Smoke director device configured to extend over a cooking surface of a cooking device

A smoke director device for use with a stove top exhaust system, the smoke director device comprising:

• one or more smoke director units, each smoke director unit comprising:
• a hollow housing having an open front wall and an open back wall, and
• a reversibly retractable and extendable smoke director assembly movably mounted within said hollow housing and comprising a fixed inner panel and a movable end panel movable relative to the fixed inner panel, wherein
• the smoke director assembly is configured to adopt a retracted configuration in which the smoke director assembly is retracted within the hollow housing and the movable end panel is arranged within the hollow housing, and an extended configuration in which the smoke director assembly extends frontward of the open front wall of the hollow housing and the movable end panel extends outward and frontward of said open front wall of said hollow housing and frontward of the fixed inner panel;
• and
• at least one mounting assembly connected to said one or more smoke director units for attaching said one or more smoke director units to an underside of an exhaust containing structure arranged over a cooking surface of a stove.

A smoke director device for use with a stove top exhaust system, the smoke director device comprising:

• one or more smoke director units, each smoke director unit comprising:
• a hollow housing having an open front wall and an open back wall, and
• a reversibly retractable and extendable smoke director assembly movably mounted within said hollow housing and comprising a fixed inner panel and a movable end panel movable relative to the fixed inner panel, wherein
• the smoke director assembly is configured to adopt a retracted configuration in which the smoke director assembly is retracted within the hollow housing and the movable end panel is arranged within the hollow housing, and an extended configuration in which the smoke director assembly extends frontward of the open front wall of the hollow housing and the movable end panel extends outward and frontward of said open front wall of said hollow housing and frontward of the fixed inner panel;
• and
• at least one mounting assembly connected to said one or more smoke director units for attaching said one or more smoke director units to an underside of an exhaust containing structure arranged over a cooking surface of a stove;
• wherein
• the smoke director assembly is tiltable relative to the housing.