· 2 min read

The Big "20" at Digger's Diner

Hand-formed beef patty with chopped bacon, jalapeños, fresh garlic and cheddar cheese, bacon, cheddar cheese, spicy house mayo on bun. Sandwich Score 50, solid. At Digger's Diner, Concord.

A burger at Digger's Diner, a restaurant in Concord, California.

Burger BunChipotle MayoCheddar CheeseBaconBeefBurger Bun
50
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +35.

A burger with layers outside the form; four of six roles.

Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better

Balance
25
Harmony
95
Contrast
60
Structure
88
Focus
100
Composition
67
Quality
78
Envelope
99

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.

bun, toasted: hand-formed beef patty with chopped bacon, jalapeños, fresh garlic and cheddar cheese; bacon; cheddar cheese; spicy house mayo.

Balance

salt1.9 · 85thacid0.4 · 44thfat3.6 · 90thsweet0.2 · 30thumami2.3 · 84thheat0.4 · 81stbitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.985th
acid0.444th
fat3.690th
sweet0.230th
umami2.384th
heat0.481st
bitter0.0n/a

73 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
bun (low tier)scored as Burger Bunbreadsweet 2 soft springythe frame
hand-formed beef patty with chopped bacon, jalapeños, fresh garlic and cheddar cheesescored as Beefproteinfat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender+1
baconproteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy−3
cheddar cheeseproteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty+4
spicy house mayoscored as Chipotle Mayosaucefat 5 heat 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

How to raise it

Commodity bread (burger bun): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

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