A burger at Slanted Tree Kitchen & Taproom, a restaurant in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
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: kobe beef patty; brie; caramelized onions; sautéed mushrooms.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 66th |
| acid | 0.5 | 49th |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 1.1 | 90th |
| umami | 2.5 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 63rd |
79 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 |
| kobe beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| brie | protein | fat 5 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft melty | +3 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +8 |
| sautéed mushrooms | 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 + Caramelized Onion: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- Brie + Caramelized Onion: sweet allium under a soft rind
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