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There were 12 sandwiches to try at my local Subway.Lucien Formichella for Insider
  • I ranked the sandwiches at my local Subway store.

  • The steak-and-cheese sandwich tasted weird.

  • The meatballs sub was a childhood favorite.

Subway is the largest fast food chain in the world with over 40,000 locations.

I decided to try and rank all the sandwiches at my local Subway because of my concerns about the chain's bread smell and cold cut combo.

Does it look like a sandwich and does it taste like one?

I tried each sandwich on the same bread with the same ingredients for continuity.

All of the predesigned sandwiches that were available at a US Subway location are included in this ranking.

I was skeptical of the tuna sandwich, and it didn't do much to sway me

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I wasn't the biggest fan of the tuna sandwich.Lucien Formichella for Insider

I try to convince myself that it's just turkey, even though hot tuna just feels weird. I also didn't skip vinegar.

I usually like mayonnaise in my tuna salad, but I didn't trust them to mix it right.

The taste test said it tasted like chicken salad with fish-flavor extract thrown in.

I think it's the worst place to get a tuna sandwich. It is a good idea to serve tuna at home. It is too sensitive to be trusted by someone else.

I was excited to try the steak-and-cheese sub, but it wasn't as good as it looked

The steak-and-cheese sub looked good, but didn't work.Lucien Formichella for Insider

I have high expectations for this sandwich.

The smell of the chipotle mayo was pleasant.

I would prefer the peppers and onions to be cooked.

The only sandwich I didn't get was the one with lettuce and tomato.

None of the flavors or textures worked together.Lucien Formichella for Insider

A weird combination of flavors was tasted.

They found a single chipotle and threw it in a pot of mayonnaise. The vegetable crunch threw me off.

This tasted terrible. I would say to throw that hoagie down the shore and go to the Wawa.

The sweet-onion chicken-teriyaki sandwich didn't wow me with its flavors

There were too many competing flavors.Lucien Formichella for Insider

I have no idea what to think of it.

The lettuce and tomato were in the picture. A few veggies don't hurt anyone.

It looks weird under the non-subway lights. The sandwich artisan told me to go with the sweet onion instead of the teriyaki dressing.

The sandwich was OK, but not fantastic.Lucien Formichella for Insider

I expected the teriyaki flavor to be overpowering but it wasn't. It got lost amid the cheese and onion.

The flavors of the sandwich weren't quite right. It didn't have the oomph of a sub.

I went for every topping available on the veggie delight

I thought the employee would be more impressed with my order.Lucien Formichella for Insider

I walked home with a sandwich that was just onions, tomatoes, and lettuce. I was about to eat when I realized I could have gotten more.

I applauded my genius and chided my incompetence at the same time.

I went back to Subway to place the order. I barely contained the joy when I said I would like all the topping.

The man did not react. He moved his fingers like a hacker. He was supposed to give me a trophy engraved with "most hilarious Subway order ever."

I wondered if he had a sense of humor as he finished my sandwich.

Black olives are one of the few foods that I can't stand and now I would be eating them in the name of a failed joke.

The sub was filled with peppers, including sweet and jalapeo, resting on lettuce, cucumbers, and tomatoes. There is a salad on bread.

it was basically a salad on bread.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The sandwich was good and funny, but I think they worked together.

I left the sandwich cold because I didn't think it was a good idea to toast it.

Hot peppers, sweet peppers, tomato, and cucumber were cooled down after one bite. The sandwich green was my favorite.

I've never eaten a vegetable-based sandwich because I prefer salads. The bread doesn't give me any vitamins from the vegetables in my head.

My Black Forest ham sub was salty but good

This sandwich was super salty.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The first impression is that this looks great.

I took a piece from another sandwich to make up for not getting tomato. The basics are lettuce and onion.

The flavor of the ham is expected to be saltier than regular old ham.

It had a good bounce and was definitely salty.

I did not like the difference between this one and the regular ham. There was a smooth combination with the cheese.

This wasn't very good ham, and as a self-proclaimed ham fiend, this didn't cut it.

The traditional ham didn't taste much different than the Black Forest variety

I don't think there was any difference between the ham varieties.Lucien Formichella for Insider

There isn't much difference between the Black Forest and traditional ham.

I wondered if the worker gave me the correct sandwich. I thought I was familiar with my hams.

I didn't taste anything. I couldn't feel anything. I wondered which ham sandwich was which.

I wasn't blown away by the Italian B.M.T., but its 3 meats bumped it higher on the ranking

There are three kinds of meat on the B.M.T.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The sandwich had Genoa salami, spicy pepperoni, and Black Forest ham.

I was worried that it would be three different types of turkey, like the combo I heard about.

What it lacked in flavor it made up for in quantity of meat.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The sandwich was well-rounded and the meat wasn't great.

The ham was bland and weird, but it was lost at sea.

The sandwich was easy to make. I think it's high on the list because more meats always win.

Subway's oven-roasted chicken sandwich was well-balanced 

The chicken sandwich looked pretty delicious.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The first impression is that this looks delicious. I'm really happy about it.

The chicken was surprisingly juicy.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The ingredients came together to make something nice.

The main draw of Subway sandwiches is that you can get it anywhere, but it has a baseline quality.

The chicken was moist, which is not something you can say for all of Subway's meats, and it went great with the basic topping.

I was pretty excited to try the classic turkey sub, and it didn't disappoint

It's hard to mess up a turkey sandwich.Lucien Formichella for Insider

I was excited to try the real thing after hearing so much about Subway's other turkey-based meats.

The best meat was tasted. The others were cheap imitations.

The way it was mixed with the cheese on the sub was great.

I recreated the classic Subway melt from memory since it wasn't on the menu

The Subway melt was a popular sandwich from the chain, but it's no longer on every menu.Lucien Formichella for Insider

This wasn't on the menu at my Subway, but I knew it was a classic so I ordered turkey, ham, and bacon.

The bacon was a dollar extra, which I'm not sure will be worth it, but I was willing to pay for it.

The bacon was the key to this sandwich. It made the other meats taste better.

I was impressed by the chicken-and-bacon ranch melt

This sandwich looked much better than I thought it would.Lucien Formichella for Insider

This is one of the few sandwiches that I haven't eaten and I'm a little uneasy about it.

The Subway lighting made me even more dubious. There is a lot of sauce.

The flavor combo was pretty incredible.Lucien Formichella for Insider

This was a great sandwich.

It's impossible to go wrong with turkey, bacon, and ranch if you don't know how to cook it.

The lettuce, tomato, and onion adds a nice backdrop.

The meatball marinara sub was the best of the bunch, despite its too-sweet sauce

I've always been a fan of meatball subs.Lucien Formichella for Insider

The first impression is that everyone loves meatballs.

I fell in love with this sandwich. I ate it all summer when I was a child.

It doesn't always look great when you take it out of the bag, but it is my favorite.

It tasted the same as I remembered.

The tomato sauce was too sweet, but it was not a big deal. It's like they just put a bunch of sugar into a tomato puree and put a few things on top.

It's not possible to make a meatballs sandwich. The ultimate sub is this one.

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