A burger at Susie Q's Pizza, a restaurant in Hayward, California.
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
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
| 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).
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