Here's one for you. If you decide that it is good, go with Windster. Windster WS38 30" Pro - Baffle filter - 760 CFM - $450 call direct - LED lights Con - 8 1/2" high Check it out and see the style. Link below. www.windsterhood.com

I spent some time looking at your other post before running off to make a pie for the family. I do wonder what your duct set up is: do you presently have in line motors or do you vent to outside? Did you go with the Kitchen Aid Range? Do you know what your BTU's are on your choice, and where the largest diameter burners are? Usually at least one is in the front. As to the Imperial vs the Kobe, they both seem as they will offer what you need: a method of venting fumes with a good amount of cfms (720 vs 800) at a height of 30" (presumed). Kobe has the advantage of the motors and draw being right there (no long duct runs) as well as being serviceable right in your kitchen if need be as well as cleaned. And of course the increased depth for effluent capture. AJ Madison says Kobe is known as a "quiet" blower, used in Japan. It also has two motors, with variable draw increasing sound and pull. The Imperial also is impressive, yet even with looking at specs, I couldn't positively tell it was an exterior venter (squirrel cage). Do you know your needed duct circumference? Is it 7 or 8" round? The Slimline ducts only vertically, not through the rear. There is no adaptor so you must know vertical ducting is present. Imperial notes: "*Caution on Ducting: Transitioning a TW (twin duct unit) to a single duct will cut CFM output in half and will void the stated performance and warranty! There are many aspects, including warranty of the Imperial that I like. However, if your duct run is long that 800 cfm's will be reduced, perhaps significantly. Hence, if your new range is a power horse with BTU's, I believe I'd to with increase capture (21," aided btw, by your lateral cabinets as they reduce open space over which effluent travels), and inline motor fan at proper height. Your cabinet constraints are a situation where an extra 3" cabinet set back laterally (for less combustible fire hazard) is not negotiable. Looks good: both are nice choices. I'm glad you're closing in on the decision and hope this helps.

Our Kobe 42" is sitting in the garage, so I can't tell you how it works.:) We paid $1500 from Standards of Excellence. It has 900 cfms, and had the slimmest profile of any I found. This was important to us, as we are replacing a peninsula/upper cabs with an island, and didn't want another view blocker. We are putting it above a Thermador 36" duel fuel range. It comes highly recommended, and I believe is an excellent value for the money. With the BTUs the Thermador Space Ship generates, our choices were somewhat limited. I was happy that Kobe had a product that would work. We "test drove" one a couple of years ago during a thwarted attempt at a kitchen remodel, and were very impressed with many of the features.

We have had Kobe CH2230SQB for a little over a year now. 30" 720CFM. Exhaust goes straight back through the wall outside. It ventilates very very well. We use high speed occasionally - cooking huge pots at high boil (canning, beer brewing, multiple steaming pots), stir-frying, searing things, and when the ovens below (it's over our range with 2 ovens) have something smoky or steamy in them. Mostly just Quiet or the low speed for regular cooking though. No quality issues with it. The LED lights are nice and bright; we use them a lot and have replaced about 4 bulbs so far. A bit more frequent than I was expecting but easy to do and not expensive. Very easy to clean; we put the baffles in the DW. It is very quiet except on high and even then it's not bad, but I think that has some to do with the hood itself and some to do with the length and directness of your exhaust vent to the outside. Works about 1000X better than the ancient OTR microwave with exhaust that was there previously.