A burger at Barefoot Cafe, a restaurant in Fairfax, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
whole wheat bun, toasted: garden burger patty; monterey jack; avocado; sprouts; tomato; mustard dressing; coleslaw.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 58th |
| acid | 1.0 | 72nd |
| fat | 1.9 | 39th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 61st |
| umami | 1.0 | 30th |
| heat | 0.4 | 80th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 72nd |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole wheat bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| garden burger patty | not scored | ||
| monterey jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | +10 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +4 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +6 |
| mustard dressingscored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +3 |
| coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | −12 |
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
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.21 short).
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