One guy, one city, one sandwich every Saturday.

The short version

StackSandos is Case Critchlow's Austin sandwich-review project: one sandwich reviewed every Saturday on Instagram (@stacksandos), scored out of 10 on the Stack Score. He pays for his own food — scored reviews are never sponsored, never gifted, and never announced in advance. The Best Sandwiches in Austin leaderboard keeps every score live and ranked.

The longer version

Case films one sandwich at an Austin shop every Friday and posts the review reel Saturday morning. Each new sandwich is framed against the reigning champion on the leaderboard — a challenger takes the crown only by scoring higher, head to head. No ties, no mercy.

The Stack Score stays honest by design: scores mirror his ratings on Beli, where sandwiches are compared pairwise until the ratings settle, so the bar rises over time. There's no fixed rubric — a banh mi and an Italian beef are perfect in completely different ways. The test is always the experience: if this were the last sandwich on earth, how badly would Case want it?

StackSandos runs as a media property: the StackSandos app lets fans check off sandwiches, score them, and see how their taste matches Case's — and Case is a Preferred Creator in Nexstar's KXAN Creator Lab.

By the numbers

• Nearly 1,000 Instagram followers and climbing (as of October 2026).
• Weekly Saturday review reel with the Stack Score out of 10.
• Live public leaderboard of the best sandwiches in Austin.
• StackSandos app: personal scores, crowd scores, and a taste-match vs Case's palate.
• KXAN Creator Lab Preferred Creator.

What the brand believes

• Independence is everything. Every scored review is paid for out of pocket. No free food, no special treatment, no announcing a review in advance.
• Gifted sandwiches stay out of the system. Anything received as a gift or partnership is disclosed up front and gets no score, no leaderboard spot.
• One score per sandwich. The Stack Score out of 10, settled by head-to-head comparison against the champion.
• Austin first. Only Austin shops get reviewed — hometown originals lead the board, and national chains don't get a score. A rare exception gets made when a shop has simply become part of this city — and that call belongs to the critic.
• Burgers are sandwiches by definition. (Yes, really. This one is non-negotiable.)