End the fight over kitchens and ovens
with bookings per piece of equipment.
Baking, lunch-box prep, batch cooking before a market. In shared kitchens, the kitchen is often free while the oven is booked. pencil.in lets users book kitchen sections and equipment separately, and you can reserve cleaning time in advance.
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Sound familiar?
Ovens and equipment double-booked
Someone booked the kitchen, but another user had the commercial oven at the same time, so no baking.
Early-morning and late-night prep
Requests for early prep before markets arrive scattered across messages outside business hours.
Regular vendors' fixed slots
A lunch vendor uses Friday mornings every week, yet new users keep asking for that slot.
Cleaning and handover time
The next user starts before the last one has cleaned and sanitized.
How it helps your operation
Kitchen sections and equipment separately
List kitchen A and oven 1 as separate items to prevent clashes on either one.
Block cleaning time
Add cleaning and sanitizing time as your own bookings. Nobody else can book those slots.
Recurring slots for regular vendors
Add weekly or monthly vendor slots once as recurring bookings.
Usage history on the calendar
Every booking stays on record, so you can look back at who used the kitchen and when.
Example: a shared kitchen with 2 sections and 2 commercial ovens
The key is listing in-demand equipment separately from the kitchen.
What to register
- Kitchen A (baking)Category: kitchen
- Kitchen B (deli and lunch boxes)Category: kitchen
- Commercial oven 1Category: equipment. Bake-only use too
- Commercial oven 2Category: equipment
Tip: Block cleaning and sanitizing time ahead of your busiest days to make sure there's always time to clean up.
Up and running in 3 steps
- 1
Sign in with Google
One kitchen operator account is enough.
- 2
Add sections and equipment
Type kitchen sections and in-demand equipment like ovens or mixers one per line.
- 3
Block cleaning and fixed slots, then share
Add cleaning time and regular vendors' slots first, then send users the booking URL.
Frequently asked questions
- Can someone book just the oven?
- Yes. List the oven separately from the kitchen and bake-only use works too.
- Can cleaning time be added automatically?
- There's no automatic buffer. Add cleaning time as your own booking and that slot can't be booked.
- Can I keep usage records?
- Bookings stay on record and you can look back in the calendar and month views. If you need documents for health inspectors, prepare them from those records.
- How do users pay?
- There's no payments feature. Collect fees the way you do today.
Sort out kitchen bookings, one piece of equipment at a time.
Sign in with Google and add your kitchens and equipment to get started.
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