What's the most effective way to combat cooking smoke?

I asked this question last night, while I was curled up on the couch with our black cat. My boyfriend started searing elk for a stew. At first it smelled delicious, but then the living room and kitchen slowly filled with cooking smoke. It wasn’t until I went to the basement that I realized just how much the smoke was affecting me. It was shocking. My eyes immediately stopped watering and I could literally taste the clean air. When I came up to make coffee in the morning, I could smell lingering odors from the elk meat.

Which is why I’m now a believer in range hoods.

I’ve read several articles about the side effects of breathing in cooking smoke. Ignorance is NOT bliss, at least in this case. For instance: every oil sizzle that I see pop out of the pan distributes thousands of unseen particles into the air. Kind of like rain clouds, only the stuff that falls out of cooking smoke is harmful to your health and leaves greasy smears rather than fresh, clean aromas. Which is why relying on open windows and a puny kitchen fan to clean the air is like doing a half-hearted job at vacuuming the carpet. I like the thought of having a powerful range hood (like the one pictured) roosted directly over my range, vacuuming away odors and nasty pollutants before they spread around the house. Yet another wish list item, but one I've boosted to the forefront for health reasons.