Kitchen equipment
Kitchen display or kitchen printer?
Follow a burger and a side salad through dinner service to decide where paper tickets, a kitchen display or a mix will help your team.
Follow the ticket to the pass
Paper at the prep station
The grill cook clips the burger ticket to the rail, reads “no onions” and moves the slip when the dish is ready. Paper works well when a slip travels with a plate or bag. Agree on how the cook hears about a change after the ticket prints.
A screen at each station
With station routing, the grill sees the burger and the cold station sees the salad. Each cook marks their item ready on the kitchen display. The expediter sees completion updates and can tell which plate is still missing.
Paper and a screen in the same kitchen
Keep a printer at the grill and put the whole order on the expediter’s display. Decide who marks the burger ready when the paper ticket comes off the rail. Change the salad dressing on the test order and check how each station learns about the change before ordering equipment.