The Awoco RH-C06 is a ducted under cabinet range hood, manufacturer rated at 900 CFM, in 30, 36, and 42 inch widths. It fits high airflow into a 6 inch tall body, but reaches 62 dB on high and carries no HVI certification. It suits heavy gas cooking with a duct in place.
Smoke that outruns a 300 or 400 CFM hood is the problem the RH-C06 is built to solve. Two blowers move a claimed 900 CFM through a body only 6 inches tall, backed by dishwasher safe baffle filters and a 3 year parts warranty. What holds our attention is the distance between that airflow number and any proof of it. No third party has certified the figure, and the top speed is really loud.
Who It Fits: Frequent High Heat Cooking Over a Ducted Gas Range
The RH-C06 fits a kitchen with a 30 to 42 inch gas range, a duct path outside, and a cook who sears, stir fries, or deep fries several nights a week. At its price tier it carries more than double the rated airflow of the 380 CFM Cosmo models mounted the same way, which is the comparison most buyers in this bracket are actually making.
Skip it if you rent or cannot run a duct, because this hood has no recirculating mode and no kit exists to give it one. An open plan kitchen is where we pull back. The upper speeds carry well past the cooking zone, and if your range shares a room with a sofa, you will feel that every night.
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Specs of the Awoco RH-C06 at a Glance
Specification | Detail |
CFM | 900 CFM maximum, manufacturer rated |
Sone rating | 4.5 sones at the lowest speed, 11.0 sones at the highest |
Noise in decibels | 49 / 51 / 57 / 62 dB |
Speed settings | 4 |
Filter type and count | Stainless steel baffle, dishwasher safe. 2 on the 30 inch, 3 on the 36 and 42 inch |
Duct size | 6 inch round or 3.25 x 10 inch rectangular, top vent |
Dimensions (W x D x H) | 30 inch: 29.5 x 19.75 x 6 in 36 inch: 35.75 x 19.75 x 6 in 42 inch: 41.75 x 19.75 x 6 in |
Mounting height range | 24 to 30 inches above the cooktop |
Cabinet depth | Fits under a 12 inch deep cabinet |
Weight | 32 lb, 30 inch model |
Lighting | 2 x 2W LED, replaceable. Lumen output not published |
Controls | 6 electronic push buttons, 3 minute delayed shutoff |
Convertible to ductless | No, ducted only |
Electrical | 120V, 60Hz, 150W maximum, corded plug |
Stainless steel | 1 mm panel. Grade not published |
Warranty | 3 years, parts. Separate motor term not published |
What Works Well
What Could Be Better
Airflow: Does 900 CFM Cover What Your Cooktop Needs?
A 900 CFM rating is more than a typical home range asks for. Sized at 1 CFM per 100 BTU, a 30 inch gas range with 50,000 BTU of burners needs 500 CFM, and this rating stretches to 90,000 BTU. By room volume, a 12 by 15 foot kitchen with an 8 foot ceiling holds 1,440 cubic feet and needs 360 CFM for 15 air changes an hour.
On paper, at least. That 900 CFM is the maker’s own figure, and no source we found publishes an HVI certified number or the airflow at the three lower speeds.
What reaches your kitchen will be less. A common planning allowance for 15 feet of duct with two elbows is a 20 to 30 percent loss, which leaves roughly 630 to 720 CFM. The advice to step up from 6 inch to 7 inch duct on a long run comes from the installation manual, and we read that line as the honest part of the spec sheet.
Noise: How Loud Is the Speed You Will Actually Use?
The RH-C06 is not a quiet hood, and its own numbers do not agree on how loud it gets. It runs at 49, 51, 57, and 62 dB across the four speeds. The quietest setting on one scale is the loudest on the other, so at minimum one of those figures is measuring something other than this hood in a normal kitchen. We would treat the louder set as the safer planning assumption.
Either way, the floor sits above a refrigerator’s hum and at or above the level where ordinary conversation lives. Quiet, on this hood, is a relative setting rather than a quiet one.
The Airflow is for the top speed only, with nothing for Speeds 1 and 2, where most of your cooking will happen. That leaves you in an awkward spot. The setting you can tolerate is the setting nobody has quantified, and we cannot tell you whether it clears a searing pan or only makes noise.
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Fit and Ducting: Will It Install Under Your Cabinet without Surprises?
Match hood width to cooktop width before anything else. Over a gas range, going one size wider buys real capture at the outer burners, so a 36 inch hood over a 30 inch range earns its cost if the opening allows. The depth is less forgiving. At 19.75 inches, the body hangs about 7.75 inches past a standard 12 inch cabinet, and it has to sit 24 to 30 inches above the cooktop. In a tight galley, measure that overhang before you commit.
