A sandwich at The Brass Bear Delicatessen, a deli in Alamo, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +19.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More fat than 90% of the catalog.
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
toasted sourdough roll, toasted: roast beef; provolone; bacon; avocado; mayo; olive oil.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.4 | 39th |
| fat | 3.7 | 90th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
72 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted sourdough rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +1 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +3 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
| olive oil | fat | fat 5 silky smooth | −3 |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
Pairings
- Beef + Provolone: philly logic: sharp provolone on beef
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
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