Documentation
Help & guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for getting things done, plus reference docs that explain how Cost Caster works.
Guides
Follow along step by step.
Add Your First Menu Item
Build a recipe from a plain-language description, review it, and set a price.
Start guide →Adding Additional Menu Items
Build on what you already have, and watch Cost Caster reuse your existing ingredients and preps as your menu grows.
Start guide →Intro to Ingredients
Your ingredient list builds itself from your menu. Here is how to match units to your supplier, set prices, consolidate duplicates, and estimate when you do not have a price yet.
Start guide →Reference
How the pieces fit together.
Do Not Repeat Yourself
The philosophy behind assemblies, sub-assemblies, modifiers, options, and components, and how they map to your industry.
Read →How costing works
The building blocks Cost Caster uses to turn ingredient prices into a per-item cost and margin.
Read →Definitions
Plain-language definitions of Cost Caster's building blocks and the terms it uses.
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