A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
Acme focaccia, toasted: roast turkey; bacon; sharp white cheddar; smoked gouda; Calabrian chili orange jam (house-made, high tier); arugula; rosemary ranch (house-made); creamy avocado-lime vinaigrette (house-made).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 78th |
| acid | 0.9 | 67th |
| fat | 2.7 | 70th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 71st |
| umami | 1.5 | 51st |
| heat | 0.3 | 77th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 73rd |
99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme focaccia (high tier)scored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| roast turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +7 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +12 |
| sharp white cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +14 |
| smoked goudascored as Gouda | protein | fat 4 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +4 |
| Calabrian chili orange jam (house-made, high tier)scored as Pepper Jelly (chili jam) | sauce | sweet 4 heat 3 acid 2 smooth | 0 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | −3 |
| rosemary ranch (house-made)scored as Ranch Dressing | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | +5 |
| creamy avocado-lime vinaigrette (house-made)scored as Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar) | sauce | acid 4 fat 4 salt 2 saucy wet | +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
- Turkey + Bacon: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- Turkey + Gouda: smoked gouda lends lean turkey its smoke
- Turkey + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): vinaigrette brightens lean bird
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Bacon + Ranch Dressing: bacon ranch, the american fold
- Cheddar Cheese + Gouda: sharp cheddar and smoky gouda, the smokehouse blend
- Cheddar Cheese + Pepper Jelly (chili jam): southern law: pepper jelly on sharp cheddar
- Cheddar Cheese + Ranch Dressing: ranch and cheddar, the loaded-potato pair
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.01 short).
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