Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance
Service of 2026-08-04 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 2058 food tickets · generated 2026-08-05 06:00
The bottom line
Bottleneck
EL FRY/STEAM
Cooking 5:29 vs 4:00 target
Biggest lever
37% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
FRY 35%
A median food ticket is on screen 5:38 = 2:04 waiting + 3:28 cooking. Cooking is roughly on target across most stations; the drag is coordination/wait.
Kitchen by station
| Station | Tickets | On screen | Waiting | Cooking | Target | Start-btn | Status |
|---|
| EL FRY/STEAM | 389 | 7:45 | 2:24 | 5:29 | 4:00 | 79% | cooking slow |
| QUESO | 217 | 7:29 | 2:01 | 5:15 | 6:00 | 95% | on track |
| FRY | 368 | 5:24 | 2:58 | 4:23 | 5:00 | 35% | on track |
| GRILL | 376 | 5:19 | 2:32 | 2:02 | 3:00 | 86% | mostly wait |
| SALAD/WRAP | 296 | 4:44 | 1:34 | 3:15 | 6:15 | 71% | on track |
| EL GRILL | 412 | 4:30 | 1:38 | 2:36 | 4:00 | 87% | on track |
Cooking = start-button to bump. Waiting = fired to start-button. Start-btn = share of tickets where a prep start was logged; low values mean the split isn't reliable and the button is being skipped.
Items to watch - worst over target
| Item | Station | Tickets | Target | Actual | Over | Basis |
|---|
| GF Crab Dip | EL FRY/STEAM | 1 | 4:00 | 13:27 | 9:27 | screen |
| 5 Wings OLDBAYBUTR | FRY | 18 | 5:00 | 10:40 | 5:40 | cook |
| Doggie Salmon | EL GRILL | 1 | 2:30 | 8:09 | 5:39 | cook |
| 5 Wings Naked | FRY | 12 | 5:00 | 10:36 | 5:36 | cook |
| Steamed Shrimp # | EL FRY/STEAM | 19 | 7:00 | 10:25 | 3:25 | cook |
| Nuggets | EL FRY/STEAM | 112 | 1:30 | 4:45 | 3:15 | cook |
| BLK CrabCake GREENS | EL GRILL | 6 | 2:30 | 5:26 | 2:56 | cook |
| Doggie Chop Burger | GRILL | 1 | 2:30 | 5:03 | 2:33 | screen |
| Spicy Liz Q /GREENw/ | QUESO | 16 | 6:00 | 7:44 | 1:44 | cook |
| Crab Dip | EL FRY/STEAM | 58 | 4:00 | 5:26 | 1:26 | cook |
| Garden | QUESO | 2 | 4:30 | 5:52 | 1:22 | cook |
| Crab Cake GREENS | EL GRILL | 36 | 2:30 | 3:51 | 1:21 | cook |
Expo - plates-ready gap
| Screen | Tickets | Median gap |
|---|
| App Expo | 229 | 0:27 |
| Entree Expo | 364 | 1:54 |
Bar service (not graded)
| Bar | Drinks | Median | Max | Over 5 min | |
|---|
| Alc Bar 1 | 220 | 1:32 | 17:45 | 9 | check |
| Alc Bar 2 | 188 | 1:24 | 5:52 | 6 | check |
| Alc Bar 3 | 56 | 1:44 | 12:30 | 5 | check |
| SD Bar 1 | 165 | 9:31 | 71:03 | 124 | check |
| SD Bar 2 | 170 | 3:14 | 27:28 | 65 | check |
| SD Bar 3 | 43 | 3:42 | 38:00 | 14 | check |
Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.