A burger at Susie Q's Pizza, a restaurant in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized burger, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: beef hot link; caramelized onions; mushrooms; cheddar cheese; lettuce; tomato; house sauce (high tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 76th |
| acid | 1.0 | 71st |
| fat | 2.2 | 53rd |
| sweet | 1.4 | 90th |
| umami | 1.9 | 67th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 66th |
97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| beef hot link | not scored | ||
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +1 |
| mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +1 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +28 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| house sauce (high tier)scored as Burger Sauce | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | −2 |
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
- Caramelized Onion + Cheddar Cheese: sweet allium under sharp cheddar
- Mushroom + Cheddar Cheese: browned mushroom under sharp cheddar
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
All the sandwiches at Susie Q's Pizza · The menu this was read from · Build your own in the Sandwich Builder