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Episode

Ben & Jerry's includes 52 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

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

Episode Ben & Jerry's

Items scored 52

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 52 items in Ben & Jerry's, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

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

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Peanut Butter World	177	90	87	2
2	The Tonight Dough	165	76	89	4
3	Peanut Butter Half Baked	177	88	89	1
4	Peanut Butter Fudge Core	171	84	87	3

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
The Tonight Dough	2	4	2	165	76	89
Peanut Butter Half Baked	3	1	2	177	88	89
Peanut Butter World	1	2	1	177	90	87
Peanut Butter Fudge Core	4	3	1	171	84	87

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Ben & Jerry's.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Ben & Jerry's.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Ben & Jerry's.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Ben & Jerry's on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Rhett	0	1	2	3	6	6	9	15	9	1
Link	2	5	7	5	6	9	4	4	9	1
Combined	0	1	2	7	7	13	6	11	5	0

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

114

Peanut Butter Quotient*

32

The average score for a peanut butter item is 141. The average score for a non-peanut butter item is 109.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Peanut Butter Half Baked	177	88	89
	Peanut Butter World	177	90	87
2	Peanut Butter Fudge Core	171	84	87
3	The Tonight Dough	165	76	89
4	Netflix & Chill'd	162	82	80
5	Brownie Batter Core	158	79	79
	Brewed to Matter	158	78	80
6	Chocolate Fudge Brownie	153	81	72
	Half Baked	153	71	82
7	Peanut Butter Cup	150	78	72
8	Red, White, & Blueberry	149	61	88
9	Glampfire Trail Mix	146	77	69
	Pumpkin Cheesecake	146	78	68
	Cinamon Buns	146	52	94
10	S'mores	145	74	71

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

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Urban Bourbon	24	17	7
2	Cannoli	40	28	12
	Chillin' the Roast Truffles	40	28	12
3	Everything But The...	64	33	31
4	Pistachio Pistachico	66	44	22
5	Karamel Sutra Core	73	54	19
6	Chubby Hubby	75	41	34
7	Ice Cream Sammie	77	74	3
	Sweet Like Sugar Cookie Dough Core	77	45	32
8	Phish Food	79	58	21
9	New York Super Fudge Chunk	82	53	29
	Justice Remix'd	82	33	49
10	Boom Chocolatta! Cookie Core	89	38	51

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

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Ice Cream Sammie	71	74	3
2	Cherry Garcia	68	85	17
3	Minter Wonderland	64	83	19
4	Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch	60	82	22
5	Triple Caramel Chunk	53	75	22
6	Chunky Monkey	51	84	33
7	Salted Caramel Core	44	73	29
8	Cinamon Buns	42	52	94
9	Salted Caramel Almond	41	68	27
10	Oat of this Swirled	37	49	86

