A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +22.
A burger buried under extra layers; five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
−8 heat past the catalog
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More heat 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.
italian herb bun, served cold: roast beef; double cheddar; mayo; horseradish; crispy onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 68th |
| acid | 1.1 | 73rd |
| fat | 2.8 | 74th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 44th |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.8 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 72nd |
95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| italian herb bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +15 |
| double cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +16 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −2 |
| horseradish | sauce | heat 4 acid 2 creamy saucy | +6 |
| crispy onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +26 |
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 + Cheddar Cheese: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- Beef + Horseradish: hot horseradish cuts rich roast beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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