While your self assured condescension is appreciated , no range hood in the world can stop it all . We had a 1 , 200 cfm blower over our second island cooktop . I regularly fry chicken , I frequently cook with a wok and extremely high heat , etc things that put out a lot of greasy splatter , and a lot of that is tiny little atomized particles . If cooking smells are wafting through your house so is everything else . In a conventional setup you have a backsplash behind your cooking surface , usually cabinets on both sides , and you yourself are standing in front of it . I wipe down my cabinets , my backsplash , and myself every single day , and very little grease and splatter escapes all those obstacles . On an island atomized grease can move out in all directions , then your HVAC system and your ceiling fans pick it up and help to distribute it even further . Obviously if you keep your house clean it goes unnoticed . It isn ' t like you cook dinner then go to sit down on your couch and find it covered in grease . It ' s more like you live your life and it all seems fine , then a lightbulb burns out . You hop up on a step stool to change it and find the glass globe of the fixture coated in a thin layer of grease . You have a ceiling fan that ' s been running for 3 months non stop through the summer , and when you shut it off you find it has to wiped with soapy water because it isn ' t just dust . There ' s a thin layer of grease on it that all the dust is sticking to . Look , I ' m really not trying to be a dick . Your kitchen has a great look to it that I dig , and I ' m glad you ' re so happy with it . I genuinely hope that your experience with an island cooktop is better than mine . I ' m just explaining why after 3 . 5 years of cooking on one every day I would never EVER have another island cooktop .