A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized pb&j, three of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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.
bread not stated, served cold: peanut butter; jelly.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.4 | 18th |
| acid | 0.8 | 60th |
| fat | 1.7 | 31st |
| sweet | 2.3 | 90th |
| umami | 0.0 | n/a |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| peanut butter | protein | fat 4 creamy | +61 |
| jellyscored as Jam (jelly, preserves) | sauce | sweet 5 acid 2 smooth | +35 |
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
- Peanut Butter + Jam (jelly, preserves): the original sweet-salt-fat treaty
How to raise it
- Judged as a pb&j: texture contrast and thinness are not held against it.
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.09 short).
- Reads as a sweet build on purpose; scored as one.
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