A sandwich at Diablo Foods, a corner store in Lafayette, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
More umami 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.
sourdough roll, served cold: ham; roast beef; turkey; swiss; american (low tier); the works.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.1 | 25th |
| fat | 2.5 | 65th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 46th |
| umami | 2.5 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
70 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 rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | 0 |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +3 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −1 |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +9 |
| american (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | +1 |
| the works | not scored |
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 + American Cheese: grilled cheese law: melted cheese, tangy crust
- Ham + Swiss Cheese: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- Beef + Swiss Cheese: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- Beef + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Turkey + Swiss Cheese: turkey and swiss, the deli default
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