Double inlet kitchen ventilator

A ceiling mounted kitchen ventilator having a double inlet for opposed confluent flows of gases and vapors from underlying cooking equipment, comprising a vertical exhaust duct suspended from said ceiling, grease extracting baffles projecting into said duct from opposite vertical side walls thereof, a grease trough above said cooking equipment suspended beneath the lower end of said exhaust duct, side walls on said trough having upper edges disposed outward from said duct side walls, a damper baffle hinged at the lower edge of one of said duct side walls, said damper baffle having an open position with its lower edge extending into said trough in spaced relation to one of said trough side walls to form an inlet opening for a flow of said gases and vapors on one side of said trough, said damper baffle having a closed position engaging one of said grease extracting baffles on the opposite side of the duct to close the lower end of the duct, and a lower edge on the opposite side wall of the duct extending into said trough in spaced relation to the opposite side wall of the trough to form a second inlet opening for a confluent flow of said gases and vapors from the opposite side of the trough when said damper baffle is in said open position, the closing of said damper baffle shutting off both of said inlet flows of said gases and vapors.