DeVore Automation Systems · Kitchen Ops
FlowKDS works with the POS and ticket printer you already have — any brand, any age. It turns every order into a live card on kitchen, expo, and server screens the moment it's rung in. No integration project. No subscriptions. No missed tickets.
How it installs
FlowKDS doesn't replace your ticket printer, and there's no integration project with your POS vendor. It works from the same print job your kitchen printer already receives — so installation is a morning's work, not a migration.
A small connector installs on the line between your POS and the kitchen printer. Your tickets keep printing exactly as they always have.
Each ticket is captured raw the instant it prints, then parsed into items, modifiers, and seats and matched against your menu.
Orders land on the right station screens instantly, with expo and server views tracking every plate to the pass.
FlowKDS today
Everything below is built and working today — not a spec sheet.
Any system that prints kitchen tickets is compatible — no API contracts, no vendor lock-in, no per-terminal fees.
Grill, fry, expo, server — each screen shows exactly its own work, updated the moment a ticket prints.
Every ticket is stored raw before parsing is even attempted. If one can't be read, it appears on every board as a make-by-hand card instead of vanishing.
Per-dish plating photos, build order, and cooking notes are one press away from any order card.
Ticket times, rework rates, station load, and hour-by-hour volume — with printable reports for the morning meeting.
Local hardware on your kitchen network. No cloud dependency — service keeps moving even when the internet doesn't.
Ownership
Nobody charges you monthly rent for your flat-top. When you buy a Flow system, you buy it the way you bought the rest of your line: you pay for it once, and it's yours for as long as your kitchen stands.
No subscriptions, no seat licenses, no per-terminal-per-month. The day it's paid for is the last day it costs you anything.
We believe you should keep getting the best of what you paid for. Every new feature, every security patch, every stability fix we ever ship for what you bought — included, free, for life. The system you buy today only gets better.
Flow runs on your hardware, on your kitchen network. It doesn't need our servers to start your day, and it will never stop working because a payment didn't go through.
The Flow platform
Flow is growing into a platform for running the whole kitchen — each module standalone, all sharing the same screens, the same local-first design, and the same no-integration installation.
A complete point of sale designed around the kitchen, not bolted onto it. Paired with FlowKDS, it's one system from order to pass — card payments included, ticket printer optional.
Shift-start par counting on a tablet, a searchable recipe book, and a wall-mounted prep board with live shortfalls and batch timers.
HACCP temperature checks with enforced corrective actions, pan hold-time countdowns, and FDA two-stage cooling logs — inspection-ready, on any tablet.
Hands-free control for the line. Say “Hey Flow, bump one” and the ticket clears — no clean hands required.
Every tool below is a monthly subscription somewhere on a restaurant's books today. We're building Flow versions of all of them — same screens, same local-first design, same buy-once-own-forever deal.
Staff scheduling with availability, shift swaps, and labor-cost targets.
Punch in/out, break tracking, and overtime alerts, right on the kitchen screens.
Counts, pars, variance, and low-stock alerts — the walk-in on a tablet.
Supplier order guides, one-tap reorders, and receiving against what was ordered.
Invoice capture and approval, with price-change alerts on the items you buy every week.
Recipe costing and plate margins that update as your invoice prices move.
Tip pooling and payout math everyone can check — rules in, splits out.
Hours, tips, and overtime rolled into a clean export your payroll provider accepts.
Announcements, shift notes, and messaging that stays at work — no group texts.
Onboarding checklists, station guides, and certification tracking for every hire.
Opening, closing, and line-check lists with time-stamped accountability.
Service logs, repair tracking, and maintenance schedules for every piece of equipment.
Pilot program
We're looking to partner with restaurant owners to pilot our systems in their locations. Pilot kitchens get hands-on installation, a direct line to the people building Flow, and a real say in what gets built next.