I have a funky kitchen (50 year old house). There originally was no range hood over my range, just a hole in the ceiling that allowed passive air flow.

I finally had a range hood installed over it last year.

This is the one I had installed:

http://www.kitchensource.com/range-hoods/mo-zv830sm.htm

I love it. I can finally cook meat on the stove or boil water without the whole kitchen getting smoky or steamy.