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# Chili Cheeseburger at Lumpy's Diner
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/antioch-lumpy-s-diner-chili-cheeseburger/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:11:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:11:07.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, homemade chili, cheddar cheese on open-faced bun. Sandwich Score 57, solid. 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.

Cheddar CheeseBeefBurger Bun

**57**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +26.

Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance

74

Harmony

98

Contrast

60

Structure

84

Focus

100

Composition

41

Quality

100

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.

**open-faced bun**, toasted: beef patty; homemade chili (house-made); cheddar cheese.

Worth a look: house-made: Beef Chili.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 82ndacid0.4 · 42ndfat3.0 · 80thsweet0.4 · 50thumami2.4 · 87thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 82nd               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 42nd               |
| fat    | 3.0   | 80th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 50th               |
| umami  | 2.4   | 87th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**76** 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     |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| open-faced bunscored as Burger Bun | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                  | the frame  |
| beef pattyscored as Beef           | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender      | **+7**     |
| homemade chili (house-made)        |         |                                       | not scored |
| cheddar cheese                     | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | **+11**    |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef

[All the sandwiches at Lumpy's Diner](https://onesandwich.com/antioch-lumpy-s-diner/) · [The menu this was read from](https://lumpysdiner.com/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.