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Need a hood for a 36' dual fuel Bertazzoni range

13 years ago

Help, I have been searching postings and have looked at many about hoods, but I am still lost. I am planning on buying the 6 burner, 36" dual fuel Bertazzoni range. I am an avid cook and a food writer, so I often will be using 4-6 burners while testing recipes. I am confused as to what to buy for a hood. I need to buy a wall mounted hood. We are in the throw of a ffull house gutting remodel and I need to make some decisions soon so we know where to put the venting when we get the walls back up and the roof redone.

1. what size hood should I buy? I hear I should go larger, but there aren't many options for 42" and 48" seems a bit much. Bertazzoni only makes 36" or 48" hoods

2. Depth vs height...if going for a 36" wide, what depth?

3. I am confused about CFM's. I read something on consumerreports that said anything about 600 CFM's could be dangerous and that a 36" range could be fine with around 300 CFMs, then I read posts here recommending 1200 CFM's. Is this really necessary? I live in the mountains and do not want all of my heat sucked out of my house in the winter. Bertazzoni's hoods are all 600 CFMs.

4. I have been reading things about remote something or another...what is this all about and do i need it?

5. What else do I need to purchase in addition to the basic hood?

Thanks!

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dyno
13 years ago
If you do a search, there's some quoted numbers for cfm required per BTU. 600cfm should be plenty. My Thermador (PHH36DS) just got installed and at it's highest speed, it can damn near launch a 747. There can be significant frictional losses due to pipe diameters and elbows so keep that in consideration.

I'm not sure what the deal is with 1000+ cfm hoods. Seems like hood envy to me.

A remote blower motor can be installed in a location away from the hood. Mainly it helps with noise.

You'll need a minimum 8' vent. The bigger and straighter the vent, the closer the hood will perform to stated specs and the quieter it will be. If you can position your stove top on an outside wall....all the better. Mine is on an inside wall so a drop had to be framed to enclose the vent.

A friend has a Faber Magnum and loves it. It can create negative pressure in the house so that is a definite safety issue with regard to CO being drawn out from any of your gas fired utilities.

Here is a link that might be useful: Da Magnum
francoise47
13 years ago
Dear Melfy,

A 36", 600 cfm hood over your 36" Berta range will be fine with the amount of heat your Berta puts out. As far as I can tell on the web, Bertazonni hoods come with internal blowers (this is the most typical form of blower and it is what I have). When I got a hood last Fall I looked at Berta hoods. I loved the look -- a lot of style, as you would expect for such a fine looking range!

In the end I didn't get a Bertazoni vent hood because I couldn't find one that was 24 inches deep (they all seem to be 20 inches deep) with 8" ducting. That said, I have several friends with 20" deep vent hoods with 6" ducting over their pro-style ranges and they report that they are satisfied with the noise level and capture. I'll let other Berta owners weigh in, but I'm wondering if because of the near counter depth and sleek styling of the Berta the shallower, 20 inch hood works fine?

Increasing the size of the vent from 20 inches deep to 24 inches deep and 6" to 8" ducting is going to put you into a considerably higher price range. If you don't do a lot of pan searing and other grease and smoke producing cooking on your range, the Berta hood may be fine for you. (Personally, I think my vent is a bit overkill. But I do love having the capture area for those 3 to 4 times a month when I cook meat.)
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rococogurl
13 years ago
I would go with the hood specs the manufacturer suggests for their range.

The Berta is not a pro range. It's a Euro. The highest output burner is 15K. I have an a-g Berta with no hood in a pre WWII apartment.

In our house, I have a 6-burner 36" Viking cooktop paired with a 36" 600 cfm hood. It has plenty of draw.

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shanghaimom
13 years ago
Melfly,

Our 36" Berta is paired with a Vent-A-Hood basic 300CFM model which is perfectly adequate. It is quiet and I love it!

As Rococogurl said, this is not a high output pro range and doesn't require a high CFM hood.

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