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# House Smoked Tri Tip at The Farmhand
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/guerneville-the-farmhand-house-smoked-tri-tip/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:19:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:19:21.000Z
- Description: House smoked tri tip, cheddar cheese, caramelized onions, mayonnaise, arugula on costeaux bakery soft roll. Sandwich Score 79, excellent. At The Farmhand, Guerneville.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [The Farmhand](https://onesandwich.com/guerneville-the-farmhand/), a deli in Guerneville, California.

Hoagie RollArugulaMayonnaiseCaramelized OnionCheddar CheeseBeefHoagie Roll

**79**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +14.

Reads as a fully realized roast beef, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

88

Harmony

90

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

76

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**costeaux bakery soft roll**, served cold: house smoked tri tip (house-made); cheddar cheese; caramelized onions; mayonnaise; arugula.

Worth a look: house-made: Tri-Tip.

## Balance

salt1.2 · 61stacid0.7 · 59thfat2.8 · 73rdsweet0.5 · 65thumami1.9 · 68thheat0.0bitter0.4 · 84th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.2   | 61st               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 59th               |
| fat    | 2.8   | 73rd               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 65th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 68th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.4   | 84th               |

**89** 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    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- | --------- |
| costeaux bakery soft rollscored as Hoagie Roll  | bread   | soft crusty                           | the frame |
| house smoked tri tip (house-made)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender      | **+22**   |
| cheddar cheese                                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | **+18**   |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion   | bulk    | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky      | **+5**    |
| mayonnaise                                      | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy             | **+2**    |
| arugula                                         | bulk    | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender           | **+19**   |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- **Beef + Caramelized Onion**: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- **Beef + Arugula**: tagliata logic: pepper leaf on seared beef
- **Cheddar Cheese + Caramelized Onion**: sweet allium under sharp cheddar

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.04 short).

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.