Cook Times

To improve order delivery and accuracy when preparing items, using cook time mode will change the configuration into a more controlled process where order lines are presented in a recommended "Waiting to Start" stage. When operators are ready to start preparation, those items will "bump" to indicate that they have started to prepare this item, this in turn starts the next chain of events.

Products are setup in Aztec Product Modelling / Menu Manager to hold a "Cook Time", which will be the time it takes to prepare that item. Items are shown on screen in time order. Once the first item is started, the next item will be displayed in "waiting to start" X minutes after the first item, this will continue until all items are displayed. This production method should ensure that all dishes are cooked in the correct order and all items arrive for serving at the same time. In some instances the same product can have different cook times depending on the customer preferences, for example a steak with different cooking temperatures. The configuration will permit percentage increases / decreases depending on the required cooking temperature - a well done steak will appear before the rare steak.

Cook Times

Enabling Cook Times

Follow these steps to enable cook times:

Select the Enable Cook Times check box
Click Save

Ensure that Cook Times have been added to product items in Aztec Product Modelling or Menu Manager

Create the correct views in Channels to suit the operation

Zonal recommends using the cook time view within channel configuration when working with cook times. This ensures that preparation stations only see the items that need to be prepared at the right time. Additionally, enabling the 'Waiting to Start' order stage is beneficial, as it displays items with the longest cook times first on the screen. Once an order is bumped to start, the next items will appear in the correct sequence for preparation.

Cook Time Modifiers

Follow these steps to add cook time modifiers:

Click Add
Enter the following details, Text To Match | select to Increase or Decrease
- Increase by - adds time on to the cook time (by percentage)
- Decrease by - subtracts time on the cook time (by percentage)
Enter the required percentage
Adjust the Order as required using the up / down arrow buttons

When an order is received and the cook time modifiers are checked the system will match on the first entry it finds from the list order set
Click Save

For cook time modifiers to correctly trigger they must:

Match the text exactly
Be a child of the parent item (either using modifiers within a choice, a modifier from within an And Panel or using the And button)

Field Settings & Information

Cook Times

Cook times enables items to be presented in order of cooking length of time.

The following table of information describes each of the cook times fields:

Field	Description
Enable Cook Times	Check box to define if cook time functionality is enabled, orders are displayed to the operator in time order.

Cook Time Modifiers

Cook time modifiers allow for percentage change in time to account for the same item taking different time to prepare based on how it is cooked.

The following table of information describes each of the cook time modifier fields:

Field	Description
Order	Arrows to re-order the cook time modifiers - when the system looks for any matching words it works down the list from order 1, when it finds a match it will stop searching for any others
Text to Match	Input x to define matching text which will control the modification of the cook time applied to the product item
Increase / Decrease by	Drop down to define if the cook time should be increased or decreased
Percentage	Entry box to define the percentage value that the cook time will be adjusted by in conjunction with the increase / decrease option