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Krispy Kreme 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 Krispy Kreme

Items scored 23

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 23 items in Krispy Kreme, 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	Original Glazed	176	85	91	3
2	Chocolate Iced Custard Filling	178	87	91	1
3	Glazed Chocolate Cake	177	94	83	2
4	Chocolate Iced Glazed	175	86	89	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Original Glazed	1	3	2	176	85	91
Chocolate Iced Custard Filling	2	1	1	178	87	91
Glazed Chocolate Cake	3	2	1	177	94	83
Chocolate Iced Glazed	4	4	0	175	86	89

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Krispy Kreme.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Krispy Kreme.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Krispy Kreme.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Krispy Kreme 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	0	0	1	2	2	4	6	7	1
Link	1	1	1	1	4	3	5	3	2	2
Combined	0	0	1	1	4	1	8	4	4	0

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

Average Score

129

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	Chocolate Iced Custard Filling	178	87	91
2	Glazed Chocolate Cake	177	94	83
3	Original Glazed	176	85	91
4	Chocolate Iced Glazed	175	86	89
5	Glazed Sour Cream	153	84	69
6	Glazed Raspberry Filled	151	83	68
7	Chocolate Iced with Kreme Filling	147	79	68
8	Apple Fritter	146	73	73
9	Cinnamon Sugar	139	66	73
	Powdered Strawberry Filled	139	63	76
	Glazed with Kreme Filling	139	82	57
10	Maple Iced Glazed	134	71	63

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	Strawberry Iced with Sprinkles	50	31	19
2	Strawberry Iced	74	54	20
3	Chocolate Bar	82	73	9
4	Cake Batter Filled	89	49	40
5	Glazed Lemon Filled	91	57	34
6	Sugar	96	46	50
7	Chocolate Iced Glazed with Sprinkles	115	72	43
8	New York Cheesecake	125	76	49
9	Original Filled Original Kreme	127	80	47
	Original Filled Chocolate Kreme	127	69	58
10	Maple Bar	133	68	65

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	Chocolate Bar	64	73	9
2	Strawberry Iced	34	54	20
3	Original Filled Original Kreme	33	80	47
4	Chocolate Iced Glazed with Sprinkles	29	72	43
5	New York Cheesecake	27	76	49
6	Glazed with Kreme Filling	25	82	57
7	Glazed Lemon Filled	23	57	34
8	Glazed Sour Cream	15	84	69
9	Glazed Raspberry Filled	15	83	68
10	Powdered Strawberry Filled	13	63	76

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Chocolate Iced Custard Filling	178	87	91
2	Glazed Chocolate Cake	177	94	83
3	Original Glazed	176	85	91
4	Chocolate Iced Glazed	175	86	89
5	Glazed Sour Cream	153	84	69
6	Glazed Raspberry Filled	151	83	68
7	Chocolate Iced with Kreme Filling	147	79	68
8	Apple Fritter	146	73	73
9	Cinnamon Sugar	139	66	73
	Powdered Strawberry Filled	139	63	76
	Glazed with Kreme Filling	139	82	57
10	Maple Iced Glazed	134	71	63
11	Maple Bar	133	68	65
12	Original Filled Chocolate Kreme	127	69	58
	Original Filled Original Kreme	127	80	47
13	New York Cheesecake	125	76	49
14	Chocolate Iced Glazed with Sprinkles	115	72	43
15	Sugar	96	46	50
16	Glazed Lemon Filled	91	57	34
17	Cake Batter Filled	89	49	40
18	Chocolate Bar	82	73	9
19	Strawberry Iced	74	54	20
20	Strawberry Iced with Sprinkles	50	31	19

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Krispy Kreme	16	6	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Krispy Kreme.

Average Score

71

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Original Filled Chocolate Kreme

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Glazed Chocolate Cake	94
2	Chocolate Iced Custard Filling	87
3	Chocolate Iced Glazed	86
4	Original Glazed	85
5	Glazed Sour Cream	84
6	Glazed Raspberry Filled	83
7	Glazed with Kreme Filling	82
8	Original Filled Original Kreme	80
9	Chocolate Iced with Kreme Filling	79
10	New York Cheesecake	76

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	Strawberry Iced with Sprinkles	31
2	Sugar	46
3	Cake Batter Filled	49
4	Strawberry Iced	54
5	Glazed Lemon Filled	57
6	Powdered Strawberry Filled	63
7	Cinnamon Sugar	66
8	Maple Bar	68
9	Original Filled Chocolate Kreme	69
10	Maple Iced Glazed	71

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 Krispy Kreme.

Average Score

58

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Glazed Sour Cream

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Chocolate Iced Custard Filling	91
	Original Glazed	91
2	Chocolate Iced Glazed	89
3	Glazed Chocolate Cake	83
4	Powdered Strawberry Filled	76
5	Apple Fritter	73
	Cinnamon Sugar	73
6	Glazed Sour Cream	69
7	Glazed Raspberry Filled	68
	Chocolate Iced with Kreme Filling	68
8	Maple Bar	65
9	Maple Iced Glazed	63
10	Original Filled Chocolate Kreme	58

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	Chocolate Bar	9
2	Strawberry Iced with Sprinkles	19
3	Strawberry Iced	20
4	Glazed Lemon Filled	34
5	Cake Batter Filled	40
6	Chocolate Iced Glazed with Sprinkles	43
7	Original Filled Original Kreme	47
8	New York Cheesecake	49
9	Sugar	50
10	Glazed with Kreme Filling	57

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.