Ilve chimney cooker hoods are wall-fixed extractors with a visible chimney flue. They come in widths from 60 cm up to 150 cm, so you can match one to a standard hob or a large range cooker. The range has four styles: Traditional, Classic, Modern and Panoramagic. Every model has three fan speeds plus a booster setting, comes with the chimney flue and can be set up for extraction or recirculation. Recirculation is useful when you can't run ducting to an outside wall.
Traditional hoods come in a choice of colours, so they can match a coloured range cooker. You can have one at 60, 70, 90, 100, 120 or 150 cm wide. The stainless steel Modern hoods run from 70 cm to 150 cm. Both styles move between 270 and 890 m³/h of air, which handles heavy frying, searing and big pans. The trade-off is noise: they reach 74 dB on booster.
Classic hoods are quieter. Their airflow tops out at 630 m³/h, but they peak at 55 dB on booster, so they're a better fit for an open-plan room where people talk or relax near the cooker. They come in stainless steel at 60, 90, 100 and 120 cm, and the 90 cm size also comes in matt black. The Panoramagic hood is 120 cm wide in black steel. It moves up to 920 m³/h of air at a maximum of 62 dB and has an A energy rating. Ilve designs it to match its Panoramagic range cookers.
Start with width: choose a hood at least as wide as your hob or range cooker. Next, decide whether strong extraction or a quieter kitchen matters more, and whether you want a colour or plain steel. If a chimney design doesn't suit your space, look at Ilve wall mounted cooker hoods, or compare every style in Ilve cooker hoods.
