ames999 - you can go to the ajmadison website which has a great search function on it so that you can do a search for whatever size hood you want. The hood brands that Deeageaux mentioned above are really expensive. What is your budget? The least expensive one I saw on the ajmadison website in the 36" x 27" size is the Broan EPD61, for $1540. It requires a 10" diameter exhaust duct though - do you have that? I don't think you have to go 27" deep, though it's a way to guaranty effluent capture. I think 24" deep (but no less) would be fine. Beekeeperswife - I thought I read on this forum that when Independent Hoods went out of business (they made such great hoods), Prizer (Bluestar) bought them. So when you buy a Prizer hood, it's an Independent Hood. I am not sure if that is true or not. Perhaps someone can verify. Here is a link that might be useful: Broad EPD61 Hood at ajmadison

People get crazy with ventilation. The Bluestar hood has teepeed style baffle filters which means it is drawing from both front and back creating a extended capture area. You can choose between 600 or 1200 cfm and they can be top or rear vented. Here is where the problems come in are you getting a grill (BBQ) on the range, how far and how many turns will be in your duct run, can you use 10" duct if not what size duct can you use.

The typical difference is that roof mounted blowers for residences are centrifugal designs intended to have a low height profile. They are otherwise fairly large; my Wolf (Broan) 1500 cfm unit is I think about 16 x 20 inches. If height doesn't matter, a better choice is an up-blast style like commercial kitchens typically use, sized on the low end of the scale. I think that they can be quieter than the centrifugal units for the same flow rate. Axial fans used in line can be made any size necessary, but typically are sized for the duct interface size and the desired flow rate. In principle, they have many blade design options that can trade among flow rate and noise. I don't have one so I can't comment specifically. They are heavy and will need to be supported from below or suspended from rafters. The silencer must be installed between the blower (of whichever type) and the hood. I have a Fantech silencer for my 10-inch ducting. It is very large. The silencer will remove high frequency components of noise from upstream -- blade tip turbulence noise and duct turbulence noise. It won't affect baffle turbulence noise or lower duct turbulence noise or duct to hood transition turbulence noise, but all of these should be tolerable at the highest flow rate setting. I can converse over my hood noise at full flow rate, and the noise, while different, is not perceptibly louder than wok sizzle. kas

Thank you, that's exactly the type of feedback I was looking for. The v2 model and Culinarian look in pictures as if the lip blocks the grates, making me worry that centering anything larger than 12" would be impossible. I'm glad to hear for at least one of my options that there is no blockage. I'd hate to have to void my warranty by shaving it down a little to make it more usable in such an obvious way!