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# Chili Cheese Burger at Susie Q's Pizza
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-chili-cheese-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:25:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:25:30.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, chili, cheddar cheese, house sauce, crispy onions on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 74, very good. At Susie Q's Pizza, Hayward.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A burger at [Susie Q's Pizza](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza/), a restaurant in Hayward, California.

Burger BunOnionBurger SauceCheddar CheeseBeefBurger Bun

**74**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +16.

A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

71

Harmony

90

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

100

Composition

79

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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 patty; chili; cheddar cheese; house sauce (high tier); crispy onions.

## Balance

salt1.7 · 79thacid0.8 · 64thfat3.0 · 80thsweet0.9 · 88thumami1.9 · 70thheat0.1 · 52ndbitter0.1 · 42nd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 79th               |
| acid   | 0.8   | 64th               |
| fat    | 3.0   | 80th               |
| sweet  | 0.9   | 88th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 70th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 52nd               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 42nd               |

**90** 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 pattyscored as Beef                        | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender         | **−2**     |
| chili                                           |         |                                          | not scored |
| cheddar cheese                                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty    | **+14**    |
| house sauce (high tier)scored as Burger Sauce   | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **−6**     |
| crispy onionsscored as Onion                    | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh              | **+22**    |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.09 short).

[All the sandwiches at Susie Q's Pizza](https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza/) · [The menu this was read from](https://susieqspizza.com/hayward-hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-food-menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.