Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance
Service of 2026-08-14 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 197 food tickets · generated 2026-08-15 06:00
The bottom line
Bottleneck
GRILL
Cooking 7:28 vs 2:30 target
Biggest lever
37% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
all stations logging prep
A median food ticket is on screen 6:08 = 2:17 waiting + 4:06 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 |
|---|
| GRILL | 25 | 10:44 | 2:16 | 7:28 | 2:30 | 80% | cooking slow |
| QUESO | 27 | 6:41 | 2:42 | 4:51 | 6:30 | 81% | on track |
| FRY | 24 | 6:36 | 1:38 | 5:12 | 6:00 | 71% | on track |
| SALAD/WRAP | 34 | 6:26 | 2:44 | 3:18 | 6:15 | 94% | on track |
| EL FRY/STEAM | 44 | 5:48 | 3:13 | 3:52 | 4:00 | 80% | on track |
| EL GRILL | 43 | 4:50 | 0:54 | 4:12 | 4:00 | 63% | 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 |
|---|
| Juju Burger | GRILL | 3 | 2:30 | 10:50 | 8:20 | cook |
| Bcn Chz BRG | GRILL | 7 | 2:30 | 9:36 | 7:06 | cook |
| Cheeseburger | GRILL | 3 | 2:30 | 9:36 | 7:06 | cook |
| BYO Burger | GRILL | 2 | 2:30 | 9:25 | 6:55 | cook |
| Spicy Liz Q /GREENw/ | QUESO | 3 | 6:00 | 12:41 | 6:41 | cook |
| Crby Chx Snd | GRILL | 1 | 3:00 | 9:32 | 6:32 | cook |
| 5 Wings Spicy Lizard | FRY | 2 | 7:00 | 12:32 | 5:32 | cook |
| Nuggets | EL FRY/STEAM | 15 | 1:30 | 5:27 | 3:57 | cook |
| Chspk BRG | GRILL | 3 | 2:30 | 5:09 | 2:39 | cook |
| Chx Tenders | FRY | 3 | 6:00 | 8:34 | 2:34 | cook |
| Gringo Battered Fish Taco | EL FRY/STEAM | 1 | 6:30 | 8:49 | 2:19 | cook |
| BLK CrabCake GREENS | EL GRILL | 1 | 2:30 | 4:31 | 2:01 | cook |
Expo - plates-ready gap
| Screen | Tickets | Median gap |
|---|
| App Expo | 29 | 2:19 |
| Entree Expo | 24 | 3:56 |
Bar service (not graded)
| Bar | Drinks | Median | Max | Over 5 min | |
|---|
| Alc Bar 1 | 13 | 1:42 | 9:13 | 3 | check |
| Alc Bar 2 | 26 | 1:54 | 8:27 | 4 | check |
| Alc Bar 3 | 3 | 1:06 | 1:39 | 0 | |
| SD Bar 1 | 13 | 2:23 | 17:50 | 5 | check |
| SD Bar 2 | 28 | 4:48 | 18:21 | 14 | check |
| SD Bar 3 | 2 | 6:58 | 11:16 | 1 | check |
Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.