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

A large portion of kitchens have adopted technology that has delays programmed for each item and sends them to the kitchen in a specific order based on their cook times. For example, if the kitchen screens are programmed that a well done ribeye takes 15 min, and a burger takes 7 min, the system won’t even send the burger until the steak has been on the grill for 8 min. Theoretically, they should come out at the same time.