A burger at Buffalo Bill's Brewery, a restaurant in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−8 heat past the catalog
More heat 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; blue cheese; roasted jalapenos; jalapeno jam.
Worth a look: named producer: Ground Beef.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 79th |
| acid | 0.4 | 44th |
| fat | 2.3 | 57th |
| sweet | 0.8 | 82nd |
| umami | 1.9 | 69th |
| heat | 0.8 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
81 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 | 0 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −1 |
| blue cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | +3 |
| roasted jalapenosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | −2 |
| jalapeno jamscored as Pepper Jelly (chili jam) | sauce | sweet 4 heat 3 acid 2 smooth | −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
- Beef + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola): steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef
- Bacon + Jalapeño: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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