Part of the Kitchen Lead track. Lesson 2 of 10.
Where in the shift: every ticket.
Prerequisites: Modules 44, 45.
The sequence
Sequence the fire by duration.
Require acknowledgment.
Check every plate.
Call finished rounds aloud.
And keep plates moving.
The decisions
Firing order. Longest first, shortest last, per Module 44 — so components land together. Firing in ticket order guarantees something waits, and the vegetable is the component that shows it because it has the least thermal mass.
Whether to hold for a straggler or re-fire the fast component. A judgment, and the answer depends on how long — the whole plate degrades while one component finishes.
Whether the plate goes. The two-second look, and it is the first thing dropped when the rail is deep — which is exactly when the defect rate rises.
Which means the gate has to be a position in the plate's path rather than a habit, because a gate that depends on remembering does not survive volume.
And whether a call was heard. A call that is not acknowledged has not been received, and during a set that failure is invisible to the person who made it.
What you are reading
The rail's growth rate, not its depth. Two tickets in five minutes is the signal and it is the moment a decision is still cheap.
Where product accumulates. The location is the constraint, per Module 43.
And who has gone quiet. A cook who is behind rarely says so, per Module 1 — the silence is the signal.
What goes wrong here
Fired in ticket order.
The gate skipped.
And a call unacknowledged — items fired twice or not at all.
Verification
Touch each component on ten plates.
And count unacknowledged calls during one set. The number will be higher than anyone expects.
The boundary
Allergen confirmation is governed by applicable law and the local health authority, per Module 51.