cooking fumes

Stovetop air pollution

Cooking fumes are the airborne vapors, smoke, and particles released when food is heated.

They can be pleasant aromas or harmful irritants depending on cooking method and ventilation: The kitchen exhaust fan removes cooking fumes.

Concerns about cooking fumes often focus on grease particles, burnt residue, or gases from high-heat methods like frying and grilling.

Related

steam · ventilation · exhaust fan · exhaust · open window · sizzling · oily · haze · hood · kitchen · burnt · burnt toast · aromatic · sautéing · frying · deep frying · stove · charred

Categories
Opposites
air quality/purity

cooking fumesfresh air

Unenclosed outdoor atmosphere

clean air · pure air · mountain air · outdoor air · crisp air

olfactory experience

cooking fumesfresh scent

Pleasant, clean odor

pine scent · lavender · fragrance · aromatherapy · perfume

Family

cooking, fumes, cook, fume, cooked, cooks, cooker, cookery, cookbook

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G