A sandwich at Digger's Diner, a restaurant in Concord, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +27.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
grilled hoagie roll, toasted: 8oz ny steak; grilled jalapeños; bacon; melted pepper jack cheese; romaine; red onion; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 0.5 | 45th |
| fat | 2.7 | 72nd |
| sweet | 0.1 | 20th |
| umami | 1.7 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.3 | 73rd |
| bitter | 0.2 | 60th |
82 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 hoagie rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| 8oz ny steakscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
| grilled jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +7 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | 0 |
| melted pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −5 |
| romainescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +7 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +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
- Jalapeño + Bacon: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
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