Compare the Best Cooker HoodsJanuary 2021

Types of Cooker Hoods

Cooker hoods come in all shapes and sizes. The 3 main fitting types of are island (free hanging), wall-mounted and built-in. The hood that is best for you will be dictated mostly by the shape of your kitchen, and the position of your cooker within it.

Extraction Types

Cooker hoods work by sucking up the air given off from cooking, and either moving it to the outside through a duct or cleaning and recirculation it inside the room. Most cooker hoods can be operated both ducted and in recirculation mode.

The extraction power rating is measured in m³/h - the higher a hood’s extraction rating, the quicker it extracts air from the room.

Filters

Filters serve to trap grease and smoke given off by cooking, leading to a better-smelling and cleaner kitchen. There are 2 different types of filters for cooker hoods - grease filters are important for all different types of hoods, since they help reduce the grease in the air and the smell of cooking. Carbon filters, on the other hand, are only necessary with recirculating air systems, since they strip the smoke from the air before it is recirculated back into your kitchen. These filters last about a year before they need to be replaced.

The hoods in our system are given a grease filtering efficiency grade. The better the grade, they more efficient they are at removing grease and odours from the air.

Cooker Hood Colours

Cooker hoods come in many different colours to best complement your cooker and kitchen. Most hoods can be found in plain silver, white or black but you can also find more adventurous colours - from bright red to fluorescent green - if you really want to make a statement!

Noise Level

A cooked hood is basically a large fan, so they make can make quite a lot of noise when turned on. The noise will depend on the power level of the extractor used - generally speaking the more powerful the fan, the louder it will be. Other factors such as the material used for the hood may also affect the noise level of your cooker hood.

Many hoods feature a low and high speed, with differing noise levels for each.

Cooker Hood Prices

Extract hoods range in price from $61 to $4,299 and in total we found prices for 53 extract hoods. On average, a new kitchen extractor costs $969 and 80% of kitchen extractors are priced between $101 and $2,249. The Cookology VISOR600SS is the cheapest extract hood at only $62, and Miele DA424V6 is the most expensive at $4,299.

Extractor Fan Brands - Price Range

Elica kitchen extractors range in price from $1,089 to $3,464, and the average price of Elica kitchen extractors is $2,220 which is the highest average price of all cooker hood brands.

Best extract hoods start at $2,105 and their most expensive cooker hood costs $2,105. The second highest average cooker hood price out of all brands is Best extract hoods with an average price of $2,105.

Miele extract hoods range in price from $749 to $4,299, and the third highest average extract hood price out of all brands is Miele extract hoods with an average price of $1,994.

Kitchen Extractor Brands - Average Ratings

We have evaluated 4 expert reviews and 1,727 user reviews for extract hoods and used these reviews to evaluate the average rating for each brand of extract hood. Bosch is the top rated cooker hood brand with an average rating of 88%. AEG is the second best brand with 86% and Siemens is the third best brand with 86%.

Biggest Kitchen Extractor Retailers

We found 27 current offers for cooker hoods from eBay making it the biggest cooker hood retailer. That is more than twice as big as the second biggest retailer, A J Madison for whom we found 12 current offers for cooker hoods. The third biggest retailer is Adorama with 1 current cooker hood offers.

When Are Most New Kitchen Extractors Released?

April to June is the most common period for new extract hoods to be released in. For the latest extractor fan features you may want to consider waiting until April 2021. Also the price of the current extractor fans may drop off just before the latest models are released in April. In 2020 most new extractor fans were released in June, with 63 new extractor fans released that month. 34 new extract hoods were released in April 2019 making it the biggest month that year for new cooker hood releases. The biggest month in 2018 for new extract hood releases was June, with 168 new cooker hoods released that month.

How Fast Do Cooker Hood Prices Drop After Release?

In the first 6 months after release, kitchen extractors drop in price by 3% on average.

A typical new extractor fan costs on average $969. By waiting 6 months before buying you could save on average $27.

Maximum Extraction Power

'Max Extraction Power' denotes the maximum speed of air extraction for the cooker hood.

Comparing all cooker hoods, the maximum extraction power range from 21m³/h to 2,500m³/h. The maximum extraction power of most kitchen extractors range from 650m³/h to 800m³/h. The Best Cirrus, which is available at $2,105.00, has the highest maximum extraction power and is an 840m³/h max extraction power extractor fan. The Cookology VISOR600SS, which can be purchased for $61.75, has the lowest maximum extraction power and is a 180m³/h max extraction power extractor fan.

Types

The type of the cooker hood denotes it's case design, such as wall mounted or integrated. Different kitchen designs will favour different types of hood.

The most popular type amongst new cooker hoods is chimney / wall-mounted. We found 1,942 cooker hoods that are chimney / wall-mounted extractor fans. Built-in is the second most popular type amongst new extractor fans. We found 391 extractor fans that are built-in extract hoods.

Noise Levels

'Noise Level' denotes the noise level of the cooker hood, measured in decibels (dB).

The noise levels of cooker hoods range from 24dB to 90dB. The noise levels of the majority of kitchen extractors range from 64dB to 68dB. The cooker hood with the loudest noise level is the Neff DEB 1612 N, which is a 72dB noise level kitchen extractor and can be purchased for $290.57. The extractor fan with the quietest noise level is the Miele DA424V6, which is a 42dB noise level cooker hood and can be purchased for $4,299.00.

Energy Efficiency of Cooker Hoods

The Energy Efficiency Class of a cooker hood shows how well it uses energy, and how much is unnecessarily wasted. Products are ranked from G to A++ in terms of how little energy they use compared to the norm.

A is the most popular energy efficiency rating amongst new extractor fans. We found 697 extractor fans that have an energy efficiency rating of A. We found 524 kitchen extractors that have an energy efficiency rating of C, making C the second most common energy efficiency rating amongst new kitchen extractors.

Which Are the Cheapest Retailers for Kitchen Extractors?

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying extractor fans. For each retailer it shows the total number of extractor fans where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying extract hoods. For each retailer we took all of their prices and looked at what proportion of those prices where the cheapest on the market. The cheapest retailer that we found was eBay. 26 of their kitchen extractor prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Proportion of Kitchen Extractors for Which Each Retailer is Cheapest?

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for extractor fans by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of kitchen extractor prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's kitchen extractor prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 96.3% of their extractor fan prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.