Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance
Service of 2026-08-16 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 1401 food tickets · generated 2026-08-17 06:00
The bottom line
Bottleneck
QUESO
Cooking 3:52 vs 6:30 target
Biggest lever
37% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
EL FRY/STEAM 34% · FRY 23%
A median food ticket is on screen 5:09 = 1:55 waiting + 3:19 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 | 134 | 6:38 | 2:34 | 3:52 | 6:30 | 90% | on track |
| EL FRY/STEAM | 307 | 6:23 | 2:13 | 3:42 | 4:00 | 34% | on track |
| GRILL | 249 | 5:36 | 1:47 | 2:58 | 2:30 | 72% | on track |
| FRY | 230 | 5:09 | 2:47 | 6:54 | 6:00 | 23% | on track |
| EL GRILL | 265 | 4:26 | 1:43 | 3:04 | 4:00 | 58% | on track |
| SALAD/WRAP | 216 | 3:47 | 1:07 | 2:39 | 6:15 | 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 |
|---|
| Cheese Q | EL GRILL | 1 | 6:00 | 13:28 | 7:28 | cook |
| Smothered Old Bay Fries | EL FRY/STEAM | 30 | 2:30 | 8:36 | 6:06 | cook |
| GF Crab Dip | EL FRY/STEAM | 3 | 4:00 | 9:51 | 5:51 | screen |
| Cajun Chx Sand | GRILL | 5 | 3:00 | 7:32 | 4:32 | cook |
| S/ Chx BLK | GRILL | 1 | 3:00 | 7:30 | 4:30 | screen |
| 5 Wings Naked | FRY | 9 | 6:00 | 9:42 | 3:42 | cook |
| Chx Tenders | FRY | 46 | 6:00 | 9:40 | 3:40 | cook |
| K Q | EL GRILL | 3 | 5:00 | 8:38 | 3:38 | cook |
| Lizard Bites | EL FRY/STEAM | 4 | 3:15 | 6:32 | 3:17 | screen |
| 5 Wings BUFFALO | FRY | 10 | 7:00 | 9:58 | 2:58 | cook |
| 5 Wings OLDBAYBUTR | EL FRY/STEAM | 3 | 7:00 | 9:51 | 2:51 | screen |
| 5 Wings OLDBAYBUTR | FRY | 7 | 7:00 | 9:35 | 2:35 | cook |
Expo - plates-ready gap
| Screen | Tickets | Median gap |
|---|
| App Expo | 141 | 0:21 |
| Entree Expo | 286 | 0:44 |
Bar service (not graded)
| Bar | Drinks | Median | Max | Over 5 min | |
|---|
| Alc Bar 1 | 116 | 1:51 | 25:30 | 9 | check |
| Alc Bar 2 | 166 | 1:40 | 9:27 | 17 | check |
| Alc Bar 3 | 33 | 1:26 | 3:39 | 0 | |
| SD Bar 1 | 95 | 10:35 | 52:50 | 71 | check |
| SD Bar 2 | 152 | 2:04 | 20:24 | 37 | check |
| SD Bar 3 | 22 | 32:37 | 150:35 | 19 | check |
Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.