Miele head and shoulders above the rest in all categories

The leading German watchdog body Stiftung Warentest has compared a total of 21 successful cooker hoods in three categories – and in each case the one and only winner was Miele. The three categories were horizontal hoods, headroom hoods with a sloping canopy (both 90 cm wide) and built-in slimline extractors (60 cm). As both vented and recirculating models featured in the test, Miele was in top positions six times over – and, indeed, in most cases with a comfortable lead. The results in full are available in the current (3/2016) edition of the 'test' magazine.

Cooker hoods should be able to capture a large proportion of the evaporated fats which are released during frying, and in this most important discipline, Miele can most certainly be trusted: 'Collects most grease' was the verdict of the testers across all product groups. Furthermore: 'Their ten-ply stainless-steel grease filters captured between 80% and 90% of cooking oil'.

By way of an example, the PUR 97 W achieved a mark of 1.7 (vented) and 2.2 (recirculation) to gain a confident lead in the category of horizontal hoods. Stiftung Warentest confirmed that this model was 'the ultimate in vented mode', working 'very well and quietly' and also 'captures a great deal of fat in recirculation mode'. 'test' editors found similar words of praise for Miele's DA 6096 W headroom hood (1.8 and 1.9 respectively): 'Best recirculation hood. Also removes odours well' is their editorial comment. StiWa also confirms that it is 'very quiet' in vented mode. And the DA 3466 built-in model received the following appraisal: 'Small, but fine'. Best cooker hood with a width of 60 cm. Works well as vented and recirculation unit'. The recirculation unit was awarded a 2.0 while the vented version achieved a 2.4.

'Our excellent results across the board are once again confirmation of the quality and performance of products from our Arnsberg cooker hood competence centre', says Gernot Trettenbrein, Director of the Domestic Appliances Division within the Miele Group. 'Irrespective of individual preferences and space constraints, customers will always find the ideal model at Miele', Trettenbrein continues.

Like all other Miele products, cooker hoods are also tested to last 20 years. And only Miele is able to automatically adjust cooker hood power to what is happening down on the hob (Con@ctivity 2.0). Trettenbrein: 'This and other unique selling points – and now such complimentary StiWa results – will contribute towards Miele continuing to grow in the cooker hood sector'.

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Company profile: Miele is the world's leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances including cooking, baking and steam-cooking appliances, refrigeration products, coffee makers, dishwashers and laundry and floor care products. This line-up is augmented by dishwashers, washer-extractors and tumble dryers for commercial use as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilisers for use in medical and laboratory applications (Miele Professional). The Miele company, founded in 1899, has 8 production plants in Germany as well as one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Romania. 2014/15 turnover amounted to approx. EUR 3.5 bn with sales outside Germany accounting for around 70%. Miele is represented with its own sales subsidiaries and via importers in almost 100 countries. The Miele company, now in the fourth generation of family ownership, employs a workforce of around 17,740, 10,350 thereof in Germany. The company headquarters are located in Gütersloh/Westphalia, Germany.