Krystal

Krystal's Florida stores average +0.25 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.10 to +0.64), above the county baseline. Rank 12 of 12 burger brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

+0.25vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.10 to +0.64

1.55 vs 1.30raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

30stores in 17 counties, 119 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Krystal is known for slider and hamburger. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Krystal vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 119). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Krystal	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	152.1	39.9	3.81x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	81.5	43.6	1.87x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	77.3	23.6	3.27x
03	Food Out of Temperature	73.9	35.0	2.11x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	66.4	46.9	1.41x

Outcomes

18.5% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.00% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

31%of 29 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

No Krystal store appears in DBPR's weekly closure extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06).

Other burger brands

Ranked burger brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Five Guys	-0.69	-0.77 to -0.60	126
2	McDonald's	-0.50	-0.54 to -0.46	865
3	Burger King	-0.49	-0.54 to -0.44	511
4	Wendy's	-0.42	-0.47 to -0.38	539
5	Whataburger	-0.40	-0.55 to -0.26	45
6	Checkers & Rally's	-0.38	-0.48 to -0.28	150
7	Culver's	-0.33	-0.41 to -0.25	125
8	Hardee's	-0.22	-0.35 to -0.08	80
9	Steak 'n Shake	-0.21	-0.36 to -0.03	68
10	Sonic Drive-In	-0.20	-0.33 to -0.07	97
11	BurgerFi	-0.20	-0.39 to -0.02	58
12	Krystal	+0.25	-0.10 to +0.64	30

Look up a single Krystal location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Krystal when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.