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# Cheese Dog at The Smokehouse
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-the-smokehouse-cheese-dog/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:13:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:13:34.000Z
- Description: Hot dog, cheese, mustard, ketchup, relish, onions on Hot Dog Bun. Sandwich Score 53, solid. At The Smokehouse, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A hot dog at [The Smokehouse](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-the-smokehouse/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Hot Dog BunOnionChutneyKetchupMustardCheese (generic)Hot DogHot Dog Bun

**53**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid. Small moves left on the board.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

98

Harmony

77

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

90

Composition

44

Quality

67

Envelope

90

−6 sauce overload

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.

**hot dog bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, toasted: hot dog (low tier); cheese; mustard; ketchup (low tier); relish; onions.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid1.5 · 90thfat1.5 · 27thsweet1.6 · 90thumami1.6 · 57thheat0.5 · 87thbitter0.2 · 66th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.5   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.5   | 27th               |
| sweet  | 1.6   | 90th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 57th               |
| heat   | 0.5   | 87th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 66th               |

**98** 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    |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- |
| hot dog bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                      | the frame |
| hot dog (low tier)                               | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 3 springy juicy tender | **−2**    |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic)                 | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey    | **+1**    |
| mustard                                          | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth         | **−5**    |
| ketchup (low tier)                               | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy         | **−6**    |
| relishscored as Chutney                          | sauce   | sweet 4 acid 3 soft saucy                 | **−7**    |
| onionsscored as Onion                            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh               | **+3**    |

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.

## How to raise it

Commodity lead (hot dog): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

- Clear the board: sauce overload (-6).

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.