Katalyst Kitchen Display System
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Katalyst Kitchen Display System, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Katalyst Kitchen Display System's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional marketplace integrations
- Katalyst names DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and ezCater as direct POS integrations for ghost kitchens.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Katalyst reporting shows median and 95th-percentile preparation times by item, station, shift, and server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Course pacing
- Servers can hold appetizers in the queue until mains are four minutes out.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Hardware
- KDS supports touchscreen displays with HDMI input, optional USB bump bars, and Elo, Logic Controls, and most off-the-shelf restaurant-grade displays.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The page says orders from Katalyst online ordering, catering, mobile order and pay, and kiosks flow into KDS; DoorDash and Uber Eats tickets can route through its integrations layer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes configurations for fine dining, quick-service restaurants, multi-concept kitchens, cafés, and high-volume operations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Kitchen controls
- Staff can tap to bump tickets, recall the last 50, and void items with reason codes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limits and pricing
- KDS is native to Katalyst POS; pricing scales by terminal, with volume discounts past three screens per location, but the page does not state an amount.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Order routing
- The system routes items to the station that prepares them, with routing configurable by concept and shift.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Pricing availability
- The KDS page says pricing scales by terminal and volume discounts apply past three screens per location, but it does not list a price.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Katalyst KDS replaces paper tickets with a digital display that organizes orders, modifiers, and timing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Katalyst's website privacy policy says it uses administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for personal information and cannot guarantee complete security.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Setup
- Katalyst estimates one to two days of setup for a single location, followed by a soft-launch shift with paper running in parallel.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Station routing
- The system routes items to configured prep stations, such as salads to the cold line and mains to the grill.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Katalyst advertises US-based 24/7 phone support and says it replies to email within one business day.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Third-party orders
- The maker says DoorDash and Uber Eats orders can route through its integrations layer into the KDS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Ticket controls
- Staff can tap to bump tickets, recall the last 50, and void individual items with reason codes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Katalyst KDS is built into the Katalyst POS and routes orders from in-person, online, kiosk, and catering channels to kitchen screens.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Raynham, Massachusetts, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- POS requirement
- Katalyst KDS is native to Katalyst POS, so using it requires replacing a different POS; the maker says its team handles menu and data migration.checked 11 Oct 2026
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