Lazy Lizard - Kitchen Performance

Service of 2026-09-16 · 11:00 AM-1:00 AM · 278 food tickets · generated 2026-09-17 06:00

The bottom line

Bottleneck
KDS64 FRY2/STEAM
Cooking 4:38 vs 3:55 target
Biggest lever
30% waiting
Most ticket time is items sitting, not cooking
Prep-start skipped
Compliance
KDS61 QUESO 37%

A median food ticket is on screen 4:42 = 1:24 waiting + 3:10 cooking. Cooking is roughly on target across most stations; the drag is coordination/wait.

Kitchen by station

StationTicketsOn screenWaitingCookingTargetStart-btnStatus
KDS64 FRY2/STEAM865:521:134:383:5586%on track
KDS61 QUESO544:402:323:165:3037%on track
KDS55 SALAD WRAP444:220:393:134:3598%on track
KDS53 GRILL944:051:582:013:0088%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

ItemStationTicketsTargetActualOverBasis
Sm FryKDS64 FRY2/STEAM42:007:285:28cook
Spicy Liz Q /GREENw/KDS61 QUESO16:009:413:41cook
CaesarKDS61 QUESO14:307:413:11screen
Smothered Old Bay FriesKDS64 FRY2/STEAM32:304:422:12cook
Tender Honey Do Wrap (YEL-Wood)KDS55 SALAD WRAP46:158:182:03cook
Doggie Chop BurgerKDS53 GRILL12:304:271:57screen
NuggetsKDS64 FRY2/STEAM122:304:181:48cook
Tender Caesar Wrap (GRN-Wood)KDS55 SALAD WRAP25:207:081:48cook
Chameleon SldKDS64 FRY2/STEAM14:305:441:14screen
CCake SandKDS53 GRILL43:003:560:56cook
Doggie Dog (1)KDS53 GRILL12:303:220:52screen
Juju BurgerKDS53 GRILL22:303:140:44cook

Expo - plates-ready gap

ScreenTicketsMedian gap
KDS51 EXPO ENT1040:32

Bar service (not graded)

BarDrinksMedianMaxOver 5 min
KDS57 TIKI BAR 4260:563:020
KDS58 TIKI BAR 3631:184:120
KDS59 DRINK EXPO 3458:2656:1128check
KDS65 DRINK EXPO 4/5360:01110:283check

Soft-drink stations can show long times because sodas auto-fire and sit un-bumped - a measurement quirk, not slow service.

Generated 2026-09-17 06:00 from KDS controller logs · read-only.