New Orders (always)
Every new order stays in New Orders for a maximum of 2 minutes. Staff can Accept earlier at any time. If Auto Print is ON, Take-Away prints a Token while Delivery/Dine-in prints the Temp Print; if it is OFF, the order moves without printing.
When Auto Complete is ON
After the 2-minute New Orders stage, later kitchen stages keep moving automatically:
- Preparing moves to Ready after 40 minutes.
- Ready Take-Away / Dine-in is completed after 30 minutes.
- Delivery orders can be completed automatically. Manual staff delivery is also available using Mark Delivered.
When Auto Complete is OFF
The 2-minute New Orders rule still applies, but after an order reaches Processing all later stages wait for staff to move them manually.
New Orders uses server/database time, so refreshing or reopening KDS does not restart the 2-minute timer.