A burger at Lumpy's Diner, a restaurant in Antioch, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +50.
Uncharted, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−8 heat past the catalog
Less fat than almost everything in 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 sourdough, toasted: vegan patty; mustard; lettuce; tomato; onion; melted vegan cheese.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Vegan Cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 50th |
| acid | 1.9 | 90th |
| fat | 0.0 | n/a |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 0.9 | 26th |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.7 | 90th |
64 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 |
| vegan patty | not scored | ||
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −9 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +4 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| melted vegan cheese | not scored |
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.
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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