A burger at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +23.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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 italian herb bun, toasted: burger patty; bacon; avocado; lettuce; tomato; melted provolone cheese; creamy ranch (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 70th |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 3.0 | 80th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 35th |
| umami | 2.0 | 71st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | 37th |
80 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 italian herb 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 | −8 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +14 |
| melted provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −2 |
| creamy ranch (low tier)scored as Ranch Dressing | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | −6 |
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 + Provolone: philly logic: sharp provolone on beef
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Ranch Dressing: bacon ranch, the american fold
- Lettuce + Ranch Dressing: ranch on the greens, salad logic
- Tomato + Ranch Dressing: ranch on tomato, salad logic
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.26 short).
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