Log into the Backbar web portal and select Inventory from the navigation menu and then choose Recipes. Enter the name of your recipe and select a recipe type of cocktail or food.  

Next, click the dropdown arrow in the Add Ingredients box to begin adding recipe ingredients by selecting the ingredients from your Inventory Items.  Remember to select and add an ingredient to a recipe, the item needs to be saved as an Inventory Item. You can’t add miscellaneous items to a recipe. 

Once you select an ingredient, input the volume and measurement unit used for the recipe

The total cost of your recipe will update as you add more ingredients and volumes to the recipe. For costs to be calculated, each item needs to have costs entered.

After you’ve completed the recipe, you can see cost percentage, menu price, and profit for the new recipe. Adjust any of these fields to see updates to cost information.

When you’re happy with your recipe, make sure to click Save or Save menu price to retain the relevant changes before navigating off the recipe page.

Backbar recipes serve to store recipes for easy access for the staff, as well as serving as instructions for POS integration to deplete multiple items from a single sale. Recipes are best used for items like Cocktails that contain multiple ingredients and are not recommended for use setting serving sizes for POS sales assignments.