A burger at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +16.
Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More umami 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.
burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: bacon; cheese; beef patty.
In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.3 | 35th |
| fat | 3.3 | 87th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 37th |
| umami | 2.6 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −3 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −2 |
| beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
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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