We have a Vent A Hood, going on 4 1/2 years, and wouldn’t change it. It’s powerful, pretty darn quiet...even on high, and is easy to clean. This is not a big box store purchase...but, as you have a Wolf rangetop, a flexible budget, and are looking for the most effective venting, I doubt you‘d be shopping on the cheap.

The best source for a quality hood, is an independent appliance store. We got ours at Appliance World, in Huntington, on Long Island. In fact, we got all of our appliances there.

Here‘s our under cabinet hood, over a 36” Thermador rangetop. Our hood is 42”, but you can get 36”. Click to enlarge.

Hi darbuka , what a beautiful set up! i can imagine how beautiful your whole kitchen is. do you have internal blower or external? thanks.

Thank you 😊!

Our blower is internal, which is necessary for their unique grease extraction design to work. If you want an external system, they provide standard baffle filters.

Thank you darbuka ! We can't do external. Great to know that you have internal blower and it's still very quiet (some complained about being loud on highest power setting). Our rep speaks highly of VAH, he doesn't even try to sell me a Wolf hood while i am buying a Wolf rangtop and Sub-zero fridge from him (I am thinking about commission $ for him). How is the power for you? does it suck up all the odor and smoke? I'd assume it's pretty awesome too since you are using a 42" over a 36" range top, the best sizing choice!

Btw, since your kitchen is still in the planning stage, for a rangetop, I suggest you consider Thermador.

I was all set to get a Wolf, too, until many posters here (the old GardenWeb, before Houzz bought it), pointed out that the single level circular burners on the Wolf, do a poor job of heating the center of a pot or pan. Whereas the star shaped configuration of Thermador burners, gets much closer to the center of the pot or pan, cooking more evenly. Thermador has a superior simmer. Also, the surface of the Thermador is much easier to clean. Our salesman at Appliance World, echoed what I’d read here.

Yes, the hood does a great job of sucking up odors and smoke...and grease.

A key to any good venting system, is makeup air. Be sure to research and discuss this, with your contractor.

I can tell you this...you see I have cabinets on both sides of my hood...well, after all this time, I’ve yet to find any grease on those cabs, and we use our rangetop several times a day.

That's so good to hear. I was going to copy you to do a 42" over a 36" range top. My designer just texted me back how massive it will look in my small kitchen so i gave up the idea. wish i could copy you. thanks for your recommendation on the Thermador. I will study it. so far, like what i heard from you.

btw i am just curious, how wide is your counter on the right side of your range top? i assume your counter space is much larger on the left. my left side is only 18" and then a fridge. I am afraid it's too small.

Thanks for all your valuable feedback.

By right side, do you mean where the mortar and pestle sits? That counter is just short of 22 1/5”. Yes, the counter on the left is much larger. Some of it is covered by a cutting board, which is always out. Here’s a more expansive view:

Wow, how beautiful! yes your 22 1/5" space is nice. I will only have 18" but will have to live with it:) Thank you so much and thanks for all the tips!

If a 42” hood would look “ massive“ then so will the 36” range top! If you have room for one, you certainly have room for the other. The extra 6” is needed for proper capture. Everyone needs a clean ungreasy kitchen! Ventahood is a great choice.

We went with the 36" wolf range hood with make up air for 1200 cfm w/ our 36" wolf range. Ideally, 3" on both sides would be the best.

Hi JJ JJ2020 , Good to hear about your choices. how do you like your range hood? does it suck enough air? how noisy is it at high power? can you have a normal conversation around it when it's on high power?

thank you so much. good tips. will keep all suggestions in mind.

S+U, congrats! We are also building and went with the wolf hood because we were wanting a slim range hood with the duct. (Wall 36" Cooktop Wall Hood - Stainless, VW36S). Mainly because I am irrational and wanted a “wolf” hood with matching range top.

As you’ve read by now, under the cabinet , hood liners will give you more options and 3” overlap on both sides would give you the best option to capture grease. You can make this up with high CFM (internal, make up air setup)

I can’t really reply from experience, but it seems American brand, Vent-A-Hood is a good option (best bang for buck).

Asians do a lot of heavy cooking (with grease, etc, and I am Asian, yes). We swear by the brands (Pacific USA and Sakura).

I hope this helps. You could try to go to some mode homes (expensive ones) and flip on their range hoods if they would allow!

@darbuka I read your comment about make-up air. Mind to share how you designed your system? Thanks.

As a follow up- we are happy with our wolf range hood and contemporary 36” has cook top.

The only planning we would have done differently is have designed the house to have the fan hood backed up against the garage or outdoors or a non living space.

It can be loud on its highest setting

Good to hear that @JJ JJ2020. Did you go with external blower on your Wolf Range Hood?

Yes we had an external blower added so we can run it at it’s highest setting

@JJ JJ2020 what is your CFM? Pondering a Wolf stainless hood (pro or chimney style, tbd) to go along with our Wolf Induction cooktop. Which Wolf hood did you choose? Still happy with it?

The OP wrote: "- We can have a 10" duct, but can not install external blower because there will be at least 3 ninety degree turns for the duct to go through the roof (kitchen is on the 2nd floor and there is another floor sitting above the kitchen)."

I must have missed this thread. Just what effect is being assumed here such that the location of the blower is affected by the three 90-degree bends, so long as none are right at the blower. (Hint: Pressure loss capabilities of kitchen hood system blowers are minute factions of an atmosphere. Due to this, pressure losses on the blower intake side and pressure losses on the blower output side have the same effect, particularly when a 10-inch duct is to be used for a sub 1000 CFM requirement.) If one wants [relative] quiet in an open area. the blower should be remote from the hood and a silencer placed in the intermediate ducting.

As widely noted here over the past decade or so, rated CFM and actual CFM differ by a significant factor, and one cannot address kitchen ventilation with only hood system parameters. The make-up air system parameters are equally important.