Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance
Service of 2026-08-12 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 1462 food tickets · generated 2026-08-13 06:00
The bottom line
Bottleneck
QUESO
Cooking 5:24 vs 6:00 target
Biggest lever
34% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
EL FRY/STEAM 21% · FRY 37%
A median food ticket is on screen 5:09 = 1:44 waiting + 3:12 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 |
|---|
| QUESO | 149 | 7:55 | 1:55 | 5:24 | 6:00 | 94% | on track |
| EL FRY/STEAM | 294 | 5:58 | 1:32 | 4:58 | 4:00 | 21% | on track |
| GRILL | 272 | 4:46 | 2:03 | 1:52 | 2:30 | 85% | mostly wait |
| SALAD/WRAP | 223 | 4:38 | 0:59 | 2:48 | 6:15 | 83% | on track |
| FRY | 245 | 4:35 | 0:56 | 2:37 | 6:00 | 37% | on track |
| EL GRILL | 279 | 4:31 | 1:52 | 2:54 | 4:00 | 52% | 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 |
|---|
| Nuggets | EL FRY/STEAM | 97 | 1:30 | 4:49 | 3:19 | cook |
| Blackened CC S | EL GRILL | 2 | 2:30 | 5:41 | 3:11 | cook |
| GF Cheeseburger | GRILL | 1 | 2:30 | 5:17 | 2:47 | screen |
| Garden | GRILL | 1 | 4:30 | 7:12 | 2:42 | screen |
| Buffalo Q /BLUEw/ | FRY | 8 | 6:00 | 8:39 | 2:39 | cook |
| Veggie CC S | FRY | 2 | 7:00 | 9:33 | 2:33 | screen |
| Buffalo Q /BLUEw/ | QUESO | 8 | 6:00 | 8:22 | 2:22 | cook |
| CCake Sand | EL GRILL | 19 | 2:30 | 4:14 | 1:44 | cook |
| Doggie Dog (2) | EL GRILL | 1 | 2:30 | 4:05 | 1:35 | screen |
| BLK Chx Brooke GREENS | EL GRILL | 4 | 3:00 | 4:28 | 1:28 | cook |
| Garden | EL GRILL | 1 | 4:30 | 5:55 | 1:25 | screen |
| Spicy Liz Q /GREENw/ | QUESO | 15 | 6:00 | 7:23 | 1:23 | cook |
Expo - plates-ready gap
| Screen | Tickets | Median gap |
|---|
| App Expo | 181 | 0:19 |
| Entree Expo | 294 | 0:46 |
Bar service (not graded)
| Bar | Drinks | Median | Max | Over 5 min | |
|---|
| Alc Bar 1 | 164 | 1:21 | 6:12 | 7 | check |
| Alc Bar 2 | 155 | 1:35 | 7:42 | 8 | check |
| Alc Bar 3 | 65 | 1:38 | 21:09 | 8 | check |
| SD Bar 1 | 117 | 8:33 | 43:08 | 79 | check |
| SD Bar 2 | 152 | 2:06 | 66:32 | 37 | check |
Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.