A burger at Digger's Diner, a restaurant in Concord, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +17.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
bun, toasted: 1/3 lb beef patty; bacon; jalapeños; spicy pepper jack cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 79th |
| acid | 0.1 | 24th |
| fat | 2.8 | 73rd |
| sweet | 0.3 | 34th |
| umami | 2.1 | 80th |
| heat | 0.3 | 75th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bun (low tier)scored 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 | −3 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −1 |
| jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +6 |
| spicy pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | 0 |
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
- Bacon + Jalapeño: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
How to raise it
Commodity bread (burger bun): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.
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