Oh and by the way, we will be using an internal blower. I know it's going to be really loud, but there's no way we can install an external blower in our house....

I have a 30" BS range, went through this recently. With the increased depth on the Bluestar my current 22" deep Zephyr 600+ cfm isn't doing the job. I special ordered a Windcrest hood w/baffles 30"w x 18"h x 27"d made in CA. Rated at 1200 cfm and all one piece, no seams in stainless. Even a 24" deep hood would just barely cover my stovetop. With the 27" deep I get about 4" extra up front where I need it to help catch the grease and smoke off my front burners. I couldn't go wider due to cabinet spacing but I am blowing out 2 small cabinets above my range to accommodate the 18" hood height....I looked at BS, Kobe, Proline, and VAH. Took about 3-4 weeks to have it made. It's being shipped now, I will be installing it in a couple of weeks.

I just had a Best Colonne island range hood installed over my rangetop, and I am extremely impressed. Plus, it was IMO excellent value for money. Depth, power, looks, and quiet.

Ventahood is a good option. I know there are some who doubt them a bit, but I have seen them in action and have many happy clients with them.

PRXH18454SS is the 27"D model. You could do the 354 model which has 900CFM if you have a duct restriction, but we don't recommend that.

Prizer is owned by bluestar. So those are pretty much the same hoods.

There is a Thermador that is pretty nice, PH54GS which fits the bill pretty well. That is around $3k with a 1000cfm blower

I purchased a 600 cfm Modern Aire hood that is 30 inches wide and 24 inches deep. It is over a 30 inch all gas Wolf range. If I had to do it over again, I would get it 27 inches deep. The 24 inches doesn't completely cover the front burners. When I sear steaks on the front burners, all of the smoke is not captured by the hood. In addition, 600 cfm is too loud and I can't carry on a conversation or hear the TV. I would purchase a 1000 or 1200 cfm instead. Don't get me wrong, the hood is beautiful and works well. These are just a few items I would to do to optimize the performance.

I have a 1200 cfm 42 x 24" Prizer hood over my 36" BS RCS. I wanted to go with a 27" but my dh felt it would stick out too far and look weird. I disagreed but went with the 24". What I like is it works fantastically, sucking up all odors incredibly well. It's also easy to clean the baffles. I also have an internal blower. Because it's more hood than I need cfm wise for my range, I don't have to use it on the highest setting too often, so it's quiet enough on low to have conversations, or hear the tv and music easily. On high it's loud but I don't have it on high for most things I'm cooking, so the noise isn't an issue. I had planned to get a Bluestar hood, but a Bluestar rep talked me out of getting the Bluestar hood, and gave me a long explanation for why the Prizer hood was better. I don't remember the details but he was convincing and I liked that the Prizer hood has rounded edges unlike the BS hood. I'm very happy with my hood, I highly recommend Prizer.

Another vote for Prizer. I have a 36" x 27" over my 36RNB. It is truly a work of sheet metal art! Paired with a 1000 cfm remote roof top blower, functions as good as it looks...

As Joe Henderson LRG said, Prizer is owned by Bluestar. They are the same product with different brand names. I'm sure they are both quality hoods, whatever name they are branded with...I bet they are manufactured in the same factory.

One vote for Vent-A-Hood. I'm a convert.

Prizer is owned by Bluestar but the hoods are not the same product with a different name. If you look at the hoods side by side you'll see that. Plus a quick search of their specs shows that BS hoods are made from 18 gauge SS, the Prizer is 16 gauge. The BS rep also showed me how the baffles were different btwn the two and other stuff I don't remember. So no, they are not the same product. Probably pretty close, but not identical.

Actually, Bluestar is owned by Prizer-Painter. Prizer took over the renowned Independent Hood Co. and all their design and mfg. specs.

Prizer hoods are built to a much higher quality level than Bluestar hoods, and you will pay for the difference. My hood was almost as much as my range, but worth every penny...

You're right, Prizer-Painter is the parent company. Thanks for the correction....

You are correct about ownership. Sorry for the mix up

I am sure you are correct on the designer hoods being built to a much higher standard, but the standard hoods are slightly upgraded versions of the bluestar offerings. The standard hoods (and bluestar ones) all look like basically the independent hood catalog from years ago. Independent actually OEM'd for wolf for many years and were solidly built.

Hi All, thank you for your comments!! DH and I deliberated all day long today and we've decided to go with the Prizer 54X27. Now onto whether we should install heated makeup air or not.....it never ends!!!

Questions (in random order) that you will need to answer to narrow your decision space:

• How low is the external temperature likely to get when you might be need significant MUA flow rate?
• Can the MUA be pulled into a heated basement or other area (free of fumes) to partially temper it for some period of heavy cooking?
• How sensitive are you to cold drafts?
• Is the MUA path ducted and amenable to series heating (with electric coils say -- see Greenheck examples) or can it infiltrate an area where an added room (gas, hydronic, or electric) heater can temper it without complex control?
• How much of the likely maximum flow rate of this hood will be made up of deliberate (active or passive) MUA vs. intrinsic house-leakage MUA?

kas

Thanks for your input Kas!! DH and I have been googling all of your previous posts on makeup air for quite some time now....I'll start another makeup air thread with all of my heated vs non-heated MUA questions : ).