The hood plays an important role in removing oil smoke, odors and toxic substances arising when cooking.This device helps improve the quality of the air in the kitchen, reduces the risk of respiratory diseases, especially lung cancer.In addition, the hood also prevents dirt on the wall and interior, keeping the kitchen space always clean and safe.
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But you will only receive the above benefits if you use the right hood.If you make the following 3 mistakes, you can both waste electricity and increase the risk of disease:
1. Turn on the hood and the exhaust fan at the same time
Some families install both hoods and exhaust fans in the kitchen, then turn on both at the same time when cooking because it helps increase the effect of smoking.However, in fact, this action reduces the performance of the hood while consuming a lot of unnecessary electricity.
The reason is that the opposite airflow between the hood and the exhaust fan makes the oil smoke unable to escape completely.This leads to oil smoke still vicious in the kitchen, increasing the risk of inhaling toxic substances and harmful to the respiratory system.Therefore, when turning on the hood, turn off the exhaust fan nearby.If the ventilation is needed, the door can be opened further so as not to affect the exhaust effect of the hood.
2. Lazy cleaning the hood
Another mistake that many people make is not to clean the hood regularly.This not only causes more power when used, the device is fast, but also harms health.
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Specifically, thick grease layer reduces the ability to filter smoke, causing toxic substances like Benzopyrene - a cancer -causing compound will spread in the air.This increases the risk of respiratory diseases, especially lung cancer, when inhaling oil smoke accumulated for a long time.
The advice is to clean the hood filter at least 1 time/month if you cook regularly.For machines with activated carbon filters, it is necessary to change periodically as recommended by the manufacturer.
3. Turn off the hood continuously or turn off immediately after cooking
Many people have the habit of turning off the hood continuously during cooking.They think that when they start the vacuum more powerful or think that only when frying, smoky foods need to be smoked should turn off temporarily to save electricity.
In fact, this action reduces the efficiency of smoking and filtering smoke huge, so harmful to health.It also causes the engine wear, causing the machine to faster and consume a lot of electricity because the engine needs time to restart each time.
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There are also many people who turn off the hood right after cooking, but the oil smoke and dust still exist in the air for quite a long time.Especially if you fry at high temperatures or the room is too tight, too much furniture.Turning off the machine too early makes the smoke not treated, affecting the respiratory system, cardiovascular and can cause lung cancer.Therefore, after cooking, let the hood operate for another 5-10 minutes to clean the air completely offline!
Source and photo: HK01, Daily Mail