AVI Hood

The AVI Hood is keeping kitchens cool, lowering utility costs and helping employees be able to stay more productive.

AVI Hoods by XLT Ovens offer the latest in advanced ventilation design.

At XLT, we have installed thousands of ovens. During this installation process our customers have asked for our help in effectively ventilating XLT ovens. Over the years, we’ve developed a list of criteria customers want in a new revolutionary design for oven ventilation.

We used these criteria to create our Simple, Smart, AVI Hood.

Design Goals:
1.   Lowest exhaust rates in the market place.
2.   Few parts and easy to install.
3.   Easy to work with operationally.
4.   Smart looks that add to any kitchen design.
5.   Incorporate fire suppression as factory installed.
6.   Hood UL listed to all XLT oven models for easy code review.

Third-party Results
The AVI Hood has been third-party tested and proven to be the best operating exhaust-only hood for conveyor pizza ovens - in the world!

Below are the exhaust rates for each hood system:

The AVI hood was tested by a third party at the Commercial Kitchen Ventilation (CKV) Lab in suburban Chicago for performance. The hood was also tested by ETL for compliance to UL 710. Below is the summary conclusion from the final report from the CKV Lab and a link to the complete report.

XLT Ovens’ 3255-TS conveyor pizza oven and hood system performed well under the rigorous conditions of the ASTM F-1704-05 Standard Test Method for the Capture and Containment Performance of Commercial Kitchen Exhaust Ventilation Systems. When optimized with integrated panels and improved food take away trays, the required ventilation rate was as low as 200 cfm for the top deck operation. With all three decks in operation, the required exhaust rate was 1100 cfm.

The optimization of the hood and appliance as a system significantly reduced the required exhaust rate. Without the optimization of the integral panels, 2400 cfm was needed for proper ventilation of two-deck operation. With the panels installed and the food take-away trays removed, the exhaust rate was reduced to 700 cfm, which is a reduction of 1700 cfm, or 71%. The combination of an excellent conveyor pizza oven, close-coupled eyebrow hood, and carefully engineered integration of the two devices has resulted in an efficient system that can deliver a high quantity of pizza while operating with a very low quantity of exhaust.

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