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Episode

Lays includes 27 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 Lays

Items scored 27

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 27 items in Lays, 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	Sour Cream & Onion	178	88	90	1
2	Wavy Funyons Onion	156	86	70	3
3	Classic	170	81	89	2
4	Salt & Vinegar	147	84	63	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Wavy Funyons Onion	2	3	1	156	86	70
Classic	3	2	1	170	81	89
Sour Cream & Onion	1	1	0	178	88	90
Salt & Vinegar	4	4	0	147	84	63

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Lays.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Lays.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Lays.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Lays 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	2	2	2	1	1	5	4	4	5	1
Link	4	10	1	2	3	1	3	1	1	1
Combined	4	2	1	5	4	3	4	2	2	0

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

Average Score

89

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	Sour Cream & Onion	178	88	90
2	Classic	170	81	89
3	Wavy Funyons Onion	156	86	70
4	Salt & Vinegar	147	84	63
5	Dill Pickle	139	90	49
6	Wavy Hickory Barbecue	131	70	61
7	Flamin Hot Dill Pickle	127	80	47
8	Barbecue	125	66	59
9	Wavy Original Flavor	112	75	37
10	Honey Barbecue	108	48	60

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	Poppables Honey Barbecue	15	13	2
2	Poppables Sea Salt	17	9	8
	Poppables White Cheddar	17	9	8
3	Poppables Sea Salt & Vinegar	18	10	8
4	Wavy Lightly Salted	35	21	14
5	Stax Original Flavor	37	27	10
6	Stax Mesquite Barbecue	51	38	13
7	Stax Bacon & heddar Potato Skins	68	51	17
8	Stax Salt & Vinegar	73	62	11
	Stax Sour Cream & Onion	73	58	15
9	Stax Cheddar	75	56	19
10	Stax Buffalo Wings With Ranch	77	59	18

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	Stax Xtra Flamin Hot	61	72	11
2	Chile Limon	57	77	20
3	Stax Salt & Vinegar	51	62	11
4	Limon	45	63	18
5	Stax Sour Cream & Onion	43	58	15
6	Dill Pickle	41	90	49
7	Stax Buffalo Wings With Ranch	41	59	18
8	Wavy Original Flavor	38	75	37
9	Stax Cheddar	37	56	19
10	Stax Bacon & heddar Potato Skins	34	51	17

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Sour Cream & Onion	178	88	90
2	Classic	170	81	89
3	Wavy Funyons Onion	156	86	70
4	Salt & Vinegar	147	84	63
5	Dill Pickle	139	90	49
6	Wavy Hickory Barbecue	131	70	61
7	Flamin Hot Dill Pickle	127	80	47
8	Barbecue	125	66	59
9	Wavy Original Flavor	112	75	37
10	Honey Barbecue	108	48	60
11	Adobadas	103	59	44
12	Sweet Southern Heat Barbecue	97	61	36
	Chile Limon	97	77	20
13	Stax Xtra Flamin Hot	83	72	11
14	Limon	81	63	18
15	Stax Buffalo Wings With Ranch	77	59	18
16	Stax Cheddar	75	56	19
17	Stax Sour Cream & Onion	73	58	15
	Stax Salt & Vinegar	73	62	11
18	Stax Bacon & heddar Potato Skins	68	51	17
19	Stax Mesquite Barbecue	51	38	13
20	Stax Original Flavor	37	27	10
21	Wavy Lightly Salted	35	21	14
22	Poppables Sea Salt & Vinegar	18	10	8
23	Poppables Sea Salt	17	9	8
	Poppables White Cheddar	17	9	8
24	Poppables Honey Barbecue	15	13	2

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Lays	24	3	0

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Lays.

Average Score

56

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Dill Pickle	90
2	Sour Cream & Onion	88
3	Wavy Funyons Onion	86
4	Salt & Vinegar	84
5	Classic	81
6	Flamin Hot Dill Pickle	80
7	Chile Limon	77
8	Wavy Original Flavor	75
9	Stax Xtra Flamin Hot	72
10	Wavy Hickory Barbecue	70

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	Poppables Sea Salt	9
	Poppables White Cheddar	9
2	Poppables Sea Salt & Vinegar	10
3	Poppables Honey Barbecue	13
4	Wavy Lightly Salted	21
5	Stax Original Flavor	27
6	Stax Mesquite Barbecue	38
7	Honey Barbecue	48
8	Stax Bacon & heddar Potato Skins	51
9	Stax Cheddar	56
10	Stax Sour Cream & Onion	58

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 Lays.

Average Score

33

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	Sour Cream & Onion	90
2	Classic	89
3	Wavy Funyons Onion	70
4	Salt & Vinegar	63
5	Wavy Hickory Barbecue	61
6	Honey Barbecue	60
7	Barbecue	59
8	Dill Pickle	49
9	Flamin Hot Dill Pickle	47
10	Adobadas	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	Poppables Honey Barbecue	2
2	Poppables Sea Salt	8
	Poppables White Cheddar	8
	Poppables Sea Salt & Vinegar	8
3	Stax Original Flavor	10
4	Stax Salt & Vinegar	11
	Stax Xtra Flamin Hot	11
5	Stax Mesquite Barbecue	13
6	Wavy Lightly Salted	14
7	Stax Sour Cream & Onion	15
8	Stax Bacon & heddar Potato Skins	17
9	Stax Buffalo Wings With Ranch	18
	Limon	18
10	Stax Cheddar	19

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.