A sandwich at The Sandwich Spot Menlo College, a sandwich shop in Atherton, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A blt with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
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.
choice of bread, toasted: Bacon; Lettuce; Tomato; Avocado; Mayonnaise; Mustard; Secret Sauce; Pickle (cucumber); Onion; Pepper (bell/hot).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 74th |
| acid | 1.7 | 90th |
| fat | 1.9 | 40th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 48th |
| umami | 1.1 | 32nd |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.3 | 74th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| choice of bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +16 |
| Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +11 |
| Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +18 |
| Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +1 |
| Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −3 |
| Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −3 |
| Secret Sauce | not scored | ||
| Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −7 |
| Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | −3 |
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
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
- Onion + Pepper (bell/hot): peppers and onions, the griddle pair
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