This site contains rankings for 1,594 items across 57 episodes of the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning. It is unofficial and not affiliated with Mythical.

The following episodes are included: Ben & Jerry's, Krispy Kreme, Pringles, Pop Tarts, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cheesecake Factory, Hostess Cakes, Keebler Cookies, Kettle Chips, Starbucks, Klondike, Slim Jim, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Monster Energy, Oreo Flavored Items, Cheez-It, Little Debbie, Flamin' Hot, Gatorade, Hot Pockets, Hi-Chew, Milka, Goldfish, Skittles, Tillamook, Lays, GT's Kombucha, Bang, Mountain Dew, Talenti, Canned Biscuits, Reeses, Kool-Aid, Snyders, Campbell's, Peeps, Blue Foods, Froot Loops, Cheetos, Purple Foods, Maruchan Ramen, Birthday Snack, Black Foods, Spam, Neopet Omelettes, Airheads, Ghost Protein Powder, Red Foods, Trader Joe's Dessert, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snacks, Bible Foods, La Croix, Oreo, Cheerios, Taco Bell, Ben & Jerry's (2) and Wendy's.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Tracked items 1,594
Episodes covered 57
Ranking method Raw Score
Abstract

This report compiles published Gut Check scores for N = 1,594 items across 57 episodes and summarizes aggregate rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

Rankings may be evaluated by raw score, normalized score, or consensus score. Rank ties are preserved. Derived measures include Peanut Butter Quotient and Nice! Factor. Episode-specific pages apply the same methodology within a single episode.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = SR + SL

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = fepisode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = gepisode(N, |SR - SL|)

Results

1. Combined Results

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores across all published items.
Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores across all published items.
Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.
Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement across all published items.
Figure 5. Raw combined score range for episodes with the highest average score.
Figure 6. Episodes with the highest mean absolute Rhett-Link score difference.
Episode020406080100120140160180200
Ben & Jerry's0127713611500
Krispy Kreme00114184400
Pringles22112225700
Pop Tarts001110456500
Buffalo Wild Wings01135754100
Cheesecake Factory001137107500
Hostess Cakes01264662300
Keebler Cookies002461172100
Kettle Chips000125511010
Starbucks00426659100
Klondike10011435400
Slim Jim00013652100
Cinnamon Toast Crunch11117322510
Monster Energy11316854400
Oreo Flavored Items10532652100
Cheez-It011231022200
Little Debbie00012656210
Flamin' Hot01152775400
Gatorade1363101032110
Hot Pockets00011355200
Hi-Chew23328854200
Milka00465367000
Goldfish10051637310
Skittles10354867100
Tillamook01015768600
Lays42154342200
GT's Kombucha21144648000
Bang02158474000
Mountain Dew00035574000
Talenti01104435000
Canned Biscuits01023960000
Reeses10055463600
Kool-Aid01222555100
Snyders10341473400
Campbell's012061288300
Peeps000213662100
Blue Foods10395554500
Froot Loops02240612100
Cheetos00132467300
Purple Foods53323535300
Maruchan Ramen000289112000
Birthday Snack05322455100
Black Foods22115463500
Spam01103623000
Neopet Omelettes23385473000
Airheads12225293200
Ghost Protein Powder03032412000
Red Foods00664356300
Trader Joe's Dessert00215336510
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snacks02302142200
Bible Foods01142625240
La Croix02222524520
Oreo00200854300
Cheerios11426243100
Taco Bell00125398900
Ben & Jerry's (2)10225463000
Wendy's10136787000
Figure 7. Heatmap of raw combined score bucket counts by episode.
Average Raw Combined Score

110

Peanut Butter Quotient*

15

The average peanut butter item score is 125. The average non-peanut-butter item score is 110.

Nice! Factor**

10

Recipients: Hostess Cakes Ding Dong Peanut Butter, Keebler Cookies Vanilla Wafers, Klondike No Sugar Added Krunch Bar, Hot Pockets Hickory Ham & Cheddar, Bang Cotton Candy, Canned Biscuits Trader Joe's Organic, Reeses Mini Reeses Pieces, Snyders Thins, La Croix Limoncello, Wendy's Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.
Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.
Table 1. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank Item Total Score Rhett Link
1Bible Foods Raw Honey1959699
2La Croix Pamplemousse1949995
3Bible Foods Grape Juice1909892
4Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream1859392
5Bible Foods Wine1848995
Kettle Chips Sea Salt and Vinegar1849688
6Bible Foods Manna1838895
7Goldfish Flavor Blasted Cheddar And Sour Cream1829587
8La Croix Orange1819190
Little Debbie Peanut Butter Creme Pies1818992
Gatorade Lemon-Lime1818695
Trader Joe's Dessert Blood Orange Mochi1818497
9Lays Sour Cream & Onion1788890
Birthday Snack Lindt Lindor Birthday Cake White Chocolate Truffles1789088
Krispy Kreme Chocolate Iced Custard Filling1788791
Pringles Cheddar and Sour Cream1789385
Black Foods Blackberries1788395
10Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Half Baked1778889
Pop Tarts Crisps: Blueberrific1778988
La Croix Tangerine1778988
Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter World1779087
Krispy Kreme Glazed Chocolate Cake1779483
Reeses Milk Chocolate1779780

