A burger at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +19.
Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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: 1/2 pound beef; melted jack cheese; grilled mushrooms; teriyaki.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.3 | 34th |
| fat | 1.9 | 40th |
| sweet | 1.4 | 90th |
| umami | 2.5 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
72 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 |
| 1/2 pound beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +6 |
| melted jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | 0 |
| grilled mushrooms | not scored | ||
| teriyakiscored as Teriyaki Sauce | sauce | salt 4 sweet 4 umami 4 saucy silky | +2 |
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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