The vent adapter is where this one gets frustrating. The installation manual pictures 6 inch round top, rectangular top, and rectangular rear. For a rear vent through an exterior wall, that discrepancy decides the whole install, and nothing in the documentation settles it. Confirm what actually ships before a saw touches a cabinet.
Power is the easy part, a standard 120V outlet with hardwiring permitted. The 900 CFM rating is not. It clears the 400 CFM make up air threshold in the IRC, which makes your local building authority a stop before the hood arrives rather than after. Budget for hardware too. Owners report consistently that the supplied screws and anchors are too light for a 32 pound hood, so plan on buying your own and hitting a stud or blocking.
Filters and Build: How Much Upkeep Does It Ask For?
Almost none, and nothing that costs money. The baffle filters and the slide out oil collector go in the dishwasher, and the installation manual puts cleaning at every two to three months. There is no charcoal filter to buy, which quietly removes the recurring expense most ducted hoods in this class still carry.
The build is harder to pin down. The panel is 1 mm brushed stainless, roughly 20 gauge, but the grade appears nowhere in the documentation, and that is the number that tells you how it will hold up in a coastal kitchen. The six physical push buttons are the right call over touch controls, since greasy hands operate them fine.
The two LEDs are replaceable 12V modules rather than a sealed unit, which matters on a hood you will own for a decade. Parts ship direct from California with a US support line behind them, though we have seen nothing that lets us vouch for how a warranty claim actually goes.
What Real Owners Report
Strong smoke capture during high heat cooking is the finding that repeats most across the owner reviews we could attribute to this model. Three more come up often enough to count. Owners describe the body as heavy and solid, the top speed as loud, and the supplied screws and anchors as too light for a hood near 32 pounds. That last one is the only complaint we would call a design shortcoming rather than a matter of taste.
Isolated reports include weak suction on two units and a flimsy built in damper. Treat the volume of praise with some care.
Our Ratings
We score this hood against one job, frequent high heat cooking over a ducted gas range, and we weight noise as heavily as airflow because the quiet speeds are the ones you will live with. Scored that way it earns an uneven card.
Dimension Rating | Rating |
Airflow performance | 4/5 |
Noise level | 2/5 |
Build quality | 4/5 |
Filters and maintenance | 5/5 |
Installation | 3/5 |
Value | 4/5 |
How It Compares: Top Vent or Rear Vent?
The closest alternative is the Awoco RH-R06, the same 6 inch tall, 900 CFM hood built to exhaust through a 3.25 by 10 inch rectangular outlet at the rear. That is a configuration choice more than a competitive one. Choose the top vent model when the duct rises through the cabinet above, and the rear vent sibling when it exits through the wall behind the range.
With airflow and noise ratings identical, we would pick on duct path alone. If noise is the thing that worries you, the real comparison sits outside this family, and a quieter hood at a lower CFM rating is worth pricing before you commit.
FAQs
Does the RH-C06-30 fit a 30 inch cabinet opening?
Yes, with about a quarter inch to spare on each side. The 30 inch model measures 29.5 inches wide, which is tight enough that an out of square opening will show. Check the opening at both top and bottom before ordering.
Can this Awoco hood run ductless?
No. the hood requires a duct to the outside, and no charcoal filter or recirculating kit is offered for it.
What duct size does it need?
A 6 inch round or 3.25 by 10 inch rectangular duct is the floor, not a target. The manual also calls for metal duct and caps the run at three 90 degree elbows, and that elbow limit is the one most likely to be broken on a retrofit. Every bend past it costs airflow the 900 CFM rating assumes you still have.
Do the RH-C06-36 and RH-C06-42 move more air than the 30 inch?
No. All three widths share the same 900 CFM maximum. What the wider models buy is a third baffle filter and more capture area over the cooktop, which is more important than raw CFM on a gas range where the outer burners sit beyond the edge of a narrow hood.
Our Verdict
Buy the RH-C06 if you cook hard over gas, have a 6 inch duct or larger already in place, and care more about clearing smoke than about keeping the kitchen quiet. On that brief it does the job, and the maintenance story is as good as anything we have looked at in its class.
Do not buy it if you need a ductless hood, share an open plan space, or want airflow and sound figures that somebody independent has signed off on. Measure your duct, confirm which vent adapter actually ships, and be honest with yourself about the noise before you order, because that is the thing owners adjust to rather than enjoy.