A burger at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +24.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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.
Burger Bun (bread not stated on the menu), toasted: hamburger patty; teriyaki glaze; grilled pineapple.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 89th |
| acid | 0.5 | 47th |
| fat | 1.4 | 22nd |
| sweet | 2.0 | 90th |
| umami | 2.6 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
83 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 |
| hamburger pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +10 |
| teriyaki glazescored as Teriyaki Sauce | sauce | salt 4 sweet 4 umami 4 saucy silky | +5 |
| grilled pineapplescored as Pineapple | garnish | sweet 4 acid 3 juicy fresh raw | +11 |
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
- Teriyaki Sauce + Pineapple: hawaiian logic: glaze and grilled fruit
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