--- title: "Range hoods" description: "Kenmore range hoods: under-cabinet and chimney hoods, and this is the one appliance on the badge with a ventilation specialist behind it — the 233 prefix is…" url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/appliances/range-hood/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Range hoods" --- # Kenmore range hoods ### The one appliance built by a ventilation company The 233 prefix on a Kenmore hood is Broan, a maker of ventilation rather than of appliances. It shows in the design: hoods are simpler than anything else in this catalog, with a blower, a switch, a light and a filter, and they are repairable long after a comparable electronic appliance would not be. ### Ducted or recirculating decides everything A ducted hood moves air out of the house. A recirculating hood passes it through charcoal and returns it to the room, removing some odor and no moisture. In a South Florida kitchen the difference is very noticeable, and it is not something a repair can change without new ductwork. ### The maintenance nobody does Grease filters are dishwasher-safe on most hoods and are the single highest-value thing a household can do for one. A loaded filter makes the hood louder, less effective and harder on the motor, and it is free to fix. ### What a visit looks like Airflow at the hood and at the outlet, the filters, the damper, then the blower and the switch. Where the answer is the duct rather than the appliance, we will tell you what the duct needs and what it will take. Under-cabinet and chimney · ducted and recirculating Range hood repair 233 is Broan-built — a ventilation maker, not an appliance one Most complaints are the duct or the filters Recirculating hoods cannot extract, by design The one appliance built by a ventilation company The 233 prefix on a Kenmore hood is Broan, a maker of ventilation rather than of appliances. It shows in the design: hoods are simpler than anything else in this catalog, with a blower, a switch, a light and a filter, and they are repairable long after a comparable electronic appliance would not be. Ducted or recirculating decides everything A ducted hood moves air out of the house. A recirculating hood passes it through charcoal and returns it to the room, removing some odor and no moisture. In a South Florida kitchen the difference is very noticeable, and it is not something a repair can change without new ductwork. The maintenance nobody does Grease filters are dishwasher-safe on most hoods and are the single highest-value thing a household can do for one. A loaded filter makes the hood louder, less effective and harder on the motor, and it is free to fix. What a visit looks like Airflow at the hood and at the outlet, the filters, the damper, then the blower and the switch. Where the answer is the duct rather than the appliance, we will tell you what the duct needs and what it will take. ### It runs but it does not pull anything. First question: is it ducted to the outside, or does it recirculate through a charcoal filter and back into the room? A recirculating hood was never going to move steam out of the kitchen, and a great many complaints are that discovery. Where it is ducted, it is the grease filters, then the duct, then the damper flap at the outlet, and then the blower. ### The light works but the fan does not. A working lamp proves the hood is being fed, so whatever has stopped is downstream of the supply — the fan switch, the blower motor or its capacitor. On most hoods all three are accessible parts and it is a modest repair. ### It has become very loud. Usually the blower — either bearings on their way out, or an impeller loaded with grease and out of balance. Cleaning the impeller fixes more of these than replacing the motor does, and it is worth trying first. --- **[Read full article: Range hoods](https://kenmoremiami.support/appliances/range-hood/)**