A sandwich at Cozzy Market & Deli, a deli in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More heat 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.
white bread (inferred from the name), toasted: hot pastrami; swiss cheese; onion; pepperoncini; spicy mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 85th |
| acid | 1.3 | 82nd |
| fat | 2.2 | 53rd |
| sweet | 0.1 | 21st |
| umami | 1.7 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 39th |
99 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 |
| hot pastramiscored as Pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +3 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +11 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | +12 |
| spicy mayoscored as Chipotle Mayo | sauce | fat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
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
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
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