Compare the Best Cooker HoodsSeptember 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.

Kitchen Extractor Prices

The price range of cooker hoods is from $69 to $4,299 and in total we found prices for 96 cooker hoods. The average price of a new extract hood is $752 and the 80% of cooker hoods are priced between $152 and $1,401. The Cookology VISOR600SS is the cheapest kitchen extractor at only $69, and Miele DA424V6 is the most expensive at $4,299.

Kitchen Extractor Brands - Price Range

The average price of Best extractor fans is $2,221 which is the highest average price of all kitchen extractor brands. Best extractor fans start at $2,221 and their most expensive kitchen extractor costs $2,221.

Elica kitchen extractors range in price from $2,144 to $2,154, and the second highest average extractor fan price out of all brands is Elica kitchen extractors with an average price of $2,149.

Miele extract hoods range in price from $799 to $4,299, and the third highest average kitchen extractor price out of all brands is Miele extract hoods with an average price of $1,938.

Extractor Fan Brands - Average Ratings

We have checked 10 expert reviews and 2,279 user reviews for extractor fans and used this information to calculate the average rating for each brand of extractor fan. The top rated kitchen extractor brand is Bosch with an average rating of 88%. The second best brand is Siemens with 85% and the third best brand is Neff with 84%.

Biggest Extractor Fan Retailers

The biggest extract hood retailer by number of products currently for sale is eBay. We found 70 current extract hood offers from eBay. The second biggest retailer is A J Madison with 11 offers. That means eBay is over 6 times bigger than A J Madison when it comes to extract hoods. Adorama is the third biggest retailer with 1 current offers.

When Are Most New Extractor Fans Released?

We looked at the release dates for new kitchen extractors over the last 3 years, but couldn't see any clear pattern. June was the biggest month in 2020 for new extract hoods, with 66 new extract hoods released that month. In 2019 most new kitchen extractors were released in June as well, with 33 new kitchen extractors released that month. Also the biggest month in 2018 for new kitchen extractor releases was June, with 166 new kitchen extractors released that month.

How Fast Do Kitchen Extractor Prices Drop After Release?

On average kitchen extractors drop in price by 2% in the first 6 months after release.

If you are prepared to wait then you could save an average of $17 on a typical $752 new kitchen extractor by waiting 6 months before buying.

Maximum Extraction Power

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

Across the range of cooker hoods, the maximum extraction power range from 21m³/h to 2,500m³/h. The maximum extraction power of most extract hoods range from 650m³/h to 800m³/h. The Best Cirrus, which sells for $2,221.00, has the highest maximum extraction power and is an 840m³/h max extraction power cooker hood. The Cookology VISOR600SS, which is on sale for $69.13, 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.

Chimney / wall-mounted is the most popular type amongst new kitchen extractors. We found 1,926 kitchen extractors that are chimney / wall-mounted kitchen extractors. We found 373 cooker hoods that are built-in kitchen extractors, making this the second most frequently found type amongst new cooker hoods.

Noise Levels

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

Across the range of kitchen extractors, the noise levels range from 24dB to 96dB. The noise levels of most cooker hoods range from 64dB to 68dB. The extractor fan with the loudest noise level is the Neff DEB 1612 N, which is a 72dB noise level cooker hood and is on sale for $283.92. The extract hood with the quietest noise level is the Siemens LF98BIP50, which is a 42dB noise level extractor fan and is priced at $1,236.84.

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.

We found 724 extract hoods that have an energy efficiency rating of A, which makes A the most frequently found energy efficiency rating amongst new extract hoods. We found 515 extract hoods that have an energy efficiency rating of C, making this the second most common energy efficiency rating amongst new extract hoods.

Which Are the Cheapest Retailers for Extract Hoods?

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying extract hoods. For each retailer it shows the total number of extract hoods where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying cooker 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. 70 of their extract hood prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Proportion of Extractor Fans for Which Each Retailer is Cheapest?

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for cooker hoods by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of cooker hood prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's cooker hood prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 100% of their extract hood prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.