Love the look!

what does your hood lokk like and what style is you kitchen. Where else are you using the marble. In both the pics you show this is not an accent but part of the entire kitchen IMO should not be a different slab that what you are using for counter and backsplash. These inspo are also not tile which IMO will look cheap.

This is a picture of the kitchen. The hood would be rectangle to fit the space (and the height would end at the top of the cabinets). We would use a black colored marble looking tile for the good. For the backsplash we would use the same quartz as the countertop/island.

Also, still thinking through but would do a black type tile like this...https://www.msisurfaces.com/porcelain-slabs/zebrino-black/

Or something like this - https://www.daltile.com/Product/Elemental-Selection-Panoramic-Porcelain-Surfaces?color=Titanium-Grey&shape=Slab

I order to accomplish that type of cladding - the wall behind the range will have to be opened in order to add the required structural support. Not a job for the average carpenter, inquire about a Pro referral where you select the cladding.

You know quartz is not a good idea behind the range right? IMo if you want to replicate the ideas you will need to rethink your choices and i sure would not do black unless it was also the counter and backsplash

Patricia, the linked products are thin large-format porcelain, not quartz.

Quartz, real stone, thin tile, the underlying support is still needed.

Another point is it may look odd if you stop it at the top of the cabinets ...it will not look like a hood...as to what material you use...be aware this will be the focal point of the kitchen...so i would not suggest plain tile squares...add to the list this will be out of scale as well...tough combo to pull off unless you have an artist to do a drop dead layout..

And probably needs the backsplash to support the look as well...i would think a contemporary mural or exquisite patterned tiles would be something to consider

One last point this wall seems very symmetrical...a big contrasting center piece may look a little unbalanced as the island won’t be centered...

But my question really is do you think this will be safe. Less about the aesthetics of it. Thank you

Add steel wall framing to the list of changes that has to occur. And that insert has to be steel framed. And you have to do that hand in hand with the best large porcelain fabricator in the area. That starts life at $100 a square, and goes way up from there if you have a small job. Because it’ll need a whole slab, even for “just” a hood. And just a hood will look disconnected and outlandish by itself. You need about 3 slabs of it to distribute it around the kitchen to make it work visually. That's 15K, right there. Before the steel wall framing and steel hood framing.

No, it's not a good idea. First, your countertops are quartz and I wouldn't put a large black rectangle with a totally different feel in that space. Your inspiration photos were slabs of marble the exact same as the counters so it had no seams, grout, etc. The porcelain tile will have seams that will not match up which will make it more obvious that this is not a "real" stone.

Many of the porcelain slab manufacturers now offer very large format tiles (in varying sizes, so no grout lines) that are much thinner than countertop slabs, and meant for exactly this type of application. I don't think safety is an issue if your contractor is capable and follows industry standards.

So I think the material would be fine, but not liking your color selections for the hood. I think the proper way to do it is like the examples you showed, where the backsplash and hood are the same material.

Perhaps you should ask the supplier of the particular tile you are considering..any one here can have an opinion...but will not be responsible if there is a problem..

It seems like tiles are fired at a very high heat..like any ceramic... but the framing?

@fun38 did you end up using LFT for your hood? If so, I would love to see photos. I am about to do the same thing

@fun38 would love to see and know what you decided with the hood. We are interested in doing a hood in stone.

Doing the same idea but found out that quartz behind the range will discolor over time. Marble will be too heavy for our kitchen therefore we decided that large scale porcelain tiles could be the answer. No grout lines and it does do well in high temperatures. Was wondering what did you ultimately decide on.

We did porcelain tile because of weight and discoloring issues.

if the hood liner needed repairs or servicing, how does one access it in this style of hood (I am doing the same hood in my kitchen)

Would love to see photos of you hood with the large format tile!