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Peanut Butter Half Baked	177	88	89
	Peanut Butter World	177	90	87
2	Peanut Butter Fudge Core	171	84	87
3	The Tonight Dough	165	76	89
4	Netflix & Chill'd	162	82	80
5	Brownie Batter Core	158	79	79
	Brewed to Matter	158	78	80
6	Chocolate Fudge Brownie	153	81	72
	Half Baked	153	71	82
7	Peanut Butter Cup	150	78	72
8	Red, White, & Blueberry	149	61	88
9	Glampfire Trail Mix	146	77	69
	Pumpkin Cheesecake	146	78	68
	Cinamon Buns	146	52	94
10	S'mores	145	74	71
11	Chocolate Shake It	140	82	58
12	Americone Dream	137	78	59
13	Oat of this Swirled	135	49	86
14	Wake & No Bake Cookie Dough Core	131	65	66
	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core	131	74	57
15	Strawberry Cheesecake	130	66	64
16	Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Core	127	76	51
17	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	118	61	57
18	Chunky Monkey	117	84	33
19	Mint Chocolate Cookie	116	67	49
20	Chocolate Therapy	115	72	43
21	Gimmie S'more!	113	69	44
22	Milk & Cookies	110	55	55
	Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake Truffles	110	67	43
23	Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch	104	82	22
24	Salted Caramel Core	102	73	29
	Minter Wonderland	102	83	19
	Cherry Garcia	102	85	17
25	Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz!	100	47	53
	Cold Brew Caramel Latte	100	57	43
26	Triple Caramel Chunk	97	75	22
27	Vanilla	95	45	50
	Salted Caramel Almond	95	68	27
28	Vanilla Caramel Fudge	93	61	32
29	Boom Chocolatta! Cookie Core	89	38	51
30	Justice Remix'd	82	33	49
	New York Super Fudge Chunk	82	53	29
31	Phish Food	79	58	21
32	Sweet Like Sugar Cookie Dough Core	77	45	32
	Ice Cream Sammie	77	74	3
33	Chubby Hubby	75	41	34
34	Karamel Sutra Core	73	54	19
35	Pistachio Pistachico	66	44	22
36	Everything But The...	64	33	31
37	Cannoli	40	28	12
	Chillin' the Roast Truffles	40	28	12
38	Urban Bourbon	24	17	7

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Ben & Jerry's	37	13	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Ben & Jerry's.

Average Score

64

Peanut Butter Quotient*

8

Rhett's average score for a peanut butter item is 71. Rhett's average score for a non-peanut butter item is 63.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Gimmie S'more!

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Peanut Butter World	90
2	Peanut Butter Half Baked	88
3	Cherry Garcia	85
4	Peanut Butter Fudge Core	84
	Chunky Monkey	84
5	Minter Wonderland	83
6	Netflix & Chill'd	82
	Chocolate Shake It	82
	Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch	82
7	Chocolate Fudge Brownie	81
8	Brownie Batter Core	79
9	Brewed to Matter	78
	Peanut Butter Cup	78
	Pumpkin Cheesecake	78
	Americone Dream	78
10	Glampfire Trail Mix	77

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
1	Urban Bourbon	17
2	Cannoli	28
	Chillin' the Roast Truffles	28
3	Everything But The...	33
	Justice Remix'd	33
4	Boom Chocolatta! Cookie Core	38
5	Chubby Hubby	41
6	Pistachio Pistachico	44
7	Sweet Like Sugar Cookie Dough Core	45
	Vanilla	45
8	Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz!	47
9	Oat of this Swirled	49
10	Cinamon Buns	52

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

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Ben & Jerry's.

Average Score

50

Peanut Butter Quotient*

25

Link's average score for a peanut butter item is 71. Link's average score for a non-peanut butter item is 46.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Glampfire Trail Mix

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Cinamon Buns	94
2	Peanut Butter Half Baked	89
	The Tonight Dough	89
3	Red, White, & Blueberry	88
4	Peanut Butter World	87
	Peanut Butter Fudge Core	87
5	Oat of this Swirled	86
6	Half Baked	82
7	Netflix & Chill'd	80
	Brewed to Matter	80
8	Brownie Batter Core	79
9	Chocolate Fudge Brownie	72
	Peanut Butter Cup	72
10	S'mores	71

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

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Ice Cream Sammie	3
2	Urban Bourbon	7
3	Cannoli	12
	Chillin' the Roast Truffles	12
4	Cherry Garcia	17
5	Karamel Sutra Core	19
	Minter Wonderland	19
6	Phish Food	21
7	Pistachio Pistachico	22
	Triple Caramel Chunk	22
	Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch	22
8	Salted Caramel Almond	27
9	New York Super Fudge Chunk	29
	Salted Caramel Core	29
10	Everything But The...	31

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. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: Chubby Hubby, Everything But The..., Netflix & Chill'd, Peanut Butter Cup, Peanut Butter Fudge Core, Peanut Butter Half Baked, Peanut Butter World, The Tonight Dough, Wake & No Bake Cookie Dough Core

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

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

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

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