A sandwich at Diablo Foods, a corner store in Lafayette, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +10.
Leans toward a roast beef, 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.
sourdough french roll, toasted: roast beef; jalapeños; super sharp cheddar; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 66th |
| acid | 1.0 | 69th |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.9 | 67th |
| heat | 0.3 | 75th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough french rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +23 |
| super sharp cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +22 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +4 |
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
- Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust
- Beef + Cheddar Cheese: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- Jalapeño + Cheddar Cheese: jalapeno cheddar: green heat in sharp fat
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.02 short).
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