A burger at In The Wood, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · legendary
Legendary. Every gate clear, the board clean.
A burger buried under extra layers; six of six roles.
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.
toasted acme bun, toasted: schmitz ranch beef patty (named producer); lettuce; tomato; onion; cheddar; garlic aioli.
Worth a look: named producer: Beef Patty (burger).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 66th |
| acid | 0.7 | 59th |
| fat | 2.8 | 74th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 64th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted acme bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| schmitz ranch beef patty (named producer)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +19 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +7 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +4 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −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 + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Beef + Cheddar Cheese: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- Beef + Aioli: garlic aioli on roast beef
- Tomato + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- Tomato + Aioli: garlic aioli against sweet acid
- Onion + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
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