A sandwich at Blazin Bagelz, a bakery in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +20.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
white bread (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: turkey; jack; avocado; sprouts; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 45th |
| acid | 0.2 | 32nd |
| fat | 2.0 | 42nd |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white bread (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | 0 |
| jackscored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −4 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +6 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +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
- Turkey + Avocado: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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