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Resolved! Auto-Fulfillment of items not requiring prep

ISSUE: soups, salads, chips, etc. are all taken care of by the food runner but they still need to be on the expo screen. When the kitchen fulfills all food items, the order does not go to the front of the KDS because the sauces are showing up as not ...

KDS - Take Out Expeditor Screen

We recently switched to KDS screens.  Some of our locations do heavy carryout business where we have an expo station that handles dine-in orders and another station that expedites carryout orders.  All orders come from the same prep stations.  Is the...

KDS cooking timer function

Does Toast have item cooking timer, where the KDS automatically counts down prep time after a chef confirms start cooking the order, and then flashes to remind them when it's done? 

Resolved! Expediting ToGo Orders

I'm looking for additional best practices.  We have 2 KDS screens in the BOH.  One is the main expediter screen and the other is designated for online orders and a dedicated POS for ToGo orders.  When on online order comes in, the main KDS prints a k...

KDS Fulfillment time tracking

I want to track cook's ticket time performance.  I can give each cook KDS permission. I have them sign in at their prep station. The ticket details, under kitchen operation reports has the data I need.  I want Toast AI to average the fulfillment time...

Resolved! KDS REPORTING

I wanted to know if there is a way to get better KDS reporting such as:Time of prep of itemsClock in as expo and see how you can measure his time of sending tickets What Items are taking too long to make or the one that are fast to make for me those ...

Resolved! Configuring Prep time across stations

Has anyone figure out a good way to setting up prep times for items across multiple stations?Currently, if a server wants to add a protein to a dish, we've set up req'd or forced shown mods to allow them to add it to a dish and it's routed to the res...

KDS Production Item Count Lag

I just switched our restaurant to KDS screens in our quick service restaurant and was so excited about production item counts and how they could create massive efficiencies for our kitchen. Unfortunately we cannot rely on production item counts to up...

KDS Fulfillment

We have a bakery where all items up front are made the night before to be put in our display cases. We also have online orderings for specialty items (cakes, mostly) as well as wholesale. Right now my KDS is set up to be the only screen that receives...

Help in Ocean City, Maryland

Just wanted to introduce ourselves! My husband and I are very experienced Toast users with multiple integrations including KDS, MarginEdge, Toast Go Handhelds, Catering, Online Ordering, Waitlist & Reservations, Loyalty, ...We are located in Ocean Ci...