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Pesto at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano)

Hamburger patty, garlic basil pesto, jack cheese on baguette. Sandwich Score 47, rough. At Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), Berkeley.

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

BaguetteMonterey JackPestoBeefBaguette
47
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +16.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
66
Harmony
51
Contrast
60
Structure
84
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.

baguette, toasted: hamburger patty; garlic basil pesto; jack cheese.

Balance

salt1.4 · 69thacid0.0fat2.8 · 75thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.3 · 72nd
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.469th
acid0.0n/a
fat2.875th
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.074th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.372nd

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
baguettebreadcrispy soft flakythe frame
hamburger pattyscored as Beefproteinfat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender0
garlic basil pestoscored as Pestosaucefat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy+2
jack cheesescored as Monterey Jackproteinfat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty+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.

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