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TYLT at Digger's Diner

Yellow cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, ranch dressing on grilled texas toast. Sandwich Score 63, very good. At Digger's Diner, Concord.

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

White BreadRanch DressingTomatoLettuceCheese (generic)White Bread
63
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +17.

Uncharted, six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
92
Harmony
70
Contrast
100
Structure
98
Focus
100
Composition
51
Quality
78
Envelope
100

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 texas toast, toasted: yellow cheese; lettuce; tomatoes; ranch dressing (low tier).

Balance

salt1.7 · 79thacid0.9 · 67thfat2.5 · 65thsweet0.2 · 27thumami1.6 · 55thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 48th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.779th
acid0.967th
fat2.565th
sweet0.227th
umami1.655th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.148th

96 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
grilled texas toast (low tier)scored as White Breadbreadsoftthe frame
yellow cheesescored as Cheese (generic)proteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey+4
lettucetexturecrunchy juicy fresh+5
tomatoesscored as Tomatotextureacid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh+11
ranch dressing (low tier)saucefat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy+2

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

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