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Free Food Cost on a computer: the Smash & Co. menu items, each dish with its menu price, plate cost and food cost %. Smash burger is amber at 31.2%; the rest are green.

For owners and chefs

Know your numbers before the month ends.

Every recipe costed from what you actually pay, so you price the menu on facts instead of a hunch.
  • Cost every plate from your prices. Type the case price once; the per-ounce math is done.
  • Sauces and preps carry through. Change the mayo and the burger follows.
  • Snap an invoice and prices update. Nothing changes until you approve it.
  • Hear when a dish goes over, the morning after the price moves, with what to charge.
  • Your target, not ours. Set the food cost you aim for and every dish is checked against it.
The Smash burger recipe in Free Food Cost: seven lines with amount, unit and line cost — House sauce (a sub-recipe) 2 oz $0.16, ground beef 80/20 5 oz $1.76, brioche bun $0.42, two slices of American cheese $0.17, 6 oz fries $0.43, pickles $0.14 and onion $0.04.The Free Food Cost dashboard card “Dishes over your target”: Smash burger went from 28.9% to 31.2% after ground beef 80/20 rose 15%, with the menu price that gets it back to 30%, $10.50.

For the line

The recipe, the build, the allergens.

What your cooks need on the line, always from the latest recipe.
  • Recipe cards for the line. The build in order, in the amounts they measure.
  • An allergen chart for the wall, picked up from every ingredient, sauces included.
  • Never out of date. Change a recipe and the next card shows it.
  • Your book on your phone. The Android app keeps every recipe in your pocket.
The printed Smash burger recipe card: allergens dairy, eggs and wheat; the build with amounts (2 oz house sauce, 5 oz ground beef, 1 brioche bun, 2 slices American cheese, 6 oz fries, 1.5 fl oz pickles, 1 oz onion); and four procedure steps.The printed allergen matrix for the Smash & Co. menu: seven dishes down the side, the FDA nine across the top, with ticks for dairy, eggs and wheat where each dish contains them.

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Made by a small kitchen crew.

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