A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +18.
Reads as a club, six of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
−4 pressed the fresh layers flat
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.
soft roll, pressed: turkey; bacon; spicy mayo; cheddar; red onion; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 77th |
| acid | 0.6 | 54th |
| fat | 2.7 | 71st |
| sweet | 0.2 | 31st |
| umami | 2.0 | 75th |
| heat | 0.4 | 81st |
| bitter | 0.1 | 38th |
92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| soft rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +2 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −10 |
| spicy mayoscored as Chipotle Mayo | sauce | fat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy | −12 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | −10 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +18 |
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
- Turkey + Bacon: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- Turkey + Chipotle Mayo: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Bacon + Chipotle Mayo: smoke on smoke, chipotle and bacon
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Chipotle Mayo + Cheddar Cheese: smoky heat in sharp fat, the southwest melt
- Chipotle Mayo + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
How to raise it
- Clear the board: pressed the fresh layers flat (-4).
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.20 short).
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