KITCHEN LAYOUT, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COOKED FOOD

摘要

A kitchen layout is provided which includes a plurality of work areas and devices arranged to promote efficient cooking and handling. The kitchen includes a food cooking area (22) for cooking food items which require further processing and assembly into a finished product. The food cooking area (22) contains various food cooking devices, such as a grill (24, 26, 28), an oven or a fryer (30). A cooked-food assembly area (34) containing an assembly area is spaced apart from the food cooking area (22). The cooked food items are assembled into finished products within the cooked-food assembly (34) area in response to customer orders. A cooked-food buffer area (50) is provided intermediate the food cooking area (22) and the cooked-food assembly area (34) and proximally located to both the food cooking area (22) and the cooked-food assembly area (34). The cooked-food buffer area (50) contains a cooked-food buffer device (52) for holding a supply of cooked food items at elevated temperature for extended periods of time while maintaining the taste, texture and appearance of the food items prior to subsequent processing and assembly.