Try a web search for beadboard tile.
It's not flammable and may give you the look & feel you're after

Wooden beadboard (I have real T&G fir) is a PITA to keep clean where it's used as a backsplsh. I wouldn't use it behind the stove for that reason - it's a big enough hassle behind counters near my stand mixer. For a pantry, or along a little-used counter, for the walls in a hallway, on the ceiling, wall behind a bench or table - I love it. Definitely not so much near the sink or hard-working counter areas.

I want something in much-splashed areas that I can wipe and go and definitely not something that requires a toothbrush to get the gunk out of after the canning season is over. 'Nuff said!

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Even the beadboard in my bath drives me nuts. I'm not sure if the tile look would work any better. Cleaning is constant. Dirt loves to hang along the bottom edges. Vacuum and then use a toothbrush. I love the look, but it is a never ending job. Have added sealant along the bottom edges and sink, but it just forms to the bead board shape, which doesn't change a thing for cleaning. Would love to know how others deal with this.

I have a bead board back splash with an 8 inch backguard on the range. Mine is solid half inch tounge and groove and has not been ideal due to shrinkage in the winter but I like the way it looks. I have thought about possibly replacing it with the ceramic tiles that look like bead board as SusieQusie60 has but I like being able to easily hang pictures on it so if I replace I will probably use a good quality sheet bead board.

My kitchen:
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Here is a link that might be useful: susiequsie's back splash

I have a beadboard backsplash, but I have white subway tile behind the stovetop and sink area. I haven't had any issues with cleaning the beadboard since it doesn't get dirty. We were concerned about the flammability issue as well. To disguise the difference in depth between the subway tile and beadboard we used brackets along the seam. It turned out to be a great architechtural feature, too!

I have a beadboard backsplash in our current kitchen. I love it. We've had in installed for about 8 years, and I've never had cleaning issues. We just wipe it off with water or Clorox wipes. We applied many coats of some waterproof sealer before we installed it- maye that's why it hasnt been a problem? Of course, I've also never canned before- I just do freezer jams and frozen peaches in sugar water. I find our bathroom tile/grout much more of a pain to clean. We have an electric range with the controls on the back so that's all we use as a backsplash. There is beadboard behind it- just like athomeinva's above.

We are choosing subway tile for our next kitchen just because of design, but I will miss the beadboard. I tried to convince DH to use it in our wetbar area, but he wouldn't go for it- he agreed to silver tin ceiling tiles instead!

Thanks so much for all of these helpful responses!

Atho- thanks for the pic (gorgeous!) and for the link to Susiequsie's kitchen. You don't happen to know the brand she used, do you?

I really like the idea of the beadboard ceramic tile, and am going to look into it.

Does anyone happen to know any reasonably priced brands to start my search with?

Will probably do a sepaate post to try to see whether Susiequsie can share her source (I don't see an email option on her page). I love the size, width, sheen of her tiles.

Thanks again!!

We have stained beadboard next to the mixer. As long as splashes are wiped away right away, they come off easily. I'm not a terribly vigilant cleaner but I am pretty good with taking care of the mixer splatter.

I've found no problem with the painted beadboard backsplash in the rest of our kitchen. We have 4" of stone backsplash (matching the counters) before the beadboard starts. The strip of stone is the only backsplash behind our sinks since the windows come down quite low. We have stainless steel behind the range. Except for the baking area, we do most food prep on a peninsula so maybe that's why cleaning the beadboard hasn't been an issue....at all.

We have beadboard in our powder room also. We get more shrinkage there, near the radiator, than we do in the kitchen. I love the beadboard and any gapping between boards is in character with our older farmhouse.

Our beadboard has been up for 6 years and I don't remember pricing. The stained beadboard in our kitchen is part of the cabinetry and it is true beadboard. Dh put up the backsplash beadboard and it was the kind that came in long strips about 6" across (2-3 beaded units across). He bought it at a big box store. We didn't need a lot of it so it wasn't very pricey (sorry, I can't remember a ballpark amount). He primed all sides. We put 2 coats of paint on the fronts and that was it.

We never had a vent hood before our reno. It's made a huge difference on the amount of gunk that accumulates on the backsplash.

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Zelmar- Thanks for the helpful info, and the pics of your beautiful kitchen.

This forum has been such an amazing resource during my kitchen reno, and now that I'm beginning my parents' project.

Many thanks!!!