How many cooks per prisoner(s)

[J20Hawkz]

Is there a ratio based on cooks to prisoners? If I have 100 prisoners how many cooks/cookers/freezers/sinks/serving tables/tables/benches do I need?

Right now I have no problems but I literally just randomly bought lots of everything I think.

Thanks in advance.

[ionbomb]

Good info here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19IGs4dUNnORnFhsJhC00zNXR2PjE3FNwEybNQKt_Ef4/edit?pli=1#gid=0

Note the Meal Quantity value.

[J20Hawkz]

Originally posted by Mr. Snuggles:

Good info here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19IGs4dUNnORnFhsJhC00zNXR2PjE3FNwEybNQKt_Ef4/edit?pli=1#gid=0

Note the Meal Quantity value.

Amazing! Thanks!

[CrispyCabot]

I had 2 cooks forever but up to 46 prisoners now i go with 4 cooks. You don't really need a ton

[J20Hawkz]

See here. Do you think my kitchen and canteen are overkill?
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=280092088

[J20Hawkz]

Same with laundry. How many iron boards and washers do you need? How can you work this out by yourself? Or is it all trial and error?

[Emmote]

You're planning on serving food to 224 prisoners, while only having a 116 capacity? Or are you looking to expand the map?

Each table combined with two benches can serve 8 prisoners. You have 28 tables. With your capacity you only need 15.

You also seem to have 12 Serving Tables, which can serve 156 prisoners (with High Quantity food policy 1:13), 240 prisoners (With Medium Quantity 1:20) or 480 prisoners (with Low Quantity 1:40). Either way, you have too many for your current capacity.

As for your kitchen, you generally want 3-5 Cookers per Serving Table. You've got nearly a 1:1 ratio, let alone a 1:3 or 1:5. You need far more Cookers or far less Serving Tables.
Also, you want roughly 2 Fridges per 3-5 Cookers and the same goes for Sinks. You want 1 Cook per Cooker, but reduce that number by however many prisoners work in your kitchen to an absolute minimum of 1, to teach the kitchen safety class.

Obviously if you have prisoners working in your kitchen, you want to put Work time before Eat time, otherwise the Cooks will have to do all the work and then prisoners won't have anything to do.

As for your Laundry room, as long as it's 80m² inside (e.g. 10x8, 5x16, etc..) then it's the biggest it needs to be and still serve 20 jobs. You are going to need far more laundry baskets than you have too. You want at least 6 spare at all times because they like to take them away and not bring them back for ages.

5-10 Laundry machines are fine, and then same again for ironing boards. With Laundry, most of the work is karting around those laundry baskets and distributing clothes so you don't need 20 items inside like you do with Workshops.

Sorry for wall of text.

[J20Hawkz]

Originally posted by Emmote:

You're planning on serving food to 224 prisoners, while only having a 116 capacity? Or are you looking to expand the map?

Each table combined with two benches can serve 8 prisoners. You have 28 tables. With your capacity you only need 15.

You also seem to have 12 Serving Tables, which can serve 156 prisoners (with High Quantity food policy 1:13), 240 prisoners (With Medium Quantity 1:20) or 480 prisoners (with Low Quantity 1:40). Either way, you have too many for your current capacity.

As for your kitchen, you generally want 3-5 Cookers per Serving Table. You've got nearly a 1:1 ratio, let alone a 1:3 or 1:5. You need far more Cookers or far less Serving Tables.
Also, you want roughly 2 Fridges per 3-5 Cookers and the same goes for Sinks. You want 1 Cook per Cooker, but reduce that number by however many prisoners work in your kitchen to an absolute minimum of 1, to teach the kitchen safety class.

Obviously if you have prisoners working in your kitchen, you want to put Work time before Eat time, otherwise the Cooks will have to do all the work and then prisoners won't have anything to do.

As for your Laundry room, as long as it's 80m² inside (e.g. 10x8, 5x16, etc..) then it's the biggest it needs to be and still serve 20 jobs. You are going to need far more laundry baskets than you have too. You want at least 6 spare at all times because they like to take them away and not bring them back for ages.

5-10 Laundry machines are fine, and then same again for ironing boards. With Laundry, most of the work is karting around those laundry baskets and distributing clothes so you don't need 20 items inside like you do with Workshops.

Sorry for wall of text.

Wow. How did you work out the ratio? The wiki doesn't say much to be honest. If you worked it out on yourself I'll hold my head in shame.

[Emmote]

No, I didn't work them out myself, though I have tested them a fair bit and they do seem to work best.
Can't remember where I found them though. May have been a guide on Steam or on one of the wiki's.

[Charlie Powell of Silverstone]

I have around 350 prisoners with 6 cooks. It works. Just place some armed guards all over the place and whoever thinks of disliking your regime they get shot immediately.

[J20Hawkz]

Originally posted by Hell on Earth:

I have around 350 prisoners with 6 cooks. It works. Just place some armed guards all over the place and whoever thinks of disliking your regime they get shot immediately.

lol thanks :)

[No Won]

Just realised I may have over done it. wanted to see how big a dorm I could make.
game has slowed down before prison even open. still trying to build it.
the main dorm is just over 70x70 and i just did a calculation of the capacity once the dorm is finished as just spent close to 1 million on bunk beds.
it tuns out that capacity will be 3584.
I have a lot of large kitchens so was just trying to work out how many I can feed it turns out if I fill to capacity then I can feed 10% of them using the spreadsheet I just saw here
Found another resource which also give laundry and cleaning cupboard requirements:
https://prison-architect.fandom.com/wiki/Kitchen
here is the link straight to the spreadsheet can enter population and meal quality:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NXZT3-Ebb9meEeVSpcQbvMTfpMV0qCN6KtHTE9ho1-s/edit#gid=646532267

[Mack]

Originally posted by J20Hawkz:

See here. Do you think my kitchen and canteen are overkill?
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=280092088

The canteen probably yeah by about half, cramming the benches&tables in to less space.. the kitchen you might want to add even more cookers & fridges & chefs.

You much rather have a larger kitchen than a too small one.