My kitchen vent looks like a dryer vent outside. Sorry no photo.

You would need to have a vent cover installed on the outside of your wall. It should have a damper and screen on it, to keep birds and other critters from using it as a home. The damper also serves to keep wind from creating a draft into your home.

Unless you have a pro style range or cooktop, I would think that a vent hood with an internal blower would be just fine.

I just came from the conversation side and saw "venting outside". I thought maybe you were yelling and screaming outside about a kitchen problem gone bad.

Sorry I can't help you with your situation.

Also, I don't think that any hoods come with any vent ducting, so you would have to get that yourself to run from the hood to the outside.

For a range hood venting out the wall, you'd need this one:

Here is a link that might be useful: rear venting damper

OK, thanks Debra and gpraceman. A dryer vent look I can handle! (there is actually an old external blower box out there now, I think, which we'll have them remove. I can't figure out how the space used to be configured so that it was usable, though...)

blfenton - sorry to disappoint. Perhaps by the end of the reno I will be out there randomly screaming about pulls and backsplash tiles!!

We splurged a bit on a nice copper vent for ours (it also led to the deck) and never regretted it.

I presume there are also other more expensive styles floating around the internet for all the folks in that situation with vent or dryer.

Dryer vents are typically only 4 inches in diameter.

If you have a small range hood you might get as low as 5 inches (or even one of the square ones that are about 3 inches tall and ~14 in wide).

If you get a 'pro style' one you are looking at 8 inches diameter and up.

Do those with the vents on your deck ever find the smoke or grease or noise bothersome outside?

This is what our vent system looks like. We had a GC, who chose what type of vent system we needed for our Wolf 6 gas burner cook top. I am not sure of the specifics, but I could investigate it if you need any more information.

Here's the 1000 cfm remote blower I recently installed on our roof. Measures 18"x 24"x 5" high. Can also be sidewall mounted like doonie's

ctycdm, can you please tell me the brand and / or model # for the 1000 cfm remote blower in your picture? I'm looking for that exact one, but can't find it anywhere else googling.

Thank you!

WEB0123, I ordered mine with my Prizer hood. Not sure if they actually make the blower or not. I will say this, it looks exactly like the Thermador VR1000 which I have installed on numerous projects.
Not sure if you are close to the Seattle area, but googling, I just came across this great buy!

Here is a link that might be useful: VR1000