What this page is for
A prep station is where a prepared item is made, such as the grill, the bar or the pass. An item that needs preparing names a station, and selling it sends a ticket there, either to a kitchen screen or to a docket printer, or both. Prep stations lists every one you have: its name, its store, how long an order can wait there before the kitchen marks it waiting long, late, and then alerts a manager, and whether it is active or retired.
Everyone whose role can view the floor and kitchen set-up sees this page. Adding, editing and retiring a station need a role that can manage it.
How to…
How to add a prep station
Press New prep station. See New prep station.
How to retire or restore a station
Open the row's menu and choose Retire or Restore. A station that items still send orders to, or that has orders waiting in its queue, cannot be retired.
Worked examples
Restaurant and bar
The Acacia Grill & Bar sets up two stations: Kitchen, with a kitchen screen and a printer, and Bar, with a printer only. Its items each name which one they go to in New item.
Butchery that also roasts meat
Mama Njeri's Butchery sets up one station, Grill, for nyama choma. Raw beef sold straight from the counter names no station at all, because it is handed over immediately rather than cooked to order.