How ROA learns your kitchen in the first 14 days
Inside the onboarding sequence: from importing your first recipes to predicting weekend burn rates.
A new tool in the kitchen has to earn its place fast. If it slows the line on day three, it never comes back. So we designed ROA’s onboarding around two questions: what does the kitchen already know about itself, and how do we get out of the way while we learn?
Days 1–3: Import without drama
Bring in your recipes — paper, PDF, spreadsheet, doesn’t matter. ROA parses them, asks you to confirm the ambiguous bits, and builds the first version of your recipe book. We don’t ask anyone to type a recipe from scratch.
Days 4–7: Watch the kitchen breathe
ROA quietly tracks what gets cooked, what runs out, when. We don’t surface recommendations yet. We’re just learning your rhythm.
Days 8–11: First useful suggestion
Around day eight, ROA starts producing a daily prep list. It’s draft-quality at this point — the head chef reviews and adjusts. Each adjustment is feedback.
Days 12–14: Predicting the weekend
By the second weekend, ROA’s prep list is usually right. Burn rates per station are calibrated. The chef opens the app at 8 AM and the list is ready.
That’s the goal: by the end of two weeks, the tool feels less like software and more like a sous chef who already knows your kitchen.