A burger at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A cheesesteak with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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; moroccan dry rub; provolone cheese; fried onions; lettuce; tomato; 1000 island.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Moroccan Spice Rub.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 0.7 | 58th |
| fat | 2.3 | 58th |
| sweet | 0.9 | 88th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.3 | 73rd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
95 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 | +20 |
| moroccan dry rub | not scored | ||
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +4 |
| fried onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +16 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +14 |
| 1000 islandscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | +2 |
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
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
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