Eli5 how on earth to restaurants get the orders out for each table at the same time despite the dishes taking different amounts of time to cook?

Question

Like, so many different tables, they can’t do each table at a time, so confusing

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Answer 1

You may not understand but the people working the line do. 3 minutes for a pasta, 12 for a steak? Start the pasta when the steaks at 8 minutes. Boom. Done. That’s it, that’s all there is too it.