Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance
Service of 2026-08-15 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 2253 food tickets · generated 2026-08-16 06:00
The bottom line
Bottleneck
EL FRY/STEAM
Cooking 3:44 vs 4:00 target
Biggest lever
42% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
EL GRILL 34% · FRY 22%
A median food ticket is on screen 5:20 = 2:15 waiting + 3:15 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 | 469 | 7:46 | 3:22 | 3:44 | 4:00 | 47% | on track |
| QUESO | 199 | 6:51 | 2:20 | 4:11 | 6:30 | 98% | on track |
| SALAD/WRAP | 354 | 4:46 | 1:52 | 2:46 | 6:15 | 83% | on track |
| GRILL | 397 | 4:43 | 2:18 | 2:20 | 2:30 | 71% | on track |
| EL GRILL | 439 | 4:37 | 1:59 | 3:22 | 4:00 | 34% | on track |
| FRY | 395 | 3:40 | 1:54 | 2:00 | 6:00 | 22% | 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 |
|---|
| Veggie CC S | FRY | 4 | 7:00 | 14:51 | 7:51 | cook |
| BLK BYO CHX | GRILL | 2 | 3:00 | 8:23 | 5:23 | cook |
| 5 Wings Naked | FRY | 6 | 6:00 | 10:39 | 4:39 | screen |
| LG Fries | FRY | 22 | 2:00 | 6:18 | 4:18 | cook |
| Garden | QUESO | 3 | 4:30 | 7:50 | 3:20 | cook |
| Veggie CrabCake x2 GREENS | EL FRY/STEAM | 2 | 7:00 | 10:14 | 3:14 | cook |
| BYO CHX Sand | GRILL | 1 | 3:00 | 6:07 | 3:07 | cook |
| PLN Chx Brooke GREENS | EL GRILL | 2 | 3:00 | 4:48 | 1:48 | cook |
| 5 Wings Spicy Lizard | FRY | 13 | 7:00 | 8:44 | 1:44 | cook |
| Garden | EL GRILL | 5 | 4:30 | 6:04 | 1:34 | screen |
| Doggie Dog (2) | EL GRILL | 1 | 2:30 | 3:52 | 1:22 | screen |
| Doggie Dog (1) | EL GRILL | 3 | 2:30 | 3:49 | 1:19 | screen |
Expo - plates-ready gap
| Screen | Tickets | Median gap |
|---|
| App Expo | 287 | 0:20 |
| Entree Expo | 432 | 0:44 |
Bar service (not graded)
| Bar | Drinks | Median | Max | Over 5 min | |
|---|
| Alc Bar 1 | 232 | 1:48 | 14:44 | 20 | check |
| Alc Bar 2 | 253 | 1:53 | 13:07 | 23 | check |
| Alc Bar 3 | 62 | 2:06 | 8:38 | 7 | check |
| SD Bar 1 | 174 | 7:49 | 33:47 | 113 | check |
| SD Bar 2 | 206 | 4:00 | 53:39 | 92 | check |
| SD Bar 3 | 41 | 17:12 | 78:28 | 32 | check |
Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.