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 2. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank Item Total Score Rhett Link
1Blue Foods Blue Spirulina000
2Purple Foods Purple Sea Moss110
3Black Foods Squid Ink211
4Cinnamon Toast Crunch Protein Bar514
GT's Kombucha Multigreen523
5Hi-Chew Mango (Reduced Sugar)651
Hi-Chew Strawberry (Reduced Sugar)624
Purple Foods Lavender624
6Gatorade Fit Cherry Lime716
Purple Foods Chive Blossoms743
7Neopet Omelettes Little Fishy972
Klondike Unicorn Dreamin' Cone954
Purple Foods Hyssop945
8Oreo Flavored Items Waffle Cones1165
9Pringles Reduced Fat Original12120
Monster Energy Hydro Zero Sugar12111
Purple Foods Radicchio1275
10Reeses Plant Based Oat Chocolate Confection13121
Cheerios Straweberry Cheerios Protein13211
GT's Kombucha Island Bliss1376

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 3. Largest Score Differences
Rank Item Score Difference Rhett Link
1Purple Foods Kalamata Olives1001000
2Black Foods Black Licorice1001000
3Blue Foods Blue Cheese951005
4Gatorade Lime Cucumber8910011
5Tillamook Mint Chocolate Chip8810012
6Milka Peanut Crispy Caramel8510015
7Gatorade Zero Lime Cucumber789012
8Neopet Omelettes Rotten75750
9Black Foods Black Olives7210028
10Tillamook Butter Pecan728412
Table 4. Average Scores by Episode
Episode Average Total Rhett Avg Link Avg
Kettle Chips 132 72 60
Taco Bell 132 70 62
Hot Pockets 130 67 63
Little Debbie 129 66 63
Krispy Kreme 129 71 58
Cheesecake Factory 128 72 56
Klondike 126 68 58
Trader Joe's Dessert 126 68 58
Tillamook 125 70 56
Oreo 125 69 57
Cheetos 123 68 56
Bible Foods 122 62 60
Pop Tarts 122 68 54
La Croix 120 64 56
Goldfish 119 61 58
Slim Jim 119 62 56
Campbell's 118 60 58
Reeses 117 63 54
Pringles 116 64 52
Flamin' Hot 115 64 50
Ben & Jerry's 114 64 50
Snyders 113 64 49
Talenti 113 62 51
Mountain Dew 113 58 55
Kool-Aid 111 62 49
Starbucks 111 57 54
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 111 60 51
Maruchan Ramen 111 65 46
Buffalo Wild Wings 110 63 47
Wendy's 109 60 49
Black Foods 108 59 49
Monster Energy 108 56 52
Spam 107 57 50
Skittles 107 63 44
Peeps 106 68 38
Keebler Cookies 106 59 47
Hostess Cakes 106 60 46
Cheez-It 106 62 44
Canned Biscuits 106 66 40
Airheads 105 59 47
Red Foods 105 60 45
Milka 105 60 45
Blue Foods 104 59 45
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snacks 104 58 46
GT's Kombucha 104 58 46
Ben & Jerry's (2) 102 53 50
Bang 101 53 49
Hi-Chew 98 50 48
Oreo Flavored Items 97 51 46
Birthday Snack 97 49 48
Cheerios 94 52 42
Froot Loops 93 51 42
Gatorade 91 50 41
Lays 89 56 33
Purple Foods 89 46 43
Ghost Protein Powder 89 46 43
Neopet Omelettes 87 54 33
Table 5. Judge Leniency Index by Episode
Episode Index (R-L) Rhett Avg Link Avg
Peeps 30.10 68.27 38.17
Canned Biscuits 25.95 65.95 40.00
Lays 22.81 56.04 33.22
Neopet Omelettes 21.23 53.94 32.71
Skittles 19.26 63.11 43.86
Maruchan Ramen 18.88 64.94 46.06
Cheez-It 17.17 61.61 44.43
Cheesecake Factory 15.82 71.85 56.03
Red Foods 15.79 60.48 44.70
Buffalo Wild Wings 15.33 62.63 47.30
Snyders 15.26 64.37 49.11
Milka 14.71 59.61 44.90
Table 6. Episode Volatility by Raw Combined Score
Episode Volatility Min Max
Purple Foods 55.62 1 176
Pringles 53.71 12 178
Black Foods 47.66 2 178
La Croix 47.46 30 194
Lays 47.1 15 178
Birthday Snack 46.96 26 178
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 45.88 5 185
Bible Foods 44.77 28 195
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snacks 44.3 33 165
Airheads 43.63 16 175
Snyders 43.43 17 176
Froot Loops 43.03 24 164
Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.
Table 7. Higher Score Counts by Episode
Episode Rhett Link Tie
Airheads 19 6 3
Bang 15 15 1
Ben & Jerry's 37 13 2
Ben & Jerry's (2) 14 9 0
Bible Foods 16 11 0
Birthday Snack 15 11 1
Black Foods 18 9 2
Blue Foods 23 9 5
Buffalo Wild Wings 23 4 0
Campbell's 24 13 3
Canned Biscuits 21 0 0
Cheerios 16 7 1
Cheesecake Factory 25 8 1
Cheetos 20 5 1
Cheez-It 20 2 1
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 17 6 1
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snacks 11 5 0
Flamin' Hot 26 3 3
Froot Loops 11 6 1
Gatorade 24 14 2
Ghost Protein Powder 8 6 1
Goldfish 18 7 2
GT's Kombucha 24 6 0
Hi-Chew 18 18 1
Hostess Cakes 20 9 1
Hot Pockets 12 5 0
Keebler Cookies 22 9 2
Kettle Chips 19 5 1
Klondike 13 6 0
Kool-Aid 19 3 1
Krispy Kreme 16 6 1
La Croix 18 8 0
Lays 24 3 0
Little Debbie 12 10 1
Maruchan Ramen 27 4 1
Milka 24 6 1
Monster Energy 20 11 2
Mountain Dew 14 8 2
Neopet Omelettes 32 2 1
Oreo 16 5 1
Oreo Flavored Items 17 7 1
Peeps 30 0 0
Pop Tarts 24 7 1
Pringles 19 3 2
Purple Foods 17 15 0
Red Foods 27 5 1
Reeses 24 6 0
Skittles 29 5 1
Slim Jim 12 6 0
Snyders 22 3 2
Spam 12 3 1
Starbucks 18 14 1
Taco Bell 27 9 1
Talenti 13 3 2
Tillamook 23 10 1
Trader Joe's Dessert 18 6 2
Wendy's 26 5 2
<b>Total</b> 1129 400 65

