Open plan kitchen: You have a range hood. It's the standard way of exhausting cooking smells, smoke, and oil droplets. You should probably have one even if you

Open plan kitchen: You have a range hood. It's the standard way of exhausting cooking smells, smoke, and oil droplets. You should probably have one even if you don't have an open plan kitchen. I like my open plan kitchen because I can be cooking, and supervising my young kid playing in the living room at the same time. Or, if guests are over, I can be cooking dinner and still be part of the conversation.