THE MADNESS IS BACK

AND BREADER THAN EVER.

If this is your first Starch Madness, welcome! We are so thrilled you're here. It's our favorite time of year in which we create an NCAA-style bracket of recipes centered around a singular starch and present two weeks of carb-focused voting fun. After two years of pasta-related competition, one spud-tastic go-around, and last year's rice shenanigans, Starch Madness's fifth anniversary edition will crown The Ultimate Sandwich, and whether it's an upset, an outrage, or a foregone conclusion is entirely up to you.

We have 64 contenders. Some are classics, some are underdogs, and one—we refuse to apologize—is a hot dog. The competition begins TODAY, Monday, 3/18, and you can vote at the link below or via our Instagram stories (@seriouseats). Every day of voting, the newest pairs of match-ups will debut at 10 a.m. You'll have 23 hours to contribute your votes. We'll take the in-between hour to tally them and bring you (1) the next round of voting and (2) updates on newly minted winners.

Go ahead, click through and vote! How else will we ever determine The Best Sandwich of Them All!?