A burger at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · legendary
Legendary. Every gate clear, the board clean.
Uncharted, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
toasty bun, toasted: burger patty; mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; red onion; choice of melted cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 70th |
| acid | 1.3 | 81st |
| fat | 2.3 | 56th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 53rd |
| umami | 1.7 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.4 | 81st |
| bitter | 0.3 | 75th |
100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasty bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| burger pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +16 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +5 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +21 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +23 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| choice of melted cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −1 |
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 + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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