A sandwich at Cozzy Market & Deli, a deli in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +19.
Reads as a turkey sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
white bread (inferred from the name), toasted: turkey; bacon; avocado; tomato; mixed greens; garlic mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 57th |
| acid | 0.4 | 41st |
| fat | 2.9 | 76th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 21st |
| umami | 1.7 | 59th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white bread (inferred from the name) | bread | soft | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +11 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +8 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
| mixed greens | not scored | ||
| garlic mayoscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −13 |
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
- Turkey + Bacon: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- Turkey + Avocado: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Tomato + Aioli: garlic aioli against sweet acid
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.19 short).
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