A sandwich at Sprankles Deli, a deli in Benicia, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +16.
Reads as a turkey sandwich, six 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.
sourdough, pressed: mayo; pesto; turkey; bacon; provolone; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 76th |
| acid | 0.6 | 52nd |
| fat | 2.9 | 76th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 20th |
| umami | 2.1 | 78th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 58th |
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | −6 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +8 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +3 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
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
- Mayonnaise + Turkey: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
- Turkey + Bacon: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
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