XLT Hood Packages: Which Hood Fits Your XLT Conveyor Oven

Do XLT conveyor ovens need a hood?

Yes. XLT designs its conveyor ovens for vented installation only. They are not ventless units and must be connected to external ductwork, so the exhaust has to be planned before the oven arrives. Check your local building and fire codes early, because they decide what the hood, the duct run and the fire suppression must meet.

XLT builds its own hood to work alongside its ovens. Shrouds around each conveyor opening catch the heat and grease-laden vapour where the pizza goes in and comes out, and the main canopy above collects it and sends it out through the exhaust fan. The aim, in XLT's words, is a kitchen that is cooler, cleaner and quieter, with no yellowed ceiling tiles over the oven.

XLT's installation manuals also ask that every utility connection, ventilation included, comply with local codes, and that a qualified installer complete XLT's start-up checklist before the oven goes into service.

What comes in an XLT hood package

Each hood package Norpex lists includes the hood with its fire suppression, the exhaust fan and the fan curb, as the package's own description sets out. XLT describes the parts of the system this way:

• Shrouds that enclose the conveyor openings. The current shrouds are open, with windows, so you can see the food leave the bake chamber and reach the conveyor from the front and the ends of the oven.
• A direct-drive exhaust fan, with no fan belt to break, so when the hood is on, the fan is working as designed.
• A variable frequency drive that turns the exhaust down when decks are switched off and back up when more decks come on in a rush.
• A hood user interface: the oven controls still set time and temperature, but power is switched at the hood, so nobody can run the ovens without the exhaust.
• All-thread suspension from the ceiling: the shrouds come off and the ovens roll out from the front for cleaning and service.
• Painted canopies and shrouds for an open kitchen, in a choice XLT puts at 1,825 colours; ask us before ordering if you want a painted finish.

Why the hood's airflow matters

XLT states that its current hood needs fewer CFM to capture, contain and extract the grease-laden vapour, and that this makes its hoods run up to 30% more efficiently.

Every CFM a hood exhausts has to be replaced by make-up air, which is heated in winter and cooled in summer. XLT estimates that each CFM of make-up air costs between one and three dollars a year to heat or cool, so a hood that moves less air lowers the energy bill for as long as the kitchen runs. The variable frequency drive adds to that during quiet hours, when only some of the decks are on.

XLT also says that when you add a deck later, its current shroud package is quicker to reconfigure, with fewer parts than its earlier hoods, and that the new shrouds fit older XLT hoods too.

How to pick the right hood package

You need two facts about the oven. The first is its model, which XLT writes as the belt width followed by the bake chamber length in inches: a 3255 has a 32 inch belt and a 55 inch chamber, a 1832 an 18 inch belt and a 32 inch chamber. The second is the number of decks stacked: single, double or triple.

The hood package names both. XLT-H3-3255-2, for example, is the hood package for a 3255 double stack. Find your oven's size in the sections below and pick the package for your stack height. If you plan to add a deck later, tell us before ordering: XLT reconfigures the shroud package when a deck is added.

Hood packages for the XLT 1832 (18 inch belt, 32 inch chamber)

The 1832 has an 18 inch belt and a 32 inch bake chamber. Norpex lists the hood package for the 1832 triple stack. For a single or double 1832, send us the oven model and your postal code and we will quote the matching package.

Hood packages for the XLT 3240 (32 inch belt, 40 inch chamber)

The 3240 pairs a 32 inch belt with a 40 inch bake chamber. There is a hood package for the single, the double and the triple stack.

Hood packages for the XLT 3255 (32 inch belt, 55 inch chamber)

The 3255 has the same 32 inch belt as the 3240 with a longer, 55 inch bake chamber. There is a hood package for the single, the double and the triple stack.

Hood packages for the XLT 3270 (32 inch belt, 70 inch chamber)

The 3270 runs a 32 inch belt through a 70 inch bake chamber. There is a hood package for the single, the double and the triple stack.

Hood packages for the XLT 3855 (38 inch belt, 55 inch chamber)

The 3855 steps up to a 38 inch belt, with a 55 inch bake chamber. There is a hood package for the single, the double and the triple stack.

Hood packages for the XLT 3870 (38 inch belt, 70 inch chamber)

The 3870 pairs the 38 inch belt with a 70 inch bake chamber. There is a hood package for the single, the double and the triple stack.

The warranty when you buy the hood with the oven

XLT says that when you buy an XLT hood along with your XLT oven, it raises the oven's 7 year warranty to 10 years, covering parts and labour, because it expects the hood to improve the oven's lifespan and efficiency. That is XLT's warranty, on XLT's terms: read them on XLT's warranty page before you rely on them, and keep the purchase records for the oven and the hood together.

XLT also asks that all warranty work start with a call to XLT first, and that the start-up checklist be completed and returned when the oven is installed.

Ordering an XLT hood package from Norpex

Every hood package in this guide can be ordered online. XLT equipment is paid by bank, not by card: place the order at checkout, and we email our payment details and contact you to confirm everything before you pay. The delivered price, freight included, shows at checkout before you place the order.

Plan the installation with a licensed ventilation contractor, and have the fire suppression connected and inspected under your local fire code. If your oven is an XLT model not listed here, or you are not sure which package matches it, send us the oven model, the number of decks and your postal code, and a person replies with the matching package and its delivered price.

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