A burger at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +21.
An egg and cheese with layers outside the form; three of six roles, few layers have a 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.
pretzel bun, toasted: hamburger patty; provolone cheese; bacon; fried egg; housemade blackened chips (house-made, low tier).
Worth a look: house-made: Potato Chips.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 79th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 2.9 | 77th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.3 | 85th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/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
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| pretzel bunscored as Pretzel Roll | bread | salt 2 soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| hamburger pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −13 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +5 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +2 |
| fried eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +5 |
| housemade blackened chips (house-made, low tier)scored as Potato Chips | texture | salt 4 fat 3 crunchy crispy | −1 |
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 + Provolone: philly logic: sharp provolone on beef
- Bacon + Egg: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
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