Run your restaurant/Kitchen Display System

Builtfortheline. Notthespreadsheet.

4-lane KDS with urgent borders. Live timer per ticket. Bump buttons sized for messy fingers. Station routing for prep / grill / expo. Designed by a 10-year Domino's veteran.

Designed for messy fingersUrgent flagging built inStation routing

Kitchen — Prep lane

3 tickets
#2472:30
2× Margherita
1× Caesar
#2485:12
1× BBQ chicken
2× Sodas
#2490:48
Catering: 60 guests
Ticket time
−0:12
Avg vs. paper
Lanes
0
Or station-routed
Urgency flag
Auto
>90% target time
Hardware
BYO
iPad · Android · any screen
— 01 / 4 lanes, 1 expo

Bump fast. See urgent. Never lose a ticket.

Default 4 lanes (incoming, prep, ready, expo). Tickets auto-progress on bump. Past target time → urgent red border. Past 2x target → bright red flash + alert. Optional expo lane consolidates the final station.

  • 4 lanes default; configure per restaurant
  • Auto-urgent at target time
  • Optional expo lane for the final station

Kitchen — Prep lane

3 tickets
#2472:30
2× Margherita
1× Caesar
#2485:12
1× BBQ chicken
2× Sodas
#2490:48
Catering: 60 guests
— 02 / Station routing

Prep, grill, fryer, expo — each sees only what they cook.

Configure per-station: which dishes route where. Prep sees the salads + cold apps. Grill sees the burgers + steaks. Fryer sees the fries + nuggets. Expo sees everything just before send-out. Each station's KDS shows only its tickets.

  • Per-dish station routing
  • Station-specific KDS view
  • Expo consolidates the final pass

Kitchen — Prep lane

3 tickets
#2472:30
2× Margherita
1× Caesar
#2485:12
1× BBQ chicken
2× Sodas
#2490:48
Catering: 60 guests
— 03 / Hardware-flexible

Any screen. iPad. Android tablet. Old TV.

KDS runs on any screen with a browser — iPad, Android tablet, even an old TV with an Amazon Fire Stick. No proprietary hardware to buy. We've seen people run KDS on a $40 Walmart tablet for 18 months.

  • iPad · Android tablet · web kiosk · TV browser
  • Touch-optimized — works with gloves
  • $0 hardware investment if you have a screen

POS integrations

2-way sync
T
Toast
Synced
□
Square
Synced
♣
Clover
Synced
L
Lightspeed
Synced
Last menu sync: 4 seconds ago · Two-way · No conflicts.
★★★★★

“Ticket time dropped 4 minutes on day one. After two weeks we were 6 minutes faster than paper. The urgent flag alone caught 3 tickets that would have walked.”

MV
Mateo Vega
Vega's Carnitas, Chicago
How it works

Live in minutes.

1

Plug in a screen

iPad, Android tablet, browser kiosk. 5 minutes.

2

Set lanes + station routing

Defaults work. Customize per-dish if you have multiple stations.

3

Train the line in 10 min

Tap to bump. Red border = hurry. That's the whole thing.

Questions

Asked and answered.

Do I need new hardware?+
No. Any screen with a browser works — iPad, Android tablet, old TV with a Fire Stick. We see $40 Walmart tablets running KDS for years.
What about offline?+
Local cache + sync. If WiFi drops, tickets keep flowing on the existing KDS; new ones queue and sync on reconnect.
Can I print physical tickets too?+
Yes — KDS + ticket printer can run in parallel. Most kitchens migrate fully to KDS within 30 days.
What about the dining room expediter?+
Expo lane consolidates the final station. Expediter sees the full plate-up checklist, bumps when sent.
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