Kitchen display

Every ticket on the right screen, in under a second.

Replace the paper rail with a screen per station. Orders from the POS, waiter app and online store land at the grill, fry, bar or dessert station the moment they are sent, and the expo screen sees the whole order come together.

Station routing
Expo screen
Colour timers
Printer fallback

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DineBills kitchen display on a landscape tablet with ticket cards in columns, colour-coded timers and bump buttons

From Send on the POS to the ticket on screen: < 1 s; From Send on the POS to the ticket on screen
Green, amber, red timers against your target times: 3 colours; Green, amber, red timers against your target times
One screen that sees every order come together: Expo; One screen that sees every order come together
Printed KOTs if a screen goes offline: Auto; Printed KOTs if a screen goes offline

Read it from across the kitchen

What matters, in the colour that matters.

Ticket cards sit in columns on a dark screen. The header turns from green to amber to red as the ticket ages, modifiers like “No onion” and allergy notes are highlighted, and one tap bumps it.

On timeUnder target
Getting closeNear target
LatePast target

Allergy and “No” modifiers always shown in red, with a label.

Station routing

The grill sees grill items. The bar sees drinks.

Each item or category is assigned to a station in the back office. When an order spans stations, each screen gets only its own lines, and the expo screen shows the complete order so it leaves the pass together.

Route by item or by category
Expo or pass screen with the full order
Same rules for POS, waiter app and online orders
Run a station on screen, on paper, or both

How routing is set up

app.dinebills.com/setup/kitchen

Kitchen and printers settings with Kitchen, Grill and Bar stations, each set to Printer or Both with a backup printer

From order to pass

Four steps. No shouting.

Step 1

Send on the POS

The cashier or waiter taps Send once. No choosing printers or screens.
Step 2

Split by station

Each station gets only its own items, in under a second.
Step 3

Cook and bump

Timers count up against targets. Cooks bump items as they finish.
Step 4

Expo and serve

Expo sees the whole order is ready and the waiter gets an alert.

Never a silent kitchen

If a screen drops off, the printer picks up.

Kitchen screens need internet. Your kitchen should not. DineBills watches every screen and falls back to paper automatically.

Heartbeat monitoring

The POS knows within seconds when a station screen stops responding.

Automatic KOT printing

While a screen is down, its tickets print at the fallback printer you chose. No one has to switch anything.

Voids follow the ticket

A voided item is struck through on screen, or printed as a void ticket on paper.

On the line

Made for hot, loud, busy kitchens.

Large type on a dark background, clear colours with labels, and controls that work with a tap, a keyboard or a bump bar.

Colour-coded timers

Every ticket counts up against its target prep time and turns amber, then red. Rush orders are flagged.

Bump and recall

Bump a single item or the whole ticket. Recall or undo if it was bumped by mistake.

All-day counts

A running total of every open item, so the grill knows it needs eight patties, not three tickets.

Modifier highlighting

"No onion", "Well done" and special instructions stand out so they are not missed.

Tiles or list view

Choose ticket tiles for the line or a dense list for the pass.

Order source badge

See at a glance whether a ticket came from the counter, a waiter or online.

Touch, keyboard or bump bar

Use the screen, a keyboard or a bump bar. Whatever survives your kitchen.

Sound alerts

An audible cue when a new ticket arrives, so nobody has to watch the screen.

Order-ready board

Bumped orders move to ready on a screen guests can see, so nobody crowds the pass.

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Frequently asked questions

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What hardware do I need for the kitchen display?

Any tablet, all-in-one or computer with a modern browser can be a station screen. Mount it where the cooks can see it and pair it with a code from the back office. A keyboard or bump bar is optional.

What happens if the kitchen screen loses internet?

The POS notices that the screen is offline and prints that station’s tickets on its fallback printer instead. When the screen is back, new tickets go to it again.

Can I use screens for some stations and printers for others?

Yes. Every station has its own destination: Printer, KDS or Both. A common setup is screens on the hot line and a printer at the bar.

Do online and waiter app orders show on the KDS?

Yes. Orders from the POS, the waiter app and your online store follow the same station rules and arrive on the right screen with a source badge.

How are target times set?

You set target prep times in the back office. Tickets turn amber as they approach the target and red when they pass it.