A burger at Slanted Tree Kitchen & Taproom, a restaurant in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized roast beef, five of six roles on the board.
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: angus beef patty; swiss cheese; sautéed mushrooms; lettuce; tomato; onion; basil aioli.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Slanted Tree Kitchen & Taproom's typical score.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 58th |
| acid | 0.4 | 39th |
| fat | 1.9 | 40th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 76th |
| umami | 2.1 | 80th |
| heat | 0.1 | 53rd |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
85 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 |
| angus beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +6 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +1 |
| sautéed mushrooms | not scored | ||
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| basil aioli | 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 + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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