Recirculating Hoods and Indoor-Air Quality

A few years ago, Fine Homebuilding published a very energy-efficient house that had a recirculating range hood. The reason for the recirculating hood was to avoid punching an additional hole in the air barrier and to avoid the need for makeup air, if my memory serves me. Now I’m faced with a similar decision. Seems recirculating hoods won’t remove moisture from the kitchen—do they at least do an adequate job of filtering the air?

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