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores across all published items.
Average Score

61

Peanut Butter Quotient*

4

Rhett's average peanut butter item score is 65. Rhett's average non-peanut-butter item score is 61.

Nice! Factor**

23

Recipients: Ben & Jerry's Gimmie S'more!, Krispy Kreme Original Filled Chocolate Kreme, Pringles Dill Pickle, Buffalo Wild Wings Chipotle BBQ, Slim Jim Spicy Snack Stick, Oreo Flavored Items Milka Large Chocolate Bar, Cheez-It Buffalo Wing, Little Debbie Chocolate Cupcakes, Flamin' Hot Cheetos Crumchy Flamin' Hot, Gatorade Fierce Grape, GT's Kombucha Guava Goddess, Mountain Dew Kickstart Orange Citrus, Reeses Nutrageous, Snyders Jalepeno Ranch, Campbell's Split Pea with Ham & Bacon, Peeps Strawberry Chick, Blue Foods Blue Gushers, Froot Loops Mug Muffin Kit, Cheetos Simply Crunchy White Cheddar, Birthday Snack The Safe + Fair Food Company Birthday Cake Popcorn, Airheads Bites Paradise - White Mystery, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snacks Bugles, Ben & Jerry's (2) Non-Dariy Netflix & Chill'd

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank Item Score
1Cheesecake Factory Lemon Raspberry Creme100
Black Foods Black Olives100
Milka Peanut Crispy Caramel100
Tillamook Mint Chocolate Chip100
Gatorade Lime Cucumber100
Blue Foods Blue Cheese100
Black Foods Black Licorice100
Purple Foods Kalamata Olives100
2La Croix Pamplemousse99
3Bible Foods Grape Juice98
4Reeses Milk Chocolate97
5Bible Foods Raw Honey96
Kettle Chips Sea Salt and Vinegar96
6Goldfish Flavor Blasted Cheddar And Sour Cream95
7Krispy Kreme Glazed Chocolate Cake94
8Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream93
Pringles Cheddar and Sour Cream93
Reeses Big Cup Milk Chocolate93
9Pringles Sour Cream and Onion92
Reeses Big Cup With Reeses Puffs Cereal Milk Chocolate92
10La Croix Orange91
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Toaster Strudel91
Black Foods Black Truffle91
La Croix Sunshine91

