Editorial Standards

GrillCheesy is written in the third person and aims to give readers enough detail to check each claim. This page explains how posts are put together.

How facts are sourced

Facts, dates and figures come from pages read while the post was written, and each is linked where it is used and listed again in a Sources list at the end. Primary sources come first: archives, patents, government regulations, museum and library pages, and the businesses and people involved. Newspapers, food publications and reference sites fill in the rest.

Contested origins

Many sandwiches have more than one inventor on record. When claims conflict, posts report who claims what and give the source for each, and they do not pick a winner without evidence. If sources disagree on a date, a spelling or a detail, the post says so.

When a source cannot be read

Some pages cannot be fetched, and some stories circulate with no source behind them. Where a primary source could not be read, the post says so and does not cite it. Wikipedia is used only as a pointer to other sources or when nothing better exists, and the post states that when it applies.

Quotes

Quotations are kept short, attributed and linked at the point where they appear.

Recipes and technique

Cooking times and temperatures are reported from the sources named in the post. Where recipes disagree, the post shows the range and does not average it into a single rule.

Images

Images on the site are generated with an AI tool to illustrate a post. They are not photographs of real events, places, restaurants or products.

Advertising and the delivery menu

Advertising does not influence what a post says. Posts about sandwich history and technique do not promote any business. The delivery menu appears only on the Menu page and in the Ghost Kitchen category, and the Disclosure page explains the connection.