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# Jalapeno Jack Burger at Lumpy's Diner
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/antioch-lumpy-s-diner-jalapeno-jack-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:11:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:11:22.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, crisp jalapeño bacon, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion on bun. Sandwich Score 77, 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)TomatoLettuceMustardMayonnaiseBaconMonterey JackJalapeñoBeefBurger Bun

**77**

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:** a focused, restrained build

Balance

98

Harmony

97

Contrast

100

Structure

89

Focus

68

Composition

95

Quality

78

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: beef patty; jalapeños; pepper jack cheese; crisp jalapeño bacon; mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; pickle; onion.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 82ndacid1.5 · 87thfat2.0 · 44thsweet0.4 · 54thumami1.5 · 49thheat0.4 · 82ndbitter0.2 · 69th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 82nd               |
| acid   | 1.5   | 87th               |
| fat    | 2.0   | 44th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 54th               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 49th               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 82nd               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 69th               |

**98** 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 |
| beef pattyscored as Beef                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **−5**    |
| jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño               | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                | **−4**    |
| pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty  | **−6**    |
| crisp jalapeño baconscored as Bacon       | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **−5**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                  | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **−7**    |
| mustard                                   | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−6**    |
| lettuce                                   | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−3**    |
| tomato                                    | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **−1**    |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber)         | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−8**    |
| onion                                     | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−4**    |

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 + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Beef + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Jalapeño + Bacon**: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
- **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.

- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.07 short).

[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.