A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
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.
toasted marbled rye, toasted: hot pastrami; swiss cheese; pickles; pepperoncinis; lettuce; tomato; turkey; provolone; honey mustard (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 1.3 | 18th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 67th |
| umami | 1.7 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.4 | 78th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 59th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted marbled ryescored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| hot pastramiscored as Pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +4 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −2 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −14 |
| pepperoncinisscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −14 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | −4 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −6 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −13 |
| honey mustard (low tier) | sauce | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 saucy smooth | −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
- Rye Bread + Pastrami: pastrami on rye, the new york standard
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- Pastrami + Honey Mustard: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- Swiss Cheese + Turkey: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- Tomato + Turkey: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Honey Mustard: honey mustard on lean bird
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.20 short).
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