A burger at Lumpy's Diner, a restaurant in Antioch, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, with one move worth +8.
A french dip buried under extra layers; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
More acid than 90% of the catalog.
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 rye bread, toasted: burger patty; grilled onions; swiss cheese; mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; pickle; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 74th |
| acid | 1.7 | 90th |
| fat | 1.6 | 29th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 54th |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.4 | 79th |
| bitter | 0.4 | 87th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled rye breadscored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| burger pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +8 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −7 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −2 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −6 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −4 |
| 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 | −7 |
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 + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Beef + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + Mustard: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- Beef + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.02 short).
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