A burger at Digger's Diner, a restaurant in Concord, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid. Small moves left on the board.
An egg and cheese with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
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.
three slices grilled texas toast, toasted: two 1/3 lb beef patties; two eggs; four bacon slices; grilled onions; swiss cheese; american cheese (low tier); mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomatoes; pickles; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 78th |
| acid | 1.2 | 76th |
| fat | 2.3 | 54th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 50th |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.3 | 71st |
| bitter | 0.2 | 62nd |
98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| three slices grilled texas toast (low tier)scored as White Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| two 1/3 lb beef pattiesscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −3 |
| two eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | −4 |
| four bacon slicesscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −3 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −5 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −7 |
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −8 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −5 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | −1 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −5 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −5 |
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 + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Beef + Mustard: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- Beef + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
- Egg + Bacon: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Egg + American Cheese: diner law: american melts into soft egg
- Egg + Mayonnaise: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
Commodity bread (white bread): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.
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