A burger at Buffalo Bill's Brewery, a restaurant in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +37.
Uncharted, three 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.
pretzel bun, toasted: durham ranch ground beef (named producer); bacon; cheddar.
Worth a look: named producer: Ground Beef.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.3 | 90th |
| acid | 0.3 | 35th |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.6 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pretzel bunscored as Pretzel Roll | bread | salt 2 soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| durham ranch ground beef (named producer)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +2 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −5 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +5 |
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
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
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