A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +31.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, few layers have a 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.
sourdough roll, served cold: roast beef; jack cheese; mild green chiles; lettuce; sliced tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.5 | 45th |
| fat | 1.9 | 41st |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 47th |
92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −1 |
| jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −5 |
| mild green chiles | not scored | ||
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| sliced tomatoscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft 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.
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