Sandwich lovers of OOT,

Had some tight battles in the sweet 16 with banh mi edging chicken parm and BLT narrowly defeating grilled cheese. Most of the others were very clear victories. Saddest loss for me was fried chicken falling to pulled pork.

The Elite Eight Sandwiches Battle

Reuben vs Pulled Pork
Banh Mi vs Cheesesteak
Breakfast vs Brisket
BLT vs Pastrami

Very simple. There are four pairs of sandwiches battling to advance. Vote for one in each pair. The four winners advance. Heavy gimmick account or heavy random participation may result in a sandwich being DQ'd. So just vote for what you want and no shenanigans.

Voting Criteria
Here's the criteria for selecting the "best" sandwiches. Select it based on the best reasonably available version of that sandwich to you. Not the average or the best ever version, but the one that you'd go get if you thought to yourself “man, I’m really in the mood for an xyz sandwich today!”

Even if your standard/average sandwich is subway, don't vote based on subway (unless you really love it!). And don't vote based on the cheesesteak you had when visiting Philly or the pastrami sandwich at Katz’s when vacationing in NYC. Vote based on the good sandwich you'd go get when you want a good sandwich.

Maximum parity.

GnT,

I love your single-minded focus on cheesesteak!

banh mi hands down best sandwich left. probably won't win it all because decent % have never had one, while most people have tried remaining 7.

SoCal,

Banh mi vs reuben would be a truly worthy sandwich final.

El D, I'm only voting cheesesteak from now onwards, any other result would be a travesty.

Correct rankings:

1. Banh Mi
2. Pulled Pork
3. Pastrami
4. Cheesesteak
5. Breakfast
6. Brisket
7. BLT
92. lolReuben

Spider,


Shaping up to be some great battles here!

Yep, this is going to be a hot one. I don't want to step on your toes, but I'd encourage Ms. OOT-style advocacy, where people make the case for their sandwich choices and post pictures in an attempt to sway voters. I'm especially pro pictures of low-quality sandwiches you don't like (like 99's Emma Watson trolling).

You can't do breakfast vs brisket, those are the top 2.

Spider,

I wholeheartedly support lobbying both for and against sandwiches.

You already know I'm going express shock that the breakfast sandwich is pulling ahead. I wasn't surprised at all to, to be honest...

Have you ever had both a bahn mi and a cheesesteak? I suspect no.

Also, do not come at us again!

Oh yes, sandwich of the year:

Breakfast sandwich making it to the final four would be a travesty.

pokeraz,

Your mom is a travesty.

Here's the version of a breakfast sandwich that gets my vote 1,000 out of 1,000 times.

Spider,

That looks like a non-qualifying biscuit.

Aren't reuben and pastrami basically the same damn sandwich?

Pulled pork or breakfast.

Wow, that's a ruling that I was not expecting.



Gonna reflect on that for a bit, may influence further voting.

Chicken cheddar biscuit write in. Also never thought about an egg on that sandwich. It just screams bacon as well

Spider,

We’re voting on sandwiches made with bread.

Not biscuits, bagels, tortillas, croissants, pitas, and other non-bread items filled with stuff.

Two slices of bread or a roll with stuff in it. A sandwich!

Wow, people posting pics of food that's not even in this competition in order to try to influence voting. A new low.

What is the meat in that thing? The cook's finger?

I don't even know what planet I'm on right now.

I'm going to go home, beat my kids, kick my dog, and open a giant beer to escape from this madness.