A sandwich at Picnic, a deli in Albany, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A blt with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
acme ciabatta roll, served cold: picnic bacon; early girl tomatoes; butter lettuce; dijonnaise.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 79th |
| acid | 1.2 | 78th |
| fat | 1.3 | 20th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.6 | 55th |
| heat | 0.6 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.4 | 85th |
99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| acme ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| picnic baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +47 |
| early girl tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +26 |
| butter lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +25 |
| dijonnaisescored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −1 |
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
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
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