A sandwich at Lumpy's Diner, a restaurant in Antioch, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +18.
Reads as a fully realized breakfast sandwich, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
grilled sourdough, toasted: crisp bacon; ham; two over-hard eggs; hash browns (low tier); cheddar cheese; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.5 | 51st |
| fat | 3.4 | 89th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 25th |
| umami | 2.1 | 81st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled sourdoughscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| crisp baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −1 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −2 |
| two over-hard eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +21 |
| hash browns (low tier) | bulk | fat 3 salt 2 crispy soft fried | −3 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +19 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +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
- Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust
- Bacon + Egg: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Egg + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
- Egg + Mayonnaise: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
How to raise it
- Judged as a breakfast: richness is not held against it.
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.14 short).
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