A sandwich at Blazin Bagelz, a bakery in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six 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.
french roll, toasted: choice of chicken or turkey; bacon; cheddar; lettuce; tomato; onion; ranch dressing (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 84th |
| acid | 0.7 | 59th |
| fat | 2.7 | 71st |
| sweet | 0.3 | 36th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| choice of chicken or turkey | not scored | ||
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −6 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | −6 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| ranch dressing (low tier) | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | −6 |
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
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Ranch Dressing: bacon ranch, the american fold
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Ranch Dressing: ranch and cheddar, the loaded-potato pair
- Lettuce + Ranch Dressing: ranch on the greens, salad logic
- Tomato + Ranch Dressing: ranch on tomato, salad logic
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.06 short).
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