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# Chili Hot Dog at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barney-s-gourmet-hamburgers-shattuck-chili-hot-dog/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:18:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:18:29.000Z
- Description: Kosher beef hot dog, housemade beef chili with beans, cheddar cheese, chopped red onion on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 51, solid. At Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck), Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A hot dog at [Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers (Shattuck)](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-barney-s-gourmet-hamburgers-shattuck/), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.

Bread (generic)OnionCheddar CheeseBeansHot DogBread (generic)

**51**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +12.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

68

Harmony

68

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

37

Quality

67

Envelope

99

More salt 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.

**choice of bread**, toasted: kosher beef hot dog (low tier); housemade beef chili with beans; cheddar cheese; chopped red onion.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid0.4 · 40thfat2.5 · 65thsweet0.5 · 60thumami2.0 · 75thheat0.1 · 53rdbitter0.1 · 45th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 40th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 65th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 60th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 75th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 53rd               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 45th               |

**77** 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    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- |
| choice of bread                                 | bread   | soft                                      | the frame |
| kosher beef hot dog (low tier)scored as Hot Dog | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 3 springy juicy tender | **−4**    |
| housemade beef chili with beansscored as Beans  | bulk    | soft creamy                               | **−1**    |
| cheddar cheese                                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty     | **+4**    |
| chopped red onionscored as Onion                | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh               | **+7**    |

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

- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair

## How to raise it

Commodity lead (hot dog): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.