Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance
Service of 2026-08-19 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 1543 food tickets · generated 2026-08-20 06:00
The bottom line
Bottleneck
KDS61 QUESO
Cooking 4:10 vs 6:30 target
Biggest lever
33% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
KDS52 FRY1 39%
A median food ticket is on screen 4:39 = 1:31 waiting + 3:03 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 |
|---|
| KDS61 QUESO | 168 | 8:34 | 4:36 | 4:10 | 6:30 | 52% | mostly wait |
| KDS55 SALAD WRAP | 225 | 6:21 | 2:07 | 3:17 | 6:15 | 81% | on track |
| KDS54 CHEESE | 312 | 4:19 | 1:24 | 2:55 | 4:00 | 69% | on track |
| KDS64 FRY2/STEAM | 297 | 4:18 | 1:03 | 3:41 | 4:00 | 64% | on track |
| KDS52 FRY1 | 279 | 3:36 | 1:20 | 3:12 | 6:00 | 39% | on track |
| KDS53 GRILL | 262 | 3:14 | 1:04 | 1:36 | 2:45 | 82% | 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 |
|---|
| Chameleon Sld | KDS61 QUESO | 1 | 4:30 | 11:11 | 6:41 | screen |
| Caesar | KDS61 QUESO | 1 | 4:30 | 11:11 | 6:41 | screen |
| Buffalo Q /BLUEw/ | KDS61 QUESO | 10 | 6:00 | 11:16 | 5:16 | cook |
| Veggie CrabCake x2 GREENS | KDS64 FRY2/STEAM | 1 | 7:00 | 9:03 | 2:03 | screen |
| Nuggets | KDS64 FRY2/STEAM | 101 | 1:30 | 2:57 | 1:27 | cook |
| LG Fries | KDS52 FRY1 | 11 | 2:00 | 3:13 | 1:13 | cook |
| BLK CrabCake GREENS | KDS54 CHEESE | 3 | 2:30 | 3:38 | 1:08 | cook |
| Blackened CC S | KDS54 CHEESE | 10 | 2:30 | 3:34 | 1:04 | cook |
| Veggie CC S | KDS54 CHEESE | 2 | 7:00 | 8:02 | 1:02 | cook |
| Cajun Chx Sand | KDS53 GRILL | 4 | 3:00 | 3:48 | 0:48 | cook |
| Chameleon Sld | KDS55 SALAD WRAP | 8 | 4:30 | 5:06 | 0:36 | cook |
| Chx Tenders | KDS52 FRY1 | 48 | 6:00 | 6:18 | 0:18 | cook |
Expo - plates-ready gap
| Screen | Tickets | Median gap |
|---|
| KDS51 EXPO ENT | 295 | 0:53 |
| KDS56 EXPO APP | 196 | 0:16 |
Bar service (not graded)
| Bar | Drinks | Median | Max | Over 5 min | |
|---|
| KDS57 TIKI BAR 4 | 183 | 1:48 | 9:57 | 13 | check |
| KDS58 TIKI BAR 3 | 143 | 2:07 | 9:16 | 18 | check |
| KDS59 DRINK EXPO 3 | 138 | 5:08 | 57:15 | 71 | check |
| KDS62 DRINK EXPO 1 | 22 | 14:18 | 41:52 | 17 | check |
| KDS63 BOATHOUSE BAR | 28 | 1:38 | 5:10 | 1 | |
| KDS65 DRINK EXPO 4/5 | 149 | 9:15 | 149:27 | 111 | check |
Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.