8 tips for a safe kitchen environment

A safe kitchen is about more than pleasant cooking aromas and smart solutions – it is also about preventing fire hazards and ensuring a healthy indoor climate. Small everyday choices, combined with the right equipment and maintenance, can make a big difference. This checklist gives you eight simple and effective ways to create a safer, more functional kitchen.

• Install a stove guard
  Automatically cuts the power if the temperature becomes too high or if something is left on the stove for too long. With RørosHetta SENSE, you can have a stove guard integrated directly into the cooker hood, using four sensors that measure temperature, movement, power consumption and time to assess fire risk. If you do not have a Sense hood, you can choose a wall- or ceiling-mounted stove guard.
• Choose fire-retardant materials around the stove
  Tiles, steel or fire-rated panels reduce the risk of ignition.
• Use an induction cooktop
  Induction reduces heat generation and is generally safer than traditional cooktops or gas stoves. RørosHetta’s downdraft ventilators ensure efficient ventilation and are delivered with an induction cooktop. Choose between widths of 60–80 cm.
• Ensure sufficient and correct ventilation – avoid blocking vents
  This provides controlled, clean air and removes moisture, cooking fumes and pollutants more effectively than natural ventilation. Avoid painting over or blocking other ventilation openings in the home – these are common mistakes that can lead to poor air quality and increased moisture levels.
• Clean and maintain the kitchen hood regularly
  Grease in the hood increases fire risk and reduces air quality. Clean the grease filter regularly, preferably once a month, and replace it if it becomes worn or starts to deteriorate.
  Replace the charcoal filter at the recommended interval – its lifespan can vary from 4 months to more than 4 years. We recommend setting a reminder in your calendar.
  With RørosHetta Sense, you receive app notifications when it’s time to clean the grease filters and replace the charcoal filter.
• Use an extractor directly above the stove with the correct capacity
  Make sure your cooker hood is as wide as or wider than the cooktop to ensure optimal capture of cooking fumes. Ducted ventilation is recommended where direct exhaust is possible. Alternatively, we offer cooker hoods adapted to all types of ventilation systems.
• Ensure proper ventilation after cooking
  RørosHetta Sense hoods and downdraft ventilators feature an after-ventilation setting that ventilates the ducts after cooking is finished. It runs quietly at level 1 to avoid unnecessary noise and reduces the risk of cooking odours, grease and moisture remaining in the duct. After-ventilation starts automatically when the cooktop is turned off.
• Maintain proper humidity levels
  Excess humidity can cause mould growth, while too little humidity leads to a poor indoor climate. With the RørosHetta SENSE app, you can monitor humidity levels in the room and adjust accordingly. You will receive notifications in the app if the level becomes too high.