A sandwich at Inverness Park Market, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: better ingredients (quality 0.80 or better)
More fat 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.
grilled brickmaiden pullman, toasted: five strips of smoked bacon; spring mix; vinaigrette; tomato; avocado; herb aioli; medium cheddar cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 76th |
| acid | 1.1 | 76th |
| fat | 3.6 | 90th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 20th |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 58th |
89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled brickmaiden pullman (low tier)scored as White Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| five strips of smoked baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +17 |
| spring mix | not scored | ||
| vinaigrettescored as Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar) | sauce | acid 4 fat 4 salt 2 saucy wet | +17 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +1 |
| herb aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −4 |
| medium cheddar cheesescored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +14 |
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
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar) + Tomato: vinaigrette on tomato, salad logic
- Tomato + Aioli: garlic aioli against sweet acid
- Tomato + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
How to raise it
Commodity bread (white bread): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.
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