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Wouldn’t you love to escape to leave everything behind and move to a beautiful exotic island, perhaps in the tropics?
Well, I imagine so.
Anyway, we deal with extractor hoods here!
So, yeah… Let’s talk about island hoods, aka central hoods.
These are installed when there is another “island” in the restaurant: an island rests on the floor, and is composed of cooking equipment positioned in the centre of the room (or, better said, not adjacent to a wall).
There are no alternatives of any kind: if you decide that the kitchen layout must have a cooking island, then you must also accept the island hood (we don’t want an integrated downdraft hood for our restaurant kitchen, do we?).
Anyway: do islands work? Yes, of course.
They do exactly the same job as their wall-mounted counterparts. Of course, having 4 exposed sides (and not being able to be equipped with any bulkhead),
They are much more sensitive to drafts and other “disturbances” that undermine the capture efficiency (compensated air circulation, presence and motion of kitchen staff, weak thermal plume).
For this reason, it is always necessary to calculate the flow rate with a more careful eye in the presence of islands.
Ask your trusted installer!
And equip your professional kitchen with a trusted hood, like the one from ALUMINOX (whether your restaurant is on an island or on dry land!)
