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Ticket time

Elapsed time from when an order enters the kitchen to when it leaves the pass. Tracked per item or per ticket via KDS. Industry benchmark: 12-15 minutes for full-service mains; 4-7 minutes for QSR. Long ticket times signal kitchen stress or menu engineering issues.

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