A burger at Water Tower Kitchen, a restaurant in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +23.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More fat 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.
brioche bun, toasted: 1/2 lb certified angus beef brisket blend (named producer); blue cheese crumbles; bacon; fried onion strings; mayo.
Worth a look: named producer: Beef Patty (burger).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 78th |
| acid | 0.4 | 45th |
| fat | 3.5 | 90th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 30th |
| umami | 2.2 | 82nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 49th |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| 1/2 lb certified angus beef brisket blend (named producer)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +3 |
| blue cheese crumblesscored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | +2 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −18 |
| fried onion stringsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy 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 + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola): steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
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