I don't think the cabinets will touch it, so I'm not sure if it matters? The kitchen we had installed recently had the cabinets done first - but if you have a plan I'm not sure that it makes a difference. We did have the wall tiled first however, so that the hood could be mounted on top of the tile. - that being said...cabinets first, then tile, then hood.

So . . . (1) cabinets, (2) counter tops? (3) back splash, (4) hood?

Yes that’s right. Cabinets go against the wall, backsplash up to cabinet and countertop edges, hood goes over backsplash.

While backsplash materials that are brought up behind the hood assembly obviously have to be applied first if the hood and/or ducting is out from the wall surface, one should consider that it is easier to install the hood, particularly a heavy hood, with the counter and cabinets out of the way. This may not be so critical with a range configuration, as the range can be moved and the space it occupies used by the installers. Test installations can be used for fitting, but careful planning and measurement can also be the basis of construction.

My Wolf Pro Island hood, the largest Wolf makes, was installed using a hydraulic sheet rock lift to hold it, as otherwise it would have required several helpers. The peninsula that it hung over was not yet constructed. I already knew exactly where the cooktop and counter were to be located, and hence where the hood extension had to be mounted into the ceiling and beams above.

So I recommend thinking about the processes involved following different sequences of construction to find the approach that in your specific case is the easiest to implement.

Wow, that makes sense. We will (eventually) have glass back-splash around the perimeter, with a different 'splash behind the range and hood. We have a range instead of a cook top so it can easily be moved out to install the hood. OP's hood is similar to what we will be looking for, and DH thought the hood should go up before cabinets. Now I'm reading that hoods are 'wall-mounted' so the tile/back-splash has to go up before the hood and the hood is anchored into the tile/back-splash. So many details!

Kaseki, I mounted my 48” prizestar hood with a drywall lift as well since I have no help, and used cabinet jacks to fine tune for height and level. Thinking back on it, I don’t see how a few helpers would have made any difference. That hood was against the wall a good hour while I fine tuned the height to my liking and getting it perfectly level.

I do have a range configuration but left the absolute minimum tolerance between base cabinets so I wouldn’t have gaps larger than necessary for natural thermal expansion. That left me with no room for error on the hood placement, but everything worked out thanks to that drywall lift.

The height of my 66 x 34 x 18-inch hood was determined by the ceiling height, the extension height, and the hood itself. Once the relatively manageable extension was attached through the ceiling, it was only necessary to align the hood to the extension and thread in the major bolts. So my need was for the hood to be supported within a fraction of an inch of the extension with a bit of play so the bolts could be started. After that, it was a matter of tightening them up with the lift providing a means to take some load off of the bolts. All alignment tedium in my case was related to the extension and structural additions to which it was attached, and not the hefty 168-lb hood.

Attaching the hood in this case required being inside the hood.

I would discourage the change in backsplash behind the stove IMO never really works except in a huge Tuscan style kitchen

Patricia, I'm guessing that was for me? Perimeter splash with something different behind the range/hood? Interestingly, the large Tuscan style kitchen was our last kitchen (Pre-Floods 1 & 2 : ). Although this is going to be a very different style, DH is really pumped up about the two choices, although we haven't purchased yet, so I would be very open to your (and others) input. Our info: Wall color: Sherwin Williams Crushed Ice. The rendering on my monitor makes it appear warmer than it is in our well-lit kitchen. There is is almost completely neutral, in the adjoining room it comes off more grey. Cabinets will be shaker and white ~ a rather 'white' white (I do not have a name as it is being done by our cabinet maker and they call it 'Chandler White). That shade looked better with our light, paint, floor, and counter material than the 'less white' option. Our floors are American Stone & Tile Ranch Wood in "warm brown" (which is also NOT a 'warm brown' but a nice balance of grey tones with not-warm wood tones. Counter tops will be White Macaubus Quartzite. The selection for behind the hood/range is also a quartzite but rough and stacked. It is called Ostrich Gray Ledger. This is the best option I have for posting a pic right now, and it doesn't really capture the texture & nuanced grays: OstrichGrayLedger

The back splash around the perimeter picks up the veining in the quartzite: Dunes Platinum Wave 3x12 Glass: DunesPlatinumWave.