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank Item Score
1Blue Foods Blue Spirulina0
2Purple Foods Purple Sea Moss1
Black Foods Squid Ink1
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Protein Bar1
Gatorade Fit Cherry Lime1
Monster Energy Hydro Zero Sugar1
Goldfish Giant Graham Crackers - Cinnamon1
3GT's Kombucha Multigreen2
Purple Foods Lavender2
Hi-Chew Strawberry (Reduced Sugar)2
Cheerios Straweberry Cheerios Protein2
4Purple Foods Chive Blossoms4
Purple Foods Hyssop4
Blue Foods Cornflowers4
5Hi-Chew Mango (Reduced Sugar)5
Klondike Unicorn Dreamin' Cone5
6Oreo Flavored Items Waffle Cones6
7Neopet Omelettes Little Fishy7
Purple Foods Radicchio7
GT's Kombucha Island Bliss7
Purple Foods Redbor Kale7
8Wendy's Plain Baked Potato8
Snyders Unsalted Mini8
Ben & Jerry's (2) Non-Dairy Caramel Almond Brittle8
9Black Foods Century Egg9
Lays Poppables Sea Salt9
Lays Poppables White Cheddar9
Skittles Strawberry Banana Smoothie9
Purple Foods Acai Berry9
10Lays Poppables Sea Salt & Vinegar10

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.



Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Peanut butter flavors included are: Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby, Ben & Jerry's Everything But The..., Ben & Jerry's Netflix & Chill'd, Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup, Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Fudge Core, Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Half Baked, Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter World, Ben & Jerry's The Tonight Dough, Ben & Jerry's Wake & No Bake Cookie Dough Core, Cheesecake Factory Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple, Cheesecake Factory Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, Hostess Cakes Ding Dong Peanut Butter, Keebler Cookies Chips Deluxe Peanut Butter, Keebler Cookies Peanut Butter Dreams, Klondike Reese's Bar, Little Debbie Peanut Butter Creme Pies, Tillamook Chocolate Peanut Butter, Talenti Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Reeses Big Cup Milk Chocolate, Reeses Big Cup With Potato Chips, Reeses Big Cup With Pretzels, Reeses Big Cup With Reeses Puffs Cereal Milk Chocolate, Reeses Chocolate Lovers Milk Chocolate, Reeses Creamy Milk Chocolate, Reeses Crunchy Milk Chocolate, Reeses Dark Chocolate Miniatures, Reeses Fast Break, Reeses Milk Chocolate, Reeses Milk Chocolate Miniatures, Reeses Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter XL Candy Bars, Reeses Mini Reeses Pieces, Reeses Minis Milk Chocolate Unwrapped, Reeses Nutrageous, Reeses Organic Dark Chocolate , Reeses Organic Milk Chocolate, Reeses Plant Based Oat Chocolate Confection, Reeses Reeses Pieces, Reeses Reeses With Pretzels Miniatures, Reeses Resses Puffs Cereal Milk Chocolate Minatures, Reeses Sticks, Reeses Stuffed With Pieces Big Cup, Reeses Take 5, Reeses Thins Dark Chocolate, Reeses Thins Milk Chocolate, Reeses Thins White Creme, Reeses White Chocolate Miniatures, Reeses White Creme, Reeses Zero Sugar Minatures, Snyders Peanut Butter Filled, Ghost Protein Powder Nutter Butter (Whey), Ghost Protein Powder Peanut Butter Ceral Milk (Vegan), Ghost Protein Powder Peanut Butter Cereal Milk (Whey), Red Foods Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini, Oreo Peanut Butter Flavor Creme, Oreo Reese's Peanut Butter Flavor Creme, Ben & Jerry's (2) Non-Dairy P.B. & Cookies, Ben & Jerry's (2) Non-Dairy Peanut Butter Half Baked, Ben & Jerry's (2) Non-Dairy The Tonight Dough, Ben & Jerry's (2) Non-Dariy Netflix & Chill'd, Ben & Jerry's (2) Pontch's Mix

Formal notation PBQ = PB - x̄non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Judge Leniency Index is the mean Rhett score minus the mean Link score for an episode; positive values indicate higher Rhett scoring.

Episode Volatility is the population standard deviation of raw combined scores within an episode.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.