See your plate cost in minutes

Recipe → plate cost → food cost % → suggested menu price. Built for real kitchens, not spreadsheet spaghetti.

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FREE DEMO resets nightly · trial keeps your recipes & costs

How it works

Four steps from recipe to menu price — no spreadsheet spaghetti required.

  1. Add a recipe (or use the demo data).
  2. Attach ingredient costs from your inventory.
  3. See plate cost and food cost % against your sell price.
  4. Tap suggested menu price aimed at about 25–30% food cost — adjust if you want.

Tiny example

QA burger costs $0.75 a plate. Suggested sell around $2.73 lands near 27.5% food cost.

$0.75 ÷ 0.275 ≈ $2.73 menu price

How independent restaurants use plate cost: Owner-operators often cost a few hero dishes first — the burger, the pasta, the weekend special — so menu prices stay intentional when produce or protein jumps. Plate cost turns “feels about right” into a number you can share with the chef or shift lead without rebuilding a spreadsheet every week.

Two ways to try free

Pick FREE DEMO for a nightly-reset sandbox, or a real trial that keeps your data.

FREE DEMO

Username + email + password, no card. Explore costing, recipes, and inventory. Resets every night so entered data is wiped by morning.

Tour the demo — no signup

14-day free trial

Create a real account free — no card to start. Recipes and costs stay; convert only if you want after 14 days.

Start a 14-day free trial (no card)

Why owners use this

Food costing is the door in — then the rest of the house opens up.

Stars vs silent losses

Know which plates carry the night and which quietly eat the margin.

Price with intention

Suggested menu price aims near 25–30% food cost — you still set the final number.

Multi-device ready

Once the house is set up, costing and recipes stay in sync across devices.

Ready to cost a plate?

Start in the FREE DEMO, or open a real house with a no-card trial.