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Talenti includes 18 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 Talenti

Items scored 18

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 18 items in Talenti, 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	Raspberry Cheesecake	157	80	77	1
2	Coffee Chocolate Chip	155	80	75	2
3	Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup	153	79	74	3
4	Belgian Chocolate	146	78	68	5
	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	146	70	76	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Belgian Chocolate	4	5	1	146	78	68
Raspberry Cheesecake	1	1	0	157	80	77
Coffee Chocolate Chip	2	2	0	155	80	75
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup	3	3	0	153	79	74
Madagascan Vanilla Bean	4	4	0	146	70	76

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

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Talenti.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Talenti.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Talenti on a 0-100 scale.

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

Score source	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
Rhett	0	1	1	2	3	3	6	2
Link	3	0	2	3	3	2	5	0
Combined	1	1	0	4	4	3	5	0

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

Average Score

113

Peanut Butter Quotient*

42

The average score for a peanut butter item is 153. The average score for a non-peanut butter item is 111.

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	Raspberry Cheesecake	157	80	77
2	Coffee Chocolate Chip	155	80	75
3	Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup	153	79	74
4	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	146	70	76
	Belgian Chocolate	146	78	68
5	Vanilla Caramel Swirl	136	66	70
6	Southern Butter Pecan	129	60	69
7	Double Dark Chocolate	126	78	48
8	Dairy Free Caramel Toffee Crunch	117	61	56
9	Mediterranean Mint	115	75	40
10	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	106	56	50

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	Caramel Gingerbread	38	20	18
2	Caramel Cookie Crunch	54	35	19
3	Sea Salt Caramel	81	49	32
4	Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip	84	54	30
5	Caribbean Coconut	89	74	15
6	Pacific Coast Pistachio	98	49	49
7	Dairy Free Double Cookie Crunch	104	52	52
8	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	106	56	50
9	Mediterranean Mint	115	75	40
10	Dairy Free Caramel Toffee Crunch	117	61	56

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	Caribbean Coconut	59	74	15
2	Mediterranean Mint	35	75	40
3	Double Dark Chocolate	30	78	48
4	Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip	24	54	30
5	Sea Salt Caramel	17	49	32
6	Caramel Cookie Crunch	16	35	19
7	Belgian Chocolate	10	78	68
8	Southern Butter Pecan	9	60	69
9	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	6	70	76
10	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	6	56	50

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Raspberry Cheesecake	157	80	77
2	Coffee Chocolate Chip	155	80	75
3	Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup	153	79	74
4	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	146	70	76
	Belgian Chocolate	146	78	68
5	Vanilla Caramel Swirl	136	66	70
6	Southern Butter Pecan	129	60	69
7	Double Dark Chocolate	126	78	48
8	Dairy Free Caramel Toffee Crunch	117	61	56
9	Mediterranean Mint	115	75	40
10	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	106	56	50
11	Dairy Free Double Cookie Crunch	104	52	52
12	Pacific Coast Pistachio	98	49	49
13	Caribbean Coconut	89	74	15
14	Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip	84	54	30
15	Sea Salt Caramel	81	49	32
16	Caramel Cookie Crunch	54	35	19
17	Caramel Gingerbread	38	20	18

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Talenti	13	3	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Talenti.

Average Score

62

Peanut Butter Quotient*

18

Rhett's average score for a peanut butter item is 79. Rhett's average score for a non-peanut butter item is 61.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Raspberry Cheesecake	80
	Coffee Chocolate Chip	80
2	Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup	79
3	Belgian Chocolate	78
	Double Dark Chocolate	78
4	Mediterranean Mint	75
5	Caribbean Coconut	74
6	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	70
7	Vanilla Caramel Swirl	66
8	Dairy Free Caramel Toffee Crunch	61
9	Southern Butter Pecan	60
10	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	56

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	Caramel Gingerbread	20
2	Caramel Cookie Crunch	35
3	Sea Salt Caramel	49
	Pacific Coast Pistachio	49
4	Dairy Free Double Cookie Crunch	52
5	Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip	54
6	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	56
7	Southern Butter Pecan	60
8	Dairy Free Caramel Toffee Crunch	61
9	Vanilla Caramel Swirl	66
10	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	70

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 Talenti.

Average Score

51

Peanut Butter Quotient*

24

Link's average score for a peanut butter item is 74. Link's average score for a non-peanut butter item is 50.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Southern Butter Pecan

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Raspberry Cheesecake	77
2	Madagascan Vanilla Bean	76
3	Coffee Chocolate Chip	75
4	Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup	74
5	Vanilla Caramel Swirl	70
6	Southern Butter Pecan	69
7	Belgian Chocolate	68
8	Dairy Free Caramel Toffee Crunch	56
9	Dairy Free Double Cookie Crunch	52
10	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	50

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	Caribbean Coconