A burger at La Bodeguita Panino, a sandwich shop in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, 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.
ciabatta bread, toasted: beef patty; lettuce; tomatoes; red onion; bacon; mozzarella cheese; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 53rd |
| acid | 0.2 | 32nd |
| fat | 2.6 | 67th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciabatta breadscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | −1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +24 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +7 |
| mozzarella cheesescored as Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +1 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −2 |
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
- Lettuce + Bacon: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Tomato + Bacon: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Tomato + Mozzarella: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.02 short).
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