A burger at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
More bitter 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.
burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: 1/3 lb. beef patty; bacon; bleu cheese; mayo; lettuce; tomato; onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 77th |
| acid | 0.6 | 52nd |
| fat | 3.0 | 80th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 52nd |
| umami | 2.1 | 80th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| 1/3 lb. beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −2 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −2 |
| bleu cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | −2 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
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 + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola): steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- 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
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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