A sandwich at New Jersey's Restaurant, a sandwich shop in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +9.
A cheesesteak with layers outside the form; five of six roles.
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.
soft roll, toasted: thinly sliced 100% usda choice steak; sauteed onions; melted white american cheese (low tier); bb tangy sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 74th |
| acid | 0.6 | 52nd |
| fat | 1.9 | 39th |
| sweet | 1.4 | 90th |
| umami | 1.7 | 59th |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 43rd |
83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| soft rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| thinly sliced 100% usda choice steakscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +23 |
| sauteed onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +20 |
| melted white american cheese (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −1 |
| bb tangy saucescored as BBQ Sauce | sauce | sweet 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy | +12 |
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 + BBQ Sauce: brisket law: bbq sauce on smoked beef
- Onion + BBQ Sauce: onion sharpens sweet bbq sauce
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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