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While I was cooking yesterday this question came to my mind that how many people actually turn on the exhaust fan above their stove every time they are cooking?  
Do you have one in your kitchen? What type do you have, under microwave? Noisy or quiet type? Do you turn it on while cooking greasy food or food with too much moisture only? For example how many times per week do you really use it? And why?  
 
Edited by Deb1, 2016-11-08 04:53:24

Mine is an under the microwave type, quite noisy but I think fans of this type typically are noisy (but could be just my experience). I never/rarely use it. I'm more likely to open my kitchen window.  
 
Occasionally in the winter if have too much humidity/moisture from boiling something and if my windows fog I'm more like to turn on my ceiling exhaust fan (there was one in our kitchen when we moved it) and the bathroom exhaust fan which is not far down the hallway from my kitchen.  
 
But you're making me think...maybe I should use it!

Our exhaust is also located under the mike, but does not vent outside. Wonder if it does any good at all!

Prizzy said "Our exhaust is also located under the mike, but does not vent outside. Wonder if it does any good at all! "

Even if they don't vent outside they still will filter some greasy odours from the air but if they are plugged up then they are just making noise. I use mine when frying meats for this reason, but it is vented outside. A previous poster said they use the fan in winter to remove humidity but in my house, I have to run humidifiers so if I am just boiling water, I make use of that moisture, yet will still run it for meats.

ours is under the microwave and I use it all the time, it helps keep food odors at bay. On turbo when I boil water, keeps the condensation off the cupboards.

I use mine at least five times a week.  
 
I don't use it for things like eggs and pancakes, but if I am sautéing vegetables, searing meat, or making a soup or curry with strong odors I have my fan on high.

Only used it when my daughter couldn't get to sleep as a newborn.... that noisy fan was the only thing that put her to sleep..go figure haha but as for cooking...when things are boiling and there is lots of steam yes, besides that, not really.

Haha-totally forgot about that. We used to use the range fan to soothe our newborn son

only if i burn something lol

Mine is right above my stove and everytime l cook l turn it on. If it gets to humid or hazy (ha ha, burning something,oops) l turn on the HVAC ( I love that thing) especially when l cook pasta.

We have a Jenn Air range. It draws the air down and out. Quite quiet too. It turns itself on with some stove functions but for others we just hit the fan button. Never use the fan in the range hood any more.