A sandwich at Jersey Joe's Coastside, a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +32.
Uncharted, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More salt than 90% of the catalog.
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.
steak roll, toasted: grilled ribeye steak; melted american cheese (low tier); grilled onions; bacon (choice of); pepperoni (choice of).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.3 | 90th |
| acid | 0.1 | 23rd |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 0.3 | 43rd |
| umami | 2.6 | 90th |
| heat | 0.5 | 84th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 39th |
71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| steak rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| grilled ribeye steakscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
| melted american cheese (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −1 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| bacon (choice of)scored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −6 |
| pepperoni (choice of)scored as Pepperoni | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 heat 2 chewy tender | −3 |
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 + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
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