A burger at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +28.
A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
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 bun, toasted: burger patty; fried egg; bacon; melted american cheese (low tier); mayo; lettuce; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 71st |
| acid | 0.5 | 45th |
| fat | 3.2 | 84th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 55th |
| umami | 2.0 | 71st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | 37th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasty bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| burger pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −2 |
| fried eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | −2 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −12 |
| melted american cheese (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −14 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
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 + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Egg + Bacon: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Egg + American Cheese: diner law: american melts into soft egg
- Egg + Mayonnaise: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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