Catalytic assembly for cooking smoke abatement

A smoke abatement assembly for use with a cooking system having a housing and food heating elements contained within the housing, the heating elements defining a cooking area over which the food to be cooked is disposed, the smoke abatement assembly comprising:

• a sealed housing defining an enclosure, said sealed housing having means for supporting said sealed housing on the cooking device such that said sealed housing substantially encloses the cooking area on at least two sides thereof;
• a low-pressure flame arrestor;
• first support means for supporting said flame arrestor within said sealed housing overlaying the cooking area;
• a number of low-pressure oxidation catalysts;
• and
• second support means for supporting said number of catalysts within said sealed housing overlaying said flame arrestor,
• wherein, each of said flame arrestor and said number of catalysts defines a respective flow area, each said respective flow area being substantially equal to the cooking area of the cooking device, and
• wherein each of said flame arrestor and said number of catalysts is supported by said first and second support means, respectively, with said respective flow areas substantially overlaying the cooking area for access to smoke rising from food being cooked on the cooking device, and said number of catalysts adapted to substantially uniformly back radiate heat generated by the heating elements toward the whole of the cooking area.