The spec sheet: photo, steps, smallwares and techniques

What is the spec sheet in Miselup?

The spec sheet is the same recipe you have already costed, but with everything the kitchen needs to reproduce it: image, times, steps, presentation, smallwares, techniques and allergens. It isn’t a separate document: you fill it in on the same form as the dish or the preparation, and that is where both the screen version and the paper version come from (Miselup calls it, literally, «Spec sheet»).

How do I add a photo and a video to a spec sheet?

The block is called «Images & media» and it appears on the sheet once you have saved it — if the recipe is new you’ll see the notice «Save the item first to enable images, videos and documents.»

• Main image — the one that shows in the lists and on the printed sheet. Upload it with «Upload the main image»; you can change it later.
• Other images — the rest of the photos: cuts, assembly, final result. Any of them can be promoted with «Set as main image».
• Videos — added by YouTube or Loom URL; the field itself warns that «the first one shows as a thumbnail».
• Documents — uploaded PDF or Word files, plus links to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or any external document.

Where do I write the steps and the plating?

On a dish, the «Preparation & plating» section of the spec sheet has two deliberately separate fields (on an intermediate preparation the block is simply called «Preparation»):

1. «Instructions» — the method, step by step. This is what comes out on the printed sheet under «Preparation».
2. «Plating» — how it is assembled and sent out. It appears under the same name on the sheet and as «Plating & presentation» on paper.

There is also an «Internal notes» field for the things that only concern your own team; on the sheet it shows as «Notes & remarks».

How do I set the servings and the times?

• Servings are declared in «Sale units» on a dish (a final preparation) and in «Yield» on an intermediate preparation. It is the basis for the cost per serving and for scaling the recipe.
• Times go in «Prep (min)» and «Cook (min)», in minutes. The sheet sums them up in the «Time» block with the labels «prep» and «cook».
• The «Summary» is the sentence that appears as the recipe’s subtitle.

How do I add smallwares and techniques to a spec sheet?

They are two blocks, each with its own search:

• Smallwares — the block is «Smallwares needed», the button is «Link equipment», and the block tells you what to expect: «Add what this recipe needs: machinery, utensils, the plating dish, consumables…». If you search for something that doesn’t exist yet, Miselup sends you to create it first under Smallwares.
• Techniques — the button is «Attach techniques» and the advice comes built in: «Add the 3-4 key techniques this recipe teaches.» On the sheet they appear under «Recipe techniques» and each one leads to its own glossary entry with description, difficulty and video.

You can also classify the sheet with tags (vegan, spicy, seasonal, best seller…) so you can filter the lists later.

How does my team see the spec sheet?

By turning on «Visible to the team» on the sheet. The setting itself explains the scope: «your team can open this sheet in the /equipo portal (no prices or costs)». It is the read-only recipe book they get into with their URL and their PIN —you have it in /en/help/team-access-url-and-pin/— and it arrives with scalable quantities, steps, techniques, equipment, allergens, videos and the attached documents.

To take it to paper or to a public link, see /en/help/export-and-print/.

Known limits

• The media block isn’t enabled until you save the recipe: save first, then upload the photo and the videos.
• If the recipe comes from the Miselup catalog, you have to customize it (save your copy) before you can add media of your own.
• Videos are linked by URL (YouTube, Loom…); they aren’t uploaded as files.