> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ofatoura.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Kitchen Stations Overview

> Index for the Kitchen module: kitchen places (stations), routing menu items to kitchens, viewing KOTs, KOT settings, and item availability. Explain stations route tickets to specific printers. Link to children.

Index for the Kitchen module: kitchen places (stations), routing menu items to kitchens, viewing KOTs, KOT settings, and item availability. Explain stations route tickets to specific printers. Link to children.

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  <Card title="Setting Up Kitchen Stations" icon="file-text" href="/kitchen/kitchen-places">
    Cover Kitchen Places: create/edit/delete stations with name (unique per branch), description, assigned printer (required), active/inactive, and the read-only default flag. Explain non-default stations can be deleted. Permissions: Create/Update/Delete/Show Kitchen Place.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Assigning Menu Items to Kitchens" icon="list" href="/kitchen/routing-items">
    Document assigning items to a station (bulk add modal, search, item type/variation/price), removing items, the Unassigned Items section, and quick-assign. Explain routing determines which printer receives the KOT (MenuItem kot\_place\_id). Note advanced kitchen-routing updates via the KDS API (Manage Kitchen Routing). Permissions: Create/Update Kitchen Place.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Viewing Kitchen Tickets (All Kitchens and Per-Kitchen)" icon="settings" href="/kitchen/web-kot-views">
    Cover the unified All Kitchens Kanban and per-kitchen views: columns by status, date-range filter, group by table/order-type/kitchen, search, SLA timers, item-level status when enabled, and cancel with reason. Permissions: Show Kitchen Place, Manage KOT.
  </Card>

  <Card title="KOT Settings, Cancel Reasons, and Marking Items 86" icon="chart-bar" href="/kitchen/kot-settings-and-86">
    Document KOT Settings (enable item-level status tracking, default KOT status pending\_confirmation vs in\_kitchen), KOT cancel reasons configuration, and marking a menu item as 86 (out of stock) with optional reason — propagates immediately to ePOS and the customer shop via cache invalidation, audit-logged. Permissions: Manage Settings, Mark Item As 86.
  </Card>
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