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# Bacon Cheeseburger at Lumpy's Diner
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/antioch-lumpy-s-diner-bacon-cheeseburger/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:11:00.000Z
- Description: Angus beef patty, crisp bacon, american cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion on bun. Sandwich Score 80, excellent. At Lumpy's Diner, Antioch.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Lumpy's Diner](https://onesandwich.com/antioch-lumpy-s-diner/), a restaurant in Antioch, California.

Burger BunOnionPickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceMustardMayonnaiseAmerican CheeseBaconBeefBurger Bun

**80**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** better ingredients (quality 0.80 or better)

Balance

99

Harmony

100

Contrast

100

Structure

97

Focus

76

Composition

94

Quality

73

Envelope

100

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.

**bun**, toasted: angus beef patty; crisp bacon; american cheese (low tier); mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; pickle; onion.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid1.5 · 88thfat2.2 · 53rdsweet0.6 · 71stumami1.5 · 51stheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.2 · 65th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 1.5   | 88th               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 53rd               |
| sweet  | 0.6   | 71st               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 51st               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 65th               |

**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    |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| bun (low tier)scored as Burger Bun | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame |
| angus beef pattyscored as Beef     | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **−1**    |
| crisp baconscored as Bacon         | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **−1**    |
| american cheese (low tier)         | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | **−5**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise           | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **−4**    |
| mustard                            | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−3**    |
| lettuce                            | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−2**    |
| tomato                             | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **0**     |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber)  | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−4**    |
| onion                              | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−2**    |

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 + American Cheese**: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- **Beef + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Beef + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Mayonnaise + Tomato**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

Commodity bread (burger bun): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.