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# South Western Burger at Susie Q's Pizza
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/hayward-susie-q-s-pizza-south-western-burger/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:26:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:26:06.000Z
- Description: Beef patty, bacon, jalapeño, house sauce, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, crispy onions on Burger Bun. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. 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 BunOnionPickle (cucumber)TomatoLettuceCheddar CheeseBurger SauceJalapeñoBaconBeefBurger Bun

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

A burger with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

Balance

100

Harmony

99

Contrast

100

Structure

95

Focus

92

Composition

97

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; bacon; jalapeño; house sauce (high tier); cheddar cheese; lettuce; tomato; pickles; crispy onions.

## Balance

salt2.1 · 90thacid1.4 · 85thfat2.3 · 55thsweet0.8 · 82ndumami1.7 · 60thheat0.2 · 69thbitter0.1 · 54th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.1   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.4   | 85th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 55th               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 82nd               |
| umami  | 1.7   | 60th               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 69th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 54th               |

**100** 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         | **0**     |
| bacon                                           | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy        | **0**     |
| jalapeño                                        | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                 | **0**     |
| house sauce (high tier)scored as Burger Sauce   | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **0**     |
| cheddar cheese                                  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty    | **0**     |
| lettuce                                         | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                      | **0**     |
| tomato                                          | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh  | **0**     |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)              | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled      | **0**     |
| crispy onionsscored as Onion                    | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh              | **0**     |

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 + Pickle (cucumber)**: pickle brine against rich beef
- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- **Bacon + Jalapeño**: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
- **Bacon + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Jalapeño + Cheddar Cheese**: jalapeno cheddar: green heat in sharp fat
- **Cheddar Cheese + Tomato**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.

[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.