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Kitchen Efficiency Report

Kitchen Efficiency Report measures how fast your kitchen actually fires orders — average prep time per menu item and per hour of the day, colour-banded Fast/Moderate/Slow, plus an overall letter-grade efficiency score (A–D) — so you can spot which items or hours are dragging your ticket times down.

📍 Menu path: Reports & Analytics → Kitchen Efficiency Report
👤 Who uses it: All roles with the Reports feature enabled

Overview

Prep time per item is colour-banded: Fast (≤10 min, green), Moderate (11–20 min, amber), Slow (>20 min, red) — letting you scan for problem items at a glance.

An overall Efficiency Grade summarises average prep time across the period: A/Excellent (≤8 min), B/Good (≤14 min), C/Average (≤20 min), D/Needs Work (>20 min).

Two tabs let you switch between an Items view (average prep time per menu item) and an hour-of-day view (average prep time by hour, using 12-hour AM/PM labels) to see whether slowness is item-specific or tied to particular busy hours.

Covers a selectable date range, defaulting to the last 30 days for a stable average.

Before You Start

Step-by-Step Guide

1 Find your slowest items

  1. Open Kitchen Efficiency Report and switch to the Items tab.
  2. Scan for red-banded (Slow, >20 min) items.
  3. Investigate whether the slowness is a recipe/process issue or a station bottleneck.

2 Check if slowness is tied to specific hours

  1. Switch to the hour-of-day tab.
  2. Compare average prep times across the day to see if slow tickets cluster during your peak hours (a staffing/capacity issue) or are spread evenly (more likely an item-specific issue).

3 Track your overall efficiency grade over time

  1. Note your current Efficiency Grade (A–D) for the selected range.
  2. Re-check the same date range length periodically after making kitchen process changes to see if the grade improves.

Every Field & Button, Explained

Field / ButtonWhat it does
Prep Time band (Fast/Moderate/Slow)Per-item or per-hour average: Fast ≤10 min, Moderate 11–20 min, Slow >20 min.
Efficiency Grade (A–D)Overall grade from average prep time across the period: A ≤8 min, B ≤14 min, C ≤20 min, D >20 min.
Items tab / Hour tabSwitches the breakdown between per-menu-item and per-hour-of-day averages.

Tips & Best Practices

Troubleshooting & FAQ

An item I know is quick to make shows as Slow.
Prep time is measured from ticket fired to ticket ready — check for KDS/KOT workflow delays (e.g. tickets sitting before being acknowledged) rather than assuming the cook time itself is the issue.
The Items and Hour tabs show conflicting pictures.
They're independent aggregations — an item can be fast on average while still being slow specifically during your busiest hour; use both views together rather than expecting them to match.