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Multiple digital prep stations

How to use the KDS when you have multiple prep stations

To select the Prep Station you want to display:

  • Go to the Tebi App > Prep Station

  • The name of the selected Prep Station will be visible at the top

  • Click on the name to see a list of all the Prep Stations

  • Select the Prep Stations you would like to view

  • It is possible to select multiple Prep Stations at the same time

    • This can be used to coordinate who is preparing what and seeing when a course is fully ready at the pass

Viewing Multiple Prep Stations

If your business uses more than one prep station - for example, a hot section, cold section, and bar - you can view them individually or all together in the Tebi App. This helps your team stay in sync and see when each part of an order is ready.

How to choose which Prep Stations to display:

  • Open the Tebi App, go to > Prep Station.

  • At the top of the screen, you’ll see the name of the currently selected Prep Station.

  • Tap the name to open a dropdown list of all available Prep Stations.

  • From this list, select one or more Prep Stations you want to view.

  • You can select multiple stations at once.

  • The screen will now show tickets from all the selected stations.

Why this is useful:

  • It allows chefs or expediters to see the full picture—who is preparing what, and when.

  • It helps the team coordinate timing, so that courses are ready together and nothing is left waiting at the pass.

  • It’s ideal for shared screens or when multiple team members work across stations.

  • Use this feature to streamline service and ensure a smoother handoff between your kitchen stations.

Order overview of the digital prep station

Get an overview of all the dishes that have been fired to the pep station:

  • In the Tebi App go to Prep Station > click on the icon (top right)

  • The overview shows the ‘Total active orders’ and ‘Oldest order’

  • The List view shows a summary per product :

    • See how many dishes have been ordered, fired, in preparation, ready to serve and served.

    • Highlight the view by tapping on each of the statuses (e.g. clicking fired will highlight the fired column).

  • The Timeline view shows a summary per status:

    • Click on the status to view the products.

See other stations' products for the same course

Peeking, cross station visibility, gives a Prep Station a read-only view of products being prepared at other stations for the same course, so your team can see when a whole course is ready across stations without switching screens or shouting across the kitchen.

Why this is useful:

  • A course is often split across stations — e.g. a main course with a hot product from the kitchen and a cold side from the bar. This lets the kitchen station see that the bar's product for that same course is still in progress, without needing to open the combined multi-station view described above

  • Reduces the back-and-forth needed ("how long on the mains?") to confirm a course is fully ready to fire to the pass

  • Especially useful for courses needing prep from more than one station, or long-cook items where timing matters most.

How to turn this on:

  • In the Tebi App, go to Prep Station

  • Tap the three-dot menu to open the KDS Settings for that device.

  • In the Display section, turn on Show products from other stations.

  • Peeked items appear alongside the station's own tickets, marked as read-only (they can only be marked complete from their own station)

  • This is a per-device setting and is off by default, so turn it on separately on each device where you want to use it.

How it works:

  • When another station is preparing items for the same course, a muted, read-only card appears on the ticket labelled "On [Station Name]".

  • Tap the card's header to expand or collapse it — this is remembered per ticket.

  • Each item shows as "[quantity] x [product name]" along with that station's own prep-status icon, so you can see how far along it is (fired, in preparation, or ready).

  • The card is read-only — you can't tap, bump, or modify another station's items from it.

  • Only courses your own station is also preparing will show this view, so it won't clutter your ticket with courses you have no part in.

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