Glossary·Restaurant
What is KOT?
Kitchen Order Ticket, the instruction sent to the kitchen when a customer orders, listing the items to prepare. Modern POS sends KOTs digitally instead of on paper.
Where this shows up
KOT is handled directly inside Capturo Restaurant POS, from qr scan to settled bill.
See Capturo Restaurant POSRelated terms
- KDS
- Kitchen Display System, a screen in the kitchen that shows incoming orders live, replacing printed tickets and helping cooks track and time each dish.
- COGS
- Cost of Goods Sold, the direct cost of the ingredients or materials in what you sold. For a restaurant it's the recipe cost of dishes served; it's the key input to gross margin.