Rezo Kitchen Display
The Kitchen screen is the kitchen's view of what has been ordered. Lines sent from the floor arrive as tickets, the kitchen marks them as they progress, and the floor sees the change without anyone shouting across the pass. It is a display, not a data entry screen — the only thing it records is where each ticket has got to.
Ticket statuses
| Status | Means |
|---|---|
| Queued | Received, not started. |
| Preparing | Being cooked. |
| Ready | Waiting to be taken out. |
| Served | Collected and delivered to the table. |
| Cancelled | Withdrawn before it was made. |
Course timing
Tickets carry their course, so starters, mains and desserts are held and released in the right order rather than all cooking at once. This is the difference between a kitchen display and a printer: a printer tells the kitchen everything immediately, which is exactly wrong for a three-course table.
Modifiers
A line's modifiers appear on its ticket. That is the whole point of recording them at the till instead of remembering them — the instruction reaches the person cooking, in writing.
What the floor sees
Marking a ticket Ready is what tells the floor it can be collected. The table's own status follows the lines, so a table with everything ready reads as ready rather than still cooking.
Keeping the kitchen screen honest is what makes the floor screen useful. A kitchen that marks everything ready at the end of service gives the floor no information at all during it.
Permission
The kitchen display is guarded by Kitchen Display, which can be granted on its own. Kitchen staff need no other rights — not to take orders, not to bill, and certainly not to void.