A burger at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles.
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 marbled rye bread, toasted: house made 7oz beef patty (house-made); swiss cheese; grilled onions; russian dressing.
Worth a look: house-made: Beef Patty (burger).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 0.6 | 52nd |
| fat | 2.6 | 67th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 76th |
| umami | 1.9 | 70th |
| heat | 0.3 | 75th |
| bitter | 0.4 | 81st |
85 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 marbled rye breadscored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| house made 7oz beef patty (house-made)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +1 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +20 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +18 |
| russian dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | +11 |
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 + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
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