topic Re: Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef in Restaurant Operations

Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef

Playmakers — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:28:21 GMT

How do I create a Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef? I want it to subtract from inventory based on selected beers in the bucket made at the time my bartender rings the order in.

Ex:

Our domestic bucket comes with 5 beers. The cost is $15 regardless of the individual beer cost. Guests can choose from a list of our domestic beers for the bucket.

Re: Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef

rcmck — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:37:30 GMT

How is it setup in the POS? Is beer bucket the main menu item and beer selections modifiers?

Re: Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef

Playmakers — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:19:22 GMT

Menu item is domestic bucket, and then a mandatory modifier screen comes up where the bartender selects which beers going into the bucket

Re: Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef

rcmck — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:54:32 GMT

Ok, you could just find those modifiers under the product mix mapping modifiers tab and assign the product and measurement to them there, this would add it anywhere the modifier is used which may or may not be a problem.

The other option would be to just create a blank recipe with no ingredients for the Domestic Bucket paired to the Domestic Bucket menu item, then under product mix mapping > menu item mapping, find the domestic bucket and click on it anywhere but the left menu item column (it's a little confusing, I know) on the next screen click on the modifiers tab and then assign the bottles to the modifiers there. Doing it this way would only assign the product to the modifiers for that menu item.

Re: Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef

Playmakers — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:50:07 GMT

Thank you. I’ll give it a shot. Learning this portion of xtra chef may as well be like learning an alien language from scratch. I had hoped it would be more user friendly. Thanks again.

Re: Bucket of Beer recipe in xtrachef

Rob — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:09:41 GMT

You can also use Toast IQ to help you get everything set up. I spoke with a customer who used it for their setup, and they said the process went really smoothly!