· 2 min read

Polish Sausage or Hot Link at Pop's Deli & Grill

Polish sausage, hot link on Hot Dog Bun. Sandwich Score 42, rough. At Pop's Deli & Grill, Hayward.

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

Hot Dog BunKielbasaHot Dog Bun
42
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +18.

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
69
Harmony
38
Contrast
50
Structure
60
Focus
84
Composition
23
Quality
100
Envelope
96

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: polish sausage; hot link.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Kielbasa.

Balance

salt2.3 · 90thacid0.0fat2.3 · 57thsweet0.7 · 77thumami2.0 · 74thheat0.7 · 90thbitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt2.390th
acid0.0n/a
fat2.357th
sweet0.777th
umami2.074th
heat0.790th
bitter0.0n/a

69 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
polish sausagescored as Kielbasaproteinsalt 3 fat 3 umami 3 juicy springynot scored
hot linknot 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.

Build this sandwich

Load its stack into the Sandwich Builder. Swap a layer, watch the score move.

Open in the builder

Read next

Veggie at Diablo Foods

Lettuce, onions, tomatoes, pickles, peppers, sprouts, cucumbers, avocados, roasted red peppers, sunflower seeds, oil and vinegar, cheese on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 74, very good. At Diablo Foods, Lafayette.

Andrew Lekashman
Andrew Lekashman
· 2 min read

The Explosion at Diablo Foods

Roast beef, pepper jack, lettuce, tomato, onion, pepperoncini, jalapeños, biyn mustard, horseradish sauce, oil and vinegar on sourdough roll. Sandwich Score 76, excellent. At Diablo Foods, Lafayette.

Andrew Lekashman
Andrew Lekashman
· 2 min read