Generally it's highly discouraged to put a cooktop directly underneath what looks to be an operable window. And it doesn't look like you have enough room for a pop-up downdraft vent just behind the cooktop. If relocating your oven/cooktop is not an option, I'd take a look at in-ceiling venting solutions. Zephyr makes one, as do a few others. Measure the ceiling width between the two upper cabinets on either side of the window to see if one of those will fit.

And a ceiling hood (it should be a hood, not a register) will need to be large to capture the expanding cooking plumes -- perhaps cabinet to cabinet and out 3 feet. Flow rate will need to be high -- maybe 1500 CFM (not sure of your cabinet-to-cabinet dimension.

Whoa. Where is the rest of the kitchen? May I ask where the sink ended up? I would plan on removing the shutter right now. Talk about a grease/grime collector! Hood or no hood : (

More importantly, unless this kitchen was in a just purchased/u are stuck with it ? Who in heck was the designer, and why was venting /code/ etc not considered? Please note the UNLESS word, removing you from culpability in a very bad design

Rest of the kitchen is to the left and their is an island in the middle of the kitchen with the sink and dish washer. I realize the sink and oven should be swapped. Not sure who designer was this is how we purchased the house.

I wouldn’t say the sink and oven should be swapped. At least with the current setup, you can vent outside very easily, which is crucial to good ventilation. You can’t do that easily with an island cooktop.

While I don’t like your current setup, there have been threads here on venting in front of a window. An exhaust at the ceiling is expensive and not very effective for all the money you’d have to spend on it. There is too much distance from the cooktop, allowing grease and smoke to escape into the kitchen before reaching the ceiling vent. And, with no capture area of a proper hood, there is even more opportunity for grease and smoke to escape.

I recommend a proper hood hung there, and remove the shutters. The hood needs to be the same width as the cooktop (or wider if you can fit it), and will partially block the window. It should be hung so that the distance between the cooktop and bottom of hood is 33-36”, no higher. This setup has been done by other homeowners in your situation. I’ll see if I can find the threads from this forum.

The entire thing is a fire hazard. Get rid of the blinds until you can redo the whole kitchen to fix it.

Do a google search and you will see tons of pictures of stoves in front of windows. I do know that in my area you can do it with and electric range but not gas unless it is a non operational window. The danger is a breeze could blow out the flame and if you don't realize how long the gas has been going and start another burner.... well I wouldn't want to even think it!! Please secure that window so it can not be opened.

I like a chimney hood there...

A chimney hood is fine, but not that one. One needs a capture area that can actually collect and trap plume effluent, and a capture volume to handle any sudden releases, and a large enough filter space for the required airflow to pass through without screaming like an F-86. Think miniaturized commercial hood, or better, review the Wolf Design Guide for examples of how hoods are basically constructed.

Even though this likely passed inspection and you were able to get homeowner's insurance, I would remove the shutters immediately. Better safe than sorry. Note that there are no window treatments in any of these photos.

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I doubt you have the required vertical distance required to combustibles, assuming the trim around the window is wood.

Thank you all for the replies. The shutters are wood plantation shutters and the trim is wood.

You might also consider switching over to an induction cooktop.

That's a really bad and dangerous setup that should be redone immediately IMO. Replacing the gas cooktop w/ an induction would help but still not eliminate fire risk nor damage to the wood and window. Besides health & safety issues there's the issue of keeping the window clean if you actually do much cooking.

" The shutters are wood plantation shutters and the trim is wood. "

Pretty much every gas cooktop I've seen requires a minimum of 18" to combustibles above. Some as much as 24". The GE I just looked at requires 30".

That's a fire hazard and never should have passed inspection, assuming you had one.

Wood and fire what could possibly go wrong ?? Really this is a disaster waiting to happen and that window can’t be able to open for sure . An induction range would be better but under a window never a good idea.

i wonder what was there before the sellers put the house on the market. i'm thinking either they didnt cook much or they removed the shutters with the scorched edges.

if this house was now mine, i'd change the window to a single pane of glass, so its easy to clean and simple looking, and install a hood similar to those in the pictures that will do the job of venting.