These salads are so hoity-toity that Quiznos serves them with a real metal salad fork, whether you dine in or carry out.

Here’s the blueprint for Quiznos’ new Classic Cobb Flatbread Chopped Salad: chunks of chicken breast, romaine lettuce, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, blue-cheese crumbles, tomatoes, red onion and toasted flatbread with ranch dressing.

Total calories: 430. Fat grams: 14. Dietary fiber: 5 grams. Carbs: 20 grams. Price: $5.29.

Quiznos also offers Roasted Chicken with Honey Mustard, Chicken Caesar and Antipasto versions of its Flatbread Chopped Salad. The Roasted Chicken comes with chicken, romaine lettuce, bacon, cheddar, tomatoes and red onion, with honey-mustard dressing. The Chicken Caesar has chicken, romaine lettuce, Italian cheese blend, tomatoes and red onion, with peppercorn Caesar dressing. The Antipasto has Genoa salami, romaine lettuce, pepperoni, ham, olives, tomatoes, red onion and Italian cheeses, with red-wine vinaigrette.

Quiznos makes these salads fresh each morning and restocks the fridge throughout the day. All of the salads start with seasoned Italian flatbread. The flatbread is toasted right before each salad is served. The bread is hot and crunchy, and the other ingredients are chilly — it’s like a circus in a bowl. All dressings are served on the side.

The chicken is roasted breast meat. The bacon is crispy and thoroughly cooked (undercooked bacon is disgusting). The lettuce, tomatoes and onions are fresh, crisp and colorful. This really is a big salad. It’s definitely a whole meal in a bowl.

Chopping the ingredients into bite-size morsels is another good idea. This way, if your aim is true, you can get some of everything in each forkful. And the real metal fork is a clever gimmick. Now, if we can get Dairy Queen to offer metal spoons and Pizza Hut to give away metal knives, we’d be set.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B6.