A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +24.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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 sourdough roll, toasted: turkey; bacon; pepperoni; mozzarella; pepperoncinis; ranch (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.8 | 64th |
| fat | 2.4 | 61st |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.5 | 84th |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
94 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 sourdough rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +1 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +6 |
| pepperoni | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 heat 2 chewy tender | +6 |
| mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +3 |
| pepperoncinisscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | +15 |
| ranch (low tier)scored as Ranch Dressing | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | +4 |
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
- Bacon + Ranch Dressing: bacon ranch, the american fold
- Pepperoni + Mozzarella: pizza law: pepperoni under the melt
- Pepperoni + Pepperoncini: hot pickled pepper cuts pepperoni fat
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