A burger at Cafe Benedict, a cafe in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · legendary
Legendary. Every gate clear, the board clean.
Leans toward a roast beef, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More acid 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.
brioche bun, toasted: ½ lb certified angus beef (named producer); onions; romaine; tomato; pickles; mayo.
Worth a look: named producer: Beef Patty (burger).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 70th |
| acid | 1.9 | 90th |
| fat | 2.0 | 43rd |
| sweet | 0.6 | 74th |
| umami | 1.2 | 37th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| ½ lb certified angus beef (named producer)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +19 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| romainescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +15 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | 0 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +10 |
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
- Beef + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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