nuppal we went with the Zephyr Venezia hood. We find it to be very quiet and does a great job. We have only had it about 6 months but we do a lot of cooking and the house is always smoke and odor free. The baffles are easy to clean.

A local metal fabricator on the seedy side of town who does fabrication for the restaurant industry can create the needed liner that protects the wood. You are in rarified territory, even on the seedy side of town. You will need to provide the design, or pay for someone with design experience to create the templates.

Your appliance store or the manufacturer can help you determine what's best for your situation. I would have loved a huge hood over my island but I had to go down due to plumbing, etc. in the ceiling. I had to compromise on the cooktop since I had to get a downdraft which is never as powerful as going up with a hood. I cook all the time and really would have liked a more powerful hood to draw out smoke and odors but I sat down with the local distributor and we worked out a good compromise.

Update! (Had another reply posted but didn't go through and lost text so here is 2.0) We broke ground after a long process with the city on July 13th! House has been dried in, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC rough ins are completed. Insulation is scheduled for next Friday and drywall to follow afterwards. Everyone told us that when things were framed that rooms were going to look tiny, well it seems pretty big to us. It likely doesn't help that we ended up an extra foot taller on the main level. Not sure how but lumberyard sent out lumber for 9ft sill height main level, but plans called out 8ft. Ended up needing structural engineer to adjust our garage height to match the new height. Can't complain, it's big! Added a photo of our kitchen design and current state of hood framing. Our hood will go all the way to the ceiling. Additional bracing will be added to hang the hood from unistrut. The ductwork above has the silencer just above the OSB and attached with perf strap. Just waiting on roofers to come back to seal up all the penetrations in the roof and cut in for the blower curb to make sure that gets sealed up. Don't want to risk rain ruining the duct insulation. Our MUA solution ended up being a separate 300cfm heated unit. That will be ran to the stairwell landing (mech room just below mudroom WIC/kitchen pantry). Been busy last couple of weeks adding double drywall and green glue to the ceiling of our what will be the theater room but will be unfinished at time of house completion. I should have had that ready to go once the house was dried in but like a fool I waited and ended up getting behind and trades got their stuff in before I was able to. I can already tell a difference in foot noise from above when people walk around so it's a worthwhile venture even if it is more difficult to do. Another item I want to check off before drywall is to add sound deadening mat to all of my plumbing lines around critical areas in the basement. I saw that @kaseki mentioned recently that he also did that to his ductwork. Might do that to the range duct once installed. Thanks again to all the comments and posts from @opaone, @kaseki, and others in those threads as well. If anything seems odd or needs attention. Please feel free to chime in!