A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +8.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More salt 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.
french roll, served cold: thinly sliced ham; pepperoni; bacon; provolone cheese; lettuce; tomato; sweet red onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.5 | 90th |
| acid | 0.2 | 32nd |
| fat | 2.6 | 67th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 51st |
| umami | 2.8 | 90th |
| heat | 0.4 | 82nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| thinly sliced hamscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −4 |
| pepperoni | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 heat 2 chewy tender | −5 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −4 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +6 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
| sweet red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
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
- Pepperoni + Provolone: pizzeria cure under sharp provolone
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.07 short).
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