Kitchen iQ → Holding

Created 07 May 2025 • Updated 07 May 2025

Manual Hold

During service operations it might be necessary to manually hold an entire order or selected items within an order.

You might need to hold an item or order because:

  • There is a query on the order and to stop preparation the order is held

  • The guest has asked for a break in their meal and wants to hold their next course

  • An operational issue which means something cannot be prepared

This feature will only work if a channel has been configured within its settings to permit manual hold items, if it has been hidden this feature will not be available

Holding Orders

Follow these steps to put an order on to manual hold with a bump bar (panel view):

Step Bump Bar Button Action
1

Bump Bar: Press the Order Up / Down buttons to navigate to the order to hold

2

Bump Bar: Press the Hold button

The ticket will be held

Panel View:

Follow these steps to put an order on to manual hold with touchscreen:

Step Touchscreen Button Action
1  

Touchscreen: Tap the top of the order to hold

The order will be selected with white border
2 Touchscreen: Tap the hold button
Repeat these steps for both bump bar and touchscreen to take the order off manual hold

Holding Items

Follow these steps to put an item on to manual hold with a bump bar (panel view):

Step Bump Bar Button Action
1

Bump Bar: Press the Order Up / Down buttons to navigate to the order to hold

2 Bump Bar: Press the Item Up / Down buttons to navigate the items to put on hold
3

Bump Bar: Press the Hold button

The item will be held

Follow these steps to put an item on to manual hold with a bump bar (cook time view):

Step Bump Bar Button Action
1 Bump Bar: Press the Item Up / Down buttons to navigate the items to put on hold
2

Bump Bar: Press the Hold button

The item will be held

Follow these steps to put an item on to manual hold with touchscreen:

Step Touchscreen Button Action
1  

Touchscreen: Tap the item within the order to hold

The item will be selected with white border
2 Touchscreen: Tap the hold button
Repeat these steps for both bump bar and touchscreen to take the item off manual hold