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Chili Dog at Pop's Deli & Grill

Hot dog, chili on Hot Dog Bun. Sandwich Score 39, rough. At Pop's Deli & Grill, Hayward.

A hot dog at Pop's Deli & Grill, a deli in Hayward, California.

Hot Dog BunHot DogHot Dog Bun
39
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +16.

Uncharted, two of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
66
Harmony
26
Contrast
55
Structure
62
Focus
84
Composition
23
Quality
67
Envelope
87

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.

hot dog bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: hot dog (low tier); chili.

Balance

salt3.0 · 90thacid0.0fat3.0 · 80thsweet1.3 · 90thumami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt3.090th
acid0.0n/a
fat3.080th
sweet1.390th
umami2.074th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

66 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
hot dog bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich)breadsweet 2 soft springythe frame
hot dog (low tier)proteinsalt 4 fat 4 umami 3 springy juicy tendernot scored
chilinot scored

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.

How to raise it

Commodity lead (hot dog): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

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