A burger at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +18.
Reads as a fully realized french dip, four of six roles on the board.
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.
Burger Bun (bread not stated on the menu), toasted: beef patty; swiss cheese; sautéed mushrooms; sautéed onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 61st |
| acid | 0.1 | 25th |
| fat | 1.9 | 40th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 60th |
| umami | 2.2 | 83rd |
| heat | 0.1 | 53rd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 45th |
70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +6 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +6 |
| sautéed mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +5 |
| sautéed onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
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 + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + Mushroom: beef and mushroom, the steakhouse pair
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Swiss Cheese + Mushroom: melted alpine over browned mushroom
- Mushroom + Onion: the saute pair: mushroom and onion
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.10 short).
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