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# Grilled Chicken at The Smokehouse
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-the-smokehouse-grilled-chicken/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:14:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:14:09.000Z
- Description: Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, ketchup, mustard, mayo on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 77, excellent. At The Smokehouse, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

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

Hoagie RollMayonnaiseMustardKetchupOnionPickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceChickenHoagie Roll

**77**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +8.

Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

93

Harmony

96

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

88

Composition

68

Quality

100

Envelope

95

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.

**hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place)**, toasted: grilled chicken; lettuce; tomato; pickles; onions; ketchup (low tier); mustard; mayo.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 76thacid2.0 · 90thfat1.1 · 15thsweet0.8 · 84thumami1.1 · 34thheat0.3 · 77thbitter0.2 · 70th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 76th               |
| acid   | 2.0   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.1   | 15th               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 84th               |
| umami  | 1.1   | 34th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 77th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 70th               |

**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    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft crusty                             | the frame |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken              | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **+13**   |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+11**   |
| tomato                                        | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+13**   |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)            | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **+8**    |
| onionsscored as Onion                         | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−5**    |
| ketchup (low tier)                            | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy       | **−7**    |
| mustard                                       | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−1**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                      | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+13**   |

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

- **Chicken + Pickle (cucumber)**: fried chicken's pickle law holds cold too
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.12 short).

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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.