cooktop

How much and who should I hire to add a island mounted vent hood above an island gas cooktop? I have a down-draft gas cooktop( cooktop and downdraft as one appliance) and it is difficult to keep clean and get rid of the smell. I am interested in replacing the gas cooktop and adding an island...

I cleaned my cook-top and the electronic pilot keeps clicking and will not go off!!! I finally had to unplug it so now I have to use a match to light the burners. The top is only slightly over 1 yr old and I spent a lot of $$ for it thinking It would probably be the last one I would have to buy...

...vent it...? ...sufficiently? The dude at Best Buy says that an over-the-range microwave just doesn't provide adequate ventilation for a gas cooktop. But if we put that big ol' hood in there instead, we have that much less room in an already tight kitchen. We've also heard that an attic fan...

much does it vary? I often hear cooking shows and recipes tell you to cook on specific heat settings (med high, high, low, etc). But aren't most cooking ranges different? What size/power burner are these settings usually based on?