14 Menu Item Components

Components are the individual elements that make up a parent menu item. For example, a burger can consist of the following components:

  • Bun

  • Patty

  • Side salad

Rather than sending the parent menu item to all relevant Prep Stations simultaneously, the menu item components feature allows you to define prep times for individual components, and then sends each component to the designated Prep Station at different times based on the prep time. For example, the following table lists the components of a burger with prep times:

Table 14-1 Example Components with Prep Time

Component Prep Time (Minutes)

Bun

1

Patty

10

Side salad

2

When sending the components of the burger to the Kitchen Display System (KDS), Simphony first sends the patty to the Prep Station because it takes the longest to prepare. After eight minutes, Simphony sends the side salad, and then after one minute, it sends the bun. After ten minutes elapse, all components of the burger are ready. The prep timing ensures that food quality is maintained as components do not spoil while waiting until all other components of the menu item are ready.

When using components, you can configure parent menu items to send to:

  • Only the Expo Display

  • The Expo Display and a Prep Display

When a parent menu item is configured to fire only to an Expo Display, as in the previous example, Simphony ignores the prep time (if any) configured for the parent menu item in the Menu Item Maintenance module. If the parent menu item also fires to a Prep Station, Simphony considers the prep time of the parent menu item and sends components to Prep Stations in relation to the parent item’s prep time. For information on how condiments affect components and the prep time, see Components with Condiments.

Setting up components consist of completing the following tasks:

Menu item components are only supported on non-Dynamic Order Mode (DOM) KDS Displays.

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