Cooking Fumes

The hot air which is emitted during cooking includes substances which have emanated from the foodstuffs, as well as others derived from fats and oils which are used in the cooking process. Some of these are responsible for typical cooking smells, whilst others may result in greasy deposits in the cooking appliance and surroundings.

In a busy commercial kitchen it is often necessary to keep cooking fumes under control, for the following reasons:

To make the kitchen a more pleasant working environment
To improve the air quality in the dining area, if the building is open-plan
To prevent a build up of greasy deposits which may constitute a health or fire risk
To reduce nuisance smells outside the building
To prevent flavour transfer from one type of foodstuff to another
To enable a building without an extraction system to be used as a kitchen

There are a variety of methods of reducing cooking fumes, but in many cases a catalytic converter installed in the cooking appliance is the best option.