A room of your house where all the heating happens year round is your kitchen. Non-stop cooking happens here, irrespective of any season or time. And when come summers, it gets quite challenging and pretty claustrophobic, especially if you don't have a chimney to throw the extra heat and smoke out. Though the concept of chimneys is not new to us, but what we don't realize is that our Indian style of cooking uses a lot of oil and spices. This further makes the smell and smoke quite peculiar and high, not only causing irritation to throat, nose and skin but also contains a lot of greasiness. This greasiness then causes stickiness in the kitchen, to which the dust clings on, making your cupboards, walls and even ceiling, fans or even exhausts dirtier. That's why, every Indian kitchen must have a powerful hood or chimneys to keep the place not just smoke free but also dirt free.

Call them chimney or kitchen hoods, these kitchen appliances suck up all the smoke , vapor and fumes from the kitchen letting you breathe in unadulterated air. The hoods again are available in variety and can be mounted easily in the kitchen according to individual's desire and wish. A few amongst the many types of kitchen chimneys available are: wall mounted hoods, split chimney, integrated and island kitchen hoods, vertical hoods, hanging hoods, ceiling mounted hoods, down draft hoods .

Chimneys are certainly no new invention but over the years the technology has evolved greatly. And more than just necessity, an artistic and designer chimney is said to add glamour to the looks of your kitchen as well. With wide range of designs and brands available in the market today, anyone who's planning a kitchen revamp has this kitchen appliance on its top list. Amongst the different features and options available, you will also find variety in prices, sizes and types to take into consideration as well. The first thing that you should consider is the range hood‘s size, effectiveness viz-a-viz your requirement, as well the space available in the kitchen.

So, if you love hanging around your kitchen and love cooking then a good model, that has numerous features, would be worth the buck you spend. The additional ones could include extra fans that could run all together or separately, with a grease tray and heat sensors as well. You can even buy energy efficient or green kitchen hoods today. They use fluorescent bulbs for lighting, which are compact instead of your halogen ones.Look out for the models that have Energy stars on them. The higher the number of stars better is the capacity of the model to save your electricity.Some of the key advantages of buying a good& branded kitchen hoods or chimneys are:

• Quality air, so you and your kitchen can breathe easy
• Adds to the glam factor of your kitchen décor
• Kitchen hoods filter grease and other oil deposits that have a tendency to settle in the kitchen
• Bidsunnecessary odouradieus
• Prevents irritation/sneezing/coughing/ during & post cooking