Timers & Controllers
Smart Timers & Compensating Cooking Computers for Peak Performance

Upgrade Existing Appliances & Optimize Operations
Kitchen Brains® is a restaurant operator's valuable partner for consistent food quality, reduced waste, and maximizing labor efficiency and output.
Designed for the toughest kitchens, our timers and compensating cooking computers handle tasks from product timing to handwashing reminders, build card guides, and even complex multiple batch/stage timing.
With a range of timer products, including battery-operated, single, multi-function, multi-product, and touchscreen, we help optimize kitchen operations and ensure consistent quality, and minimize waste from your newest to most seasoned crew member
Even when you're off-site, you have real-time visibility and control across every store—select KBconnect-ready products enable you to monitor, update, and troubleshoot from anywhere, reducing downtime and service calls.
Single-Function Timers
Monitors Time
Solutions for tracking time-based kitchen tasks, including cooking, holding, and handwashing.
A portable, battery-operated, handwashing timer and reminder that helps operators maintain hygiene compliance by monitoring scheduled handwash intervals at any station.
A portable, battery-operated timer that monitors cook or holding time across appliances or stations, available with 4 or 8 product buttons for flexible, multi-product tracking.
A mountable timer that monitors cook and hold times across multiple appliances or stations, available with 4, 8, or 12 product buttons to support high-volume operations.
A mountable timer that monitors time-based cycles for mixing and processing equipment, designed for appliances that require automatic shut-off.
Multi-Function Timers
Monitors Time & Steps
Solutions for managing time-based kitchen processes with step-by-step action alarms.
A mountable multi-function timer that monitors time and process steps with 10 or 18 product buttons. Available in standard and PLUS versions.
A mountable multi-function timer that monitors time and process steps with dedicated displays per product, available in multiple display configurations with optional communication ports.
A touchscreen multi-function timer that manages time, menu steps, and daypart operations, providing visual build cards to support consistent execution across shifts.
Compensating Cooking Computers
Monitors Time, Steps, and Temperature
Solutions for managing time and temperature-based cooking processes with action alarms.
A mountable compensating cooking computer that monitors cook and hold times with optional temperature input via one or two probe ports. Probes and mounts sold separately.
The complete kit that monitors cook and hold times with temperature feedback, bundling the Meridian Computer with PLUS software, probes, and mounting hardware for turnkey fryer integration.
Cooking Controllers
Monitors and Adjusts Time and Temperature
Solutions that automatically adjust cooking time and temperature to maintain consistent food quality.
The VC-220 ensures consistent food quality and enhanced food safety by precisely controlling heat demand during cooking, holding, grilling, and more.
Retrofit Kits
Modernize Existing Appliances
Solutions for turnkey fryer upgrades, including computer, probe, harness, header, and hardware.
Upgrade PF56 6-head & PF46 4-head pressure fryers by sliding in the replacement control. Includes 10 or 20 product keys with changeable menu strips, programming, passcodes, appliance mode (gas/electric/propane), and field-upgradeable features.
The upgrade kits for Frymaster Fryers provide higher and more consistent yields than any other electromechanical controls or electronic controllers. Simply remove the original controls from the fryer and slide in the replacement control.
Upgrade 500, 580, 590, 600, and 690 Series fryers by sliding in the upgrade controller—easy to install and simple to use. Includes 10/20 product keys, manager/crew passcodes, field-upgradable features, and front-panel gas/electric/propane selection.
Upgrade Dean gas fryers by sliding in the Kitchen Brains upgrade control—quick to install and simple to use. It adds 10 or 20 product keys with changeable menu strips, predictive text, manager/crew passcodes, and field-upgradable features. The front-panel appliance mode lets you select gas, electric, or propane.
Swap out factory controls for the slide-in (FAST.)® controller to instantly upgrade your Pitco fryer. Get 10/20 product keys with changeable menu strips, programming, manager/crew passcodes, and a front-panel appliance mode for gas, electric, or propane.
