I’ve no experience with that broiler, but I do have a 60” Viking dual fuel range with an infrared broiler... I love the broilers in my ovens! They broil so evenly! I’ve had my Viking range for about 4 years and it’s been great! I did have opportunity to deal with Viking customer service... when it was installed we had a minor cosmetic issue. Viking really didn’t have to resolve the issue... we bought a floor model from a dealer that was sold “as is” but we hadn’t noticed that issue until it was put in our home (it sat all wrapped up in our garage for a month or so before we could have it installed... our kitchen remodel was a complete gut job and we bought the range during the demolition phase) Anyways, it took a little while to get the part because Viking ended up replacing the entire oven door to fix the trim issue we had and since we have a graphite grey range, it wasn’t something we could get locally. However, we didn’t have to pay a dime and we were pleased in our dealings with Viking. People on this site seem to hate Viking... but we’ve been very happy with our range. HTH!

Here’s some photos of my Viking :)

@skmom your kitchen is beautiful... enjoy! On an unrelated note, what are the orange stools at your island? I would like to get them for my kitchen. Thanks, Steve

Steve, thank you for the compliment! We got the barstools from IKEA. :) They’ve actually held up very well for several years with daily use... and some of the people in our family are on the larger side. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how well they’ve held up.

I'll second Steve's compliment. That kitchen is a beauty! Is your range all gas or dual fuel?

Jon, it is dual fuel.

In CR's testing, the LG LSD4913ST was rated excellent in broiling. You might want to check out its ratings of other ranges including so called "pro-style" ranges (consumerreports.org/join - $10/month digital) including Viking models.

skmom- Can I ask what size hood you went with and do you have any regrets?

Jas3150- it’s a 60” hood. We got the range and hood together, it was a floor model deal and it was the last bit of Viking this store was carrying so we got everything deeply discounted (and we talked them down more...) All that to say, we didn’t get a choice on the hood size, like if we wanted to go bigger. This sucker cranks! I’m sure a little bigger than the range would’ve been nice, but I’ve really not had much of any problem with grease going off to the side, and I do a lot of high heat Asian-style cooking where I turn the thing all the way up. It’s loud, but I don’t care, it does the job, and it does it well and that’s all I want from it. So no, I don’t have any regrets on the hood size. It has a baffle system to collect the grease, and that’s the only kind of system I was interested in considering the kind of cooking I do so frequently. Nevertheless, I would not have turned down a hood that was larger than my range if it had been an option with what we were buying. We have just sold this house (we close in just over a week) and we will be building a home on a plot of land we already own. We have just become empty nesters (all 5 of our young adult children moved out this year! They were all close in age) and we are downsizing big time. I’m planning out my next kitchen already, and I will be going with a smaller cooktop (BlueStar this time because I want the wok cooking features it has that I can’t get with other brands) so I’m only going with a 36” cooktop, I do plan to go with a larger hood this time because with the BlueStar I will have more BTU’s than I’ve ever had before, and because it’s only a 36” and I think it will just look better to have a larger hood than that. Ventilation is pretty important to me, LOL!

Jas3150, it is an internal blower... I can’t recall whether it has an 8” or 10” pipe... it was big though so I want to say it’s a 10” pipe. It’s not very long, but it does have to traverse past the ceiling/floor, through the back part of a closet into a small attic space and exhausts through our roof that is lower than the main roof covering the bedroom where that closet is located. Hope that makes sense... it doesn’t go up a full two stories.