Kitchen Ready — Owner Tools

How this works

These are the same 47 items, in the same order, with the same point values as Form EH-06 — the actual report the Victoria County inspector fills out. Walk your kitchen and answer honestly. Tap any item to see what the inspector looks for and how to fix it.

GOOD: You're doing this right. The inspector would mark it IN — in compliance.
PROBLEM: Not in compliance. This is where the inspector writes points against you — OUT on the form. It opens a fix with a deadline.
NOT SURE: Honest answer. Counts against you until you go check. There is no "not sure" box on the real form — the inspector will decide for you.
N/A: Doesn't apply to your operation. No shellfish, no shellstock tags. The inspector marks NA.

Lower points is better on the real form — a perfect inspection is a zero. We show it as readiness instead, so higher is better. Your last inspection scored a 2.

All locations

Location	Last internal walk	Open problems	Repeats	Readiness
Vela Farms — Victoria	Jul 11, 2026 1 day	3	1	88%
Second kitchen (example)	Apr 2, 2026 101 days	—	—	not walked

This is the view a multi-unit manager opens first. Who walked their kitchen, who didn't, and who has a repeat sitting open. A location that hasn't been self-audited in 101 days is the one that gets written up.

Manager's log

What happened on your shift. Dated, signed, and visible to whoever opens tomorrow.

Keep it about the work, not the person. "Wiping cloths were on the counter at 2pm — coached the crew, buckets set up" is a record that protects you. Anything you write here can be read later, by anyone, including a lawyer.

Inspections are unannounced. The cycle timeline is for planning, not a schedule. An inspector can walk in any day. Walk your kitchen monthly — that's what keeps this honest.

Open fixes

Every item marked OUT opens here with the correction clock the form gives you: 3 days for Priority, 10 for Priority Foundation, 90 for Core.

Crew

Items 21 and 22 are scored against real people. A card expires quietly and you find out when the inspector asks.

Name	Role	Hired	Handler card exp.	CFM exp.	Health form	Status

Write coaching, not complaints. "Coached Maria on hairnets (item 35), demonstrated, confirmed the next shift" is a training record — it proves active managerial control to an inspector and it protects you if that person is ever let go. "Maria always forgets her hairnet" is neither. Same facts. Very different document.

Kitchen training

The things that actually get kitchens written up

Not all 47 — just the ones that matter for the job someone actually does. A cook doesn't need shellstock tags. A server does need to know that bread basket never goes back. Pick the person and their track loads.

This does not replace the Food Handler card. Texas requires every food employee to hold an accredited food handler certificate within 30 days of hire. That course teaches the law. This teaches how we do it here — our carts, our sanitizer, our kitchen — and creates the signed record proving you were trained on it. You need both.

Who's training

On-site documents

Checked separately from the 47 items. You have it or you don't.

Document	Where it is	Expires	Status

If the inspector asks and you have to go looking, that's a problem. Write down exactly where each one lives so anyone on the crew can put a hand on it.

Daily logs

These are the records that prove what happened when the inspector wasn't standing there. If it isn't written down, it didn't happen. Every log below prints, too — a clipboard on the wall works just as well as a phone, and in a hot kitchen it's often better.

Records

Everything in one place. Inspection reports, vendor receipts, service tickets, certificates, invoices. When the inspector asks for proof, you pull it up instead of digging through a drawer.

Drop files here, or Choose files

Photos, PDFs, scans. Snap the receipt with your phone the day the vendor leaves.

Filing it under

Tied to item # (optional)

File	Filed under	Item	Added

The rule that saves you: if a vendor came out, get a piece of paper. If you don't have paper, it didn't happen. Photograph every corrective action the day you do it — a dated photo of the fix is the strongest proof there is.

Read my last inspection report

Take a photo of the report — both pages if you have them — and it will pull out the date, the score, the violations, and the inspector's exact wording. It shows you what it found before anything is saved. You confirm or correct it.

Drop the inspection report here, or Choose photo

A phone photo is fine. Flat, in focus, good light.

Establishment

Last inspection

Permit #

Routine inspections run roughly every 180 days, but frequency varies by risk category. This is an estimate only.

What they wrote you up for last time

Type the item numbers from the last report, separated by commas. Those items get flagged in red through the whole app — because that's the first place the inspector will look, and a second hit becomes a repeat, which escalates.

Item numbers from your last inspection

Currently flagged: