A sandwich at Dublin Skillet, a restaurant in Dublin, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +18.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; four 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.
french roll, toasted: roast beef; melted swiss cheese; jack cheese; onion; green pepper.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 58th |
| acid | 0.1 | 24th |
| fat | 2.0 | 46th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 35th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +16 |
| melted swiss cheesescored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +9 |
| jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −6 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| green pepperscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
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 + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Onion + Bell Pepper: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
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