Well, here are the results using the hood when steaming:

http://tinypic.com/4ggtg5f.jpg
You can see where the lights are located on the front of the vent hood - and
the vents are to the rear of the lights. Obviously the steam is going up
onto the lights and making the stainless ledge that contains them wet with
steam.

Bad mistake to take the tiles down - a few of them were broken off taking
them down. As the vent sits out from the wall, they could've been left in
place, or re-installed. PITA.

http://tinypic.com/2h3c0n9.jpg
At a very hard boil, this is the pan I generally use to cook dried
spaghetti. Similar pan for soups. I used a lid on this to redirect the
steam, but didn't help.
This is the third stage fan setting. You can feel the steam outdoors 12'
away from the vent flap where it is exhausting, so it is going out well --
but not quickly enough it seems.

The front of the new stove has its larger burners on the right of the stove
in a triple ring of 6"-9"12".

In article <12nro20iqj5hi03@corp.supernews.com>,
"Dee Randall" shentel.net> wrote:

I got one too and am relatively underwhelmed. If I remodel I might look
into a Ventahood and if that fails give up. I think for a hood to work
effectively you need it to be oversized and have a huge catch area (much
bigger than your cooking area). It might even help to have the distance
between vent and stove relatively small. Some of these things
compromise the aesthetics so it is always a tug of war between looks and
function.

I live in Texas and have a powerful propane burner outside and use that
for things that need good venting, like stir frys etc. So the
relatively wimpy Allure is an OK compromise for me (I probably would not
have bought it if I knew what I know now. Ultimately I would have
preferred paying more and getting better function).

Roland

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:17:26 -0500, "Dee Randall" shentel.net> wrote:

Hmmm -- We've never had this happen.

Here are some pictures I just took-

Fan setting 2:

http://www.xhost.org/images/k1.jpg
http://www.xhost.org/images/k2.jpg

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:30:56 -0600, Joe Doe mail.utexas.edu> wrote:

Is yours an Allure III? There are significant differences among the three lines.

Agreed.

I agree: it would be nice to have one of those 1600+ cfm, big-hooded monsters
up high enough that I can't smack my head into it! Next house {sigh}...

-- Larry

In article 4ax.com>,
pltrgyst spamlessxhost.org> wrote:

Yes, and it vents straight up through the roof so should have
unobstructed flow. My range sits a bit offset from the wall and the
hood hugs the wall so the installation is not perfect ( went under and
through existing cabinet). My most powerful burner is in the front and
so it all aligns to perform relatively poorly (i.e. the hood is not
powerful enough to trump relatively poor positioning).

"pltrgyst" spamlessxhost.org> wrote in message
news:brvrn21803om71it0ctb21o897a31881pr@4ax.com...

Lucky you, Roland.
f-i-l gave us a low-priced propane grill, and good thing it was low priced.
Squirrels and chipmunks ate the gas hose ($26 each with regulator) several
times. Birds nested. Probably snakes, too.
We gave up on the outdoors. Besides, we have black-biting flies. One bite
on the face and the eyes will close up.

I do take a burner out, as I did today out of necessity, to boil some beet
greens.
And I always take the rice cooker outside as my previous Jenn-air would
never suck out the steam.

If we can get my Allure III working as well as Larry's, I'll be happy.
Dee