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California at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano)

Hamburger patty, grilled ortega chili, bacon, jack cheese on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 48, rough. At Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), Berkeley.

A burger at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.

Burger BunMonterey JackBaconBeefBurger Bun
48
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +17.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
62
Harmony
57
Contrast
60
Structure
88
Focus
100
Composition
30
Quality
100
Envelope
100

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: hamburger patty; grilled ortega chili; bacon; jack cheese.

Balance

salt1.9 · 84thacid0.0fat3.0 · 80thsweet0.3 · 37thumami2.3 · 85thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.984th
acid0.0n/a
fat3.080th
sweet0.337th
umami2.385th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

68 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
Burger Bunbreadsweet 2 soft springythe frame
hamburger pattyscored as Beefproteinfat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender−1
grilled ortega chilinot scored
baconproteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy0
jack cheesescored as Monterey Jackproteinfat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty0

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.

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