A burger at Holder's Country Inn Cupertino, a restaurant in Cupertino, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles.
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: charbroiled angus patty; fried egg; jack; cheddar; lettuce; tomato; pickles; special sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 78th |
| acid | 1.1 | 75th |
| fat | 2.3 | 56th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 44th |
| umami | 1.8 | 64th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | 37th |
98 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 |
| charbroiled angus pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| fried eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | 0 |
| jackscored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | 0 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +24 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +2 |
| special sauce | not scored |
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 + Cheddar Cheese: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- Beef + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
- Egg + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
- Monterey Jack + Cheddar Cheese: sharp and mild, the taco-shop blend
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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