About this integration
Crunchtime Kitchen — the kitchen display system formerly sold as ConnectSmart Kitchen by QSR Automations — is the KDS running in some of the largest restaurant brands in the country. Connected to NX Restaurant, tickets flow from the POS into Crunchtime’s routing and pacing engine without anyone re-entering an order.
The value shows up in the numbers Crunchtime’s own customers report: customizable routing, pacing, and prep-station logic that pulls minutes off ticket times. Bin management forecasts production ahead of a rush, telling the line what to cook, when, and how much, while tracking usage so quality holds through the peak.
Order-ready boards clean up the expo window, showing guest name, order number, or transaction status, and can text a guest when their food is up. For operators already standardized on Crunchtime’s ops suite, this keeps the kitchen on the system your team knows while NX runs the front of house.
Key features
- Orders route from NX to Crunchtime prep stations automatically
- Customizable routing and pacing to cut ticket times
- Bin management forecasts what to cook and how much
- Order-ready boards with SMS alerts when food is up
- Formerly ConnectSmart Kitchen from QSR Automations