A burger at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +14.
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.
grilled ciabatta roll, toasted: house-made 7oz burger patty (house-made); lettuce; cheddar cheese; bacon; grilled onions; ketchup (low tier).
Worth a look: house-made: Beef Patty (burger).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 81st |
| acid | 0.6 | 54th |
| fat | 2.2 | 52nd |
| sweet | 0.7 | 77th |
| umami | 2.0 | 76th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 52nd |
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 ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| house-made 7oz burger patty (house-made)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +7 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +9 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +19 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +3 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +11 |
| ketchup (low tier) | sauce | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy | +17 |
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
- Lettuce + Bacon: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Cheddar Cheese + Bacon: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.02 short).
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