A burger at Headlands Brewing Berkeley, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A cheesesteak with layers outside the form; five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More salt 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.
potato bun, toasted: beef patty; grilled onions; american cheese (low tier); sliced pickles; secret sriracha sauce; mixed greens; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 1.5 | 89th |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 1.0 | 90th |
| umami | 1.5 | 51st |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| potato bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +15 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | +11 |
| sliced picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +6 |
| secret sriracha sauce | not scored | ||
| mixed greens | not scored | ||
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | 0 |
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 + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Beef + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Beef + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
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