A sandwich at Buffalo Bill's Brewery, a restaurant in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +26.
A hot chicken sandwich with layers outside the form; five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−8 heat past the catalog
More sweet 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.
brioche bun, toasted: crispy chicken thigh; jalapenos; coleslaw; spicy honey glaze; garlic aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.6 | 29th |
| acid | 0.8 | 61st |
| fat | 2.1 | 47th |
| sweet | 1.3 | 90th |
| umami | 0.9 | 27th |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| crispy chicken thighscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +16 |
| jalapenosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | −3 |
| coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +6 |
| spicy honey glazescored as Hot Honey | sauce | sweet 5 heat 3 silky saucy | −5 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | +1 |
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
- Chicken + Jalapeño: green heat wakes mild chicken
- Chicken + Coleslaw: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken
- Chicken + Hot Honey: sweet heat on crisp chicken, the modern law
- Chicken + Aioli: garlic aioli on mild chicken
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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