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# Islander Burger at Sprankles Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli-islander-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:15:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:15:43.000Z
- Description: Burger patty, bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickles, 1000 island, american cheese on toasty bun. Sandwich Score 92, legendary. At Sprankles Deli, Benicia.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Sprankles Deli](https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli/), a deli in Benicia, California.

Burger BunAmerican CheeseRussian Dressing (T…Pickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceBaconBeefBurger Bun

**92**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · legendary

Legendary. Every gate clear, the board clean.

A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

Balance

97

Harmony

93

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

100

Composition

100

Quality

93

Envelope

98

More salt 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.

**toasty bun**, toasted: burger patty; bacon; lettuce; tomato; pickles; 1000 island; american cheese (low tier).

## Balance

salt2.3 · 90thacid1.3 · 81stfat2.5 · 64thsweet0.9 · 87thumami1.6 · 57thheat0.1 · 62ndbitter0.0 · 37th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.3   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.3   | 81st               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 64th               |
| sweet  | 0.9   | 87th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 57th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 62nd               |
| bitter | 0.0   | 37th               |

**97** 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         | **+3**    |
| bacon                                                   | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy        | **+4**    |
| lettuce                                                 | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **+8**    |
| tomato                                                  | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh  | **+4**    |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)                      | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled      | **+25**   |
| 1000 islandscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **−1**    |
| american cheese (low tier)                              | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty  | **0**     |

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 + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + American Cheese**: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

[All the sandwiches at Sprankles Deli](https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli/) · [The menu this was read from](https://spranklesvillagedeli.org/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.