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# Cheeseburger at The Smokehouse
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-the-smokehouse-cheeseburger/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:13:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:13:36.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, ketchup, mustard, mayo on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 83, excellent. At The Smokehouse, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

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

Burger BunMayonnaiseMustardKetchupOnionPickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceCheese (generic)BeefBurger Bun

**83**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

A roast beef with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

Balance

96

Harmony

91

Contrast

100

Structure

97

Focus

76

Composition

93

Quality

100

Envelope

97

More acid 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.

**burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, toasted: beef patty; cheese; lettuce; tomato; pickles; onions; ketchup (low tier); mustard; mayo.

## Balance

salt1.9 · 84thacid1.9 · 90thfat1.7 · 32ndsweet0.8 · 85thumami1.4 · 45thheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.2 · 65th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.9   | 84th               |
| acid   | 1.9   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.7   | 32nd               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 85th               |
| umami  | 1.4   | 45th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 65th               |

**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    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame |
| beef pattyscored as Beef                        | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **+8**    |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic)                | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey  | **−6**    |
| lettuce                                         | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+2**    |
| tomato                                          | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+4**    |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)              | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **−5**    |
| onionsscored as Onion                           | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−3**    |
| ketchup (low tier)                              | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy       | **−6**    |
| mustard                                         | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−4**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                        | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **−4**    |

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 + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Beef + Mustard**: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.

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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.