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Episode

Cheez-It includes 23 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 Cheez-It

Items scored 23

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 23 items in Cheez-It, 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	Cheddar Jack	163	85	78	2
2	White Cheddar	163	82	81	1
3	Original	158	81	77	3
4	Extra Big	150	77	73	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Cheddar Jack	1	2	1	163	85	78
White Cheddar	2	1	1	163	82	81
Original	3	3	0	158	81	77
Extra Big	4	4	0	150	77	73

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Cheez-It.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Cheez-It.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Cheez-It.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Cheez-It 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
Rhett	0	0	1	1	1	6	7	4	3
Link	1	1	3	6	4	4	0	3	1
Combined	0	1	1	2	3	10	2	2	2

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

Average Score

106

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

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	White Cheddar	163	82	81
	Cheddar Jack	163	85	78
2	Original	158	81	77
3	Extra Big	150	77	73
4	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Puff'd)	121	67	54
5	Pepper Jack	120	71	49
6	Double Cheese (Snap'd)	114	64	50
7	Extra Toasty	112	79	33
8	Zesty Cheddar Ranch (Grooves)	111	52	59
	Cheddar Sour Cream And Onion (Snap'd)	111	67	44
9	Extra Cheesy	109	68	41
10	Whole Grain	107	50	57

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	Bold Cheddar (Grooves)	31	21	10
2	BBQ (Snap'd)	50	41	9
3	White Cheddar (Grooves)	72	36	36
4	Jalepeno Jack (Snap'd)	74	51	23
5	White Cheddar (Puff'd)	85	52	33
6	Reduced Fat	86	57	29
7	Double Cheese (Puff'd)	89	50	39
8	Hot And Spicy	101	72	29
	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Grooves)	101	62	39
9	Italilan Four Cheese	105	63	42
10	Buffalo Wing	106	69	37

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	Extra Toasty	46	79	33
2	Hot And Spicy	43	72	29
3	Buffalo Wing	32	69	37
4	BBQ (Snap'd)	32	41	9
5	Reduced Fat	28	57	29
6	Jalepeno Jack (Snap'd)	28	51	23
7	Extra Cheesy	27	68	41
8	Cheddar Sour Cream And Onion (Snap'd)	23	67	44
9	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Grooves)	23	62	39
10	Pepper Jack	22	71	49

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	White Cheddar	163	82	81
	Cheddar Jack	163	85	78
2	Original	158	81	77
3	Extra Big	150	77	73
4	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Puff'd)	121	67	54
5	Pepper Jack	120	71	49
6	Double Cheese (Snap'd)	114	64	50
7	Extra Toasty	112	79	33
8	Zesty Cheddar Ranch (Grooves)	111	52	59
	Cheddar Sour Cream And Onion (Snap'd)	111	67	44
9	Extra Cheesy	109	68	41
10	Whole Grain	107	50	57
11	Buffalo Wing	106	69	37
12	Italilan Four Cheese	105	63	42
13	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Grooves)	101	62	39
	Hot And Spicy	101	72	29
14	Double Cheese (Puff'd)	89	50	39
15	Reduced Fat	86	57	29
16	White Cheddar (Puff'd)	85	52	33
17	Jalepeno Jack (Snap'd)	74	51	23
18	White Cheddar (Grooves)	72	36	36
19	BBQ (Snap'd)	50	41	9
20	Bold Cheddar (Grooves)	31	21	10

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Cheez-It	20	2	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Cheez-It.

Average Score

62

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Buffalo Wing

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Cheddar Jack	85
2	White Cheddar	82
3	Original	81
4	Extra Toasty	79
5	Extra Big	77
6	Hot And Spicy	72
7	Pepper Jack	71
8	Buffalo Wing	69
9	Extra Cheesy	68
10	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Puff'd)	67
	Cheddar Sour Cream And Onion (Snap'd)	67

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	Bold Cheddar (Grooves)	21
2	White Cheddar (Grooves)	36
3	BBQ (Snap'd)	41
4	Double Cheese (Puff'd)	50
	Whole Grain	50
5	Jalepeno Jack (Snap'd)	51
6	White Cheddar (Puff'd)	52
	Zesty Cheddar Ranch (Grooves)	52
7	Reduced Fat	57
8	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Grooves)	62
9	Italilan Four Cheese	63
10	Double Cheese (Snap'd)	64

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 Cheez-It.

Average Score

44

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	White Cheddar	81
2	Cheddar Jack	78
3	Original	77
4	Extra Big	73
5	Zesty Cheddar Ranch (Grooves)	59
6	Whole Grain	57
7	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Puff'd)	54
8	Double Cheese (Snap'd)	50
9	Pepper Jack	49
10	Cheddar Sour Cream And Onion (Snap'd)	44

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	BBQ (Snap'd)	9
2	Bold Cheddar (Grooves)	10
3	Jalepeno Jack (Snap'd)	23
4	Reduced Fat	29
	Hot And Spicy	29
5	White Cheddar (Puff'd)	33
	Extra Toasty	33
6	White Cheddar (Grooves)	36
7	Buffalo Wing	37
8	Double Cheese (Puff'd)	39
	Scorchin' Hot Cheddar (Grooves)	39
9	Extra Cheesy	41
10	Italilan Four Cheese	42

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: None in this episode

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.