A burger at Skillet'z Cafe, a restaurant in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +18.
Reads as a fully realized cheesesteak, five of six roles on the board.
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.
burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: beef patty; mayo; grilled onions; bell peppers; mushrooms; american cheese (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 62nd |
| acid | 0.4 | 43rd |
| fat | 2.4 | 62nd |
| sweet | 0.7 | 76th |
| umami | 1.5 | 51st |
| heat | 0.1 | 49th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 39th |
78 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 |
| beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +6 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −3 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| bell peppersscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
| mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +2 |
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −8 |
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 + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Beef + Mushroom: beef and mushroom, the steakhouse pair
- Beef + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Onion + Bell Pepper: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Onion + Mushroom: the saute pair: mushroom and onion
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.20 short).
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