A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
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.
sourdough roll, toasted: roast beef; bacon; double cheddar; bbq sauce; crispy onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 84th |
| acid | 0.8 | 61st |
| fat | 2.3 | 57th |
| sweet | 0.9 | 87th |
| umami | 2.2 | 82nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 49th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 39th |
91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −2 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −6 |
| double cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +2 |
| bbq sauce | sauce | sweet 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy | +19 |
| crispy onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +15 |
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
- Beef + Cheddar Cheese: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- Beef + BBQ Sauce: brisket law: bbq sauce on smoked beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Bacon + BBQ Sauce: smoke on smoke: bacon under bbq sauce
- Cheddar Cheese + BBQ Sauce: sharp cheddar stands up to sweet bbq
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- BBQ Sauce + Onion: onion sharpens sweet bbq sauce
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