Kitchen display screen (KDS)

Also known as: KDS, kitchen screen, pantalla de cocina, kitchen tablet, bump screen, marchar comanda, aviso de cocina.

The kitchen display is a live screen for the kitchen. When a waiter sends food, the order appears on the tablet instantly — no paper to chase — and the cooks tap each dish as they work it. It runs alongside the paper ticket, not instead of it, so if a screen ever glitches you still have the printout.

Drinks don't show on the kitchen display — the bar handles those at the terminal. Only food (and any "send to kitchen" misc item) appears.

Setting up the tablet

1. On the kitchen tablet, open https://<your-slug>.brasio.io/cocina.
2. Tap your name, then enter your PIN. (That first tap also turns on the new-order sound for the shift.)
3. For a clean full-screen view, run the browser in kiosk mode.

The board then stays on screen for the whole service and updates itself.

How an order flows

• A waiter sends food from the table → it appears on the board instantly, with a chime and a brief flash so the kitchen notices even when nobody is looking at the screen. The paper ticket prints at the same time, as before.
• Orders are grouped per table and by course (starters / mains / desserts).
• Each ticket shows a timer and changes colour as it waits: normal, amber after 5 minutes, red after 10, so the oldest tables stand out.

Start → Ready (two taps)

Each dish is a button with two stages:

1. First tap = Start. The dish turns teal and shows who's working it and how long it's been going. Front-of-house can see what's already underway.
2. Second tap = Ready. The dish is done and leaves the board.

You don't have to use Start for quick items — but it's there when the kitchen wants to claim a dish.

Recall (undo a bump)

Bumped something by mistake? The "Recently done" strip along the bottom lists the last few minutes of finished dishes. Tap the undo on one and it pops straight back onto the board.

Paper keeps printing

Nothing about the paper kitchen ticket changes — sending food still prints exactly as it did. See Kitchen tickets and course grouping. The tablet is an extra, parallel view.

Not working?

• No sound on new orders: a cook needs to log in (tap name → PIN) at least once per session — browsers only allow sound after that first tap. Also check the tablet isn't muted.
• Orders don't appear: they only show once a waiter sends the food to the kitchen. Drinks never appear here by design.
• "Request validation failed" on login: refresh the page (pull down / reload) so the tablet picks up the latest version, then tap your name and enter your PIN.
• The board didn't update: it refreshes itself live; if the tablet lost Wi-Fi it catches up on reconnect. A page refresh forces it.