diff --git a/tilequeue/log.py b/tilequeue/log.py
index 2e7e7a72..7fd99f51 100644
--- a/tilequeue/log.py
+++ b/tilequeue/log.py
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ def processed(self, intersect_metrics, n_enqueued, n_inflight, timing,
                 total=intersect_metrics['total'],
                 hits=intersect_metrics['hits'],
                 misses=intersect_metrics['misses'],
+                cached=intersect_metrics['cached'],
             ),
             enqueued=n_enqueued,
             inflight=n_inflight,
diff --git a/tilequeue/rawr.py b/tilequeue/rawr.py
index fb70ee89..c09322ea 100644
--- a/tilequeue/rawr.py
+++ b/tilequeue/rawr.py
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ def __init__(self, s3_client, bucket, key):
 
     def tiles_of_interest(self):
         """conditionally get the toi from s3"""
+
+        # also return back whether the response was cached
+        # useful for metrics
+        is_cached = False
+
         get_options = dict(
             Bucket=self.bucket,
             Key=self.key,
@@ -206,6 +211,7 @@ def tiles_of_interest(self):
         if status_code == 304:
             assert self.prev_toi
             toi = self.prev_toi
+            is_cached = True
         elif status_code == 200:
             body = resp['Body']
             try:
@@ -222,15 +228,19 @@ def tiles_of_interest(self):
         else:
             assert 0, 'Unknown status code from toi get: %s' % status_code
 
-        return toi
+        return toi, is_cached
 
     def __call__(self, coords):
-        toi = self.tiles_of_interest()
-        coord_ints = convert_to_coord_ints(coords)
-        intersected_coord_ints, intersect_metrics = \
-            explode_and_intersect(coord_ints, toi)
-        coords = map(coord_unmarshall_int, intersected_coord_ints)
-        return coords, intersect_metrics
+        timing = {}
+        with time_block(timing, 'fetch'):
+            toi, is_toi_cached = self.tiles_of_interest()
+        with time_block(timing, 'intersect'):
+            coord_ints = convert_to_coord_ints(coords)
+            intersected_coord_ints, intersect_metrics = \
+                explode_and_intersect(coord_ints, toi)
+            coords = map(coord_unmarshall_int, intersected_coord_ints)
+        intersect_metrics['cached'] = is_toi_cached
+        return coords, intersect_metrics,  timing
 
 
 class EmptyToiIntersector(object):
@@ -242,7 +252,7 @@ class EmptyToiIntersector(object):
     """
 
     def tiles_of_interest(self):
-        return set([])
+        return set([]), False
 
     def __call__(self, coords):
         metrics = dict(
@@ -306,16 +316,23 @@ def __call__(self):
                 continue
 
             try:
-                with time_block(timing, 'rawr_gen'):
-                    self.rawr_gen(rawr_tile_coord)
+                rawr_gen_timing = {}
+                with time_block(rawr_gen_timing, 'total'):
+                    rawr_gen_specific_timing = self.rawr_gen(rawr_tile_coord)
+                rawr_gen_timing.update(rawr_gen_specific_timing)
+                timing['rawr_gen'] = rawr_gen_timing
+
             except Exception as e:
                 self.log_exception(e, 'rawr tile gen', parent)
                 continue
 
             try:
-                with time_block(timing, 'toi_intersect'):
-                    coords_to_enqueue, intersect_metrics = \
+                intersect_timing = {}
+                with time_block(intersect_timing, 'total'):
+                    coords_to_enqueue, intersect_metrics, int_spec_timing = \
                         self.rawr_toi_intersector(coords)
+                intersect_timing.update(int_spec_timing)
+                timing['toi'] = intersect_timing
             except Exception as e:
                 self.log_exception(e, 'intersect coords', parent)
                 continue
diff --git a/tilequeue/stats.py b/tilequeue/stats.py
index 676858b7..f92e1d7a 100644
--- a/tilequeue/stats.py
+++ b/tilequeue/stats.py
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ class RawrTilePipelineStatsHandler(object):
     def __init__(self, stats):
         self.stats = stats
 
+    def emit_time_dict(self, pipe, timing, prefix):
+        for timing_label, value in timing.items():
+            metric_name = '%s.%s' % (prefix, timing_label)
+            if isinstance(value, dict):
+                self.emit_time_dict(pipe, value, metric_name)
+            else:
+                pipe.timing(metric_name, value)
+
     def __call__(self, intersect_metrics, n_enqueued, n_inflight, timing):
         with self.stats.pipeline() as pipe:
 
@@ -58,6 +66,5 @@ def __call__(self, intersect_metrics, n_enqueued, n_inflight, timing):
             pipe.gauge('rawr.process.enqueued', n_enqueued)
             pipe.gauge('rawr.process.inflight', n_inflight)
 
-            for timing_label, value in timing.items():
-                metric_name = 'rawr.process.time.%s' % timing_label
-                pipe.timing(metric_name, value)
+            prefix = 'rawr.process.time'
+            self.emit_time_dict(pipe, timing, prefix)