove.

[taeric]

I'll note my point is that it is not just the gas that makes you want this. The amount of grease you will be putting on everything in the house is... hard to really appreciate.