A burger at Digger's Diner, a restaurant in Concord, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +29.
A burger with layers outside the form; four of six roles.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
grilled bun, toasted: 1/3 lb beef patty; bacon; crispy onion ring; bbq sauce; american cheese (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.4 | 41st |
| fat | 2.6 | 69th |
| sweet | 1.3 | 90th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| 1/3 lb beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −4 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −13 |
| crispy onion ringscored as Onion Rings | texture | fat 3 salt 2 sweet 2 crunchy crispy fried | −1 |
| bbq sauce | sauce | sweet 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy | +11 |
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −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
- Beef + Onion Rings: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Beef + BBQ Sauce: brisket law: bbq sauce on smoked beef
- Beef + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Bacon + BBQ Sauce: smoke on smoke: bacon under bbq sauce
- Onion Rings + BBQ Sauce: onion sharpens sweet bbq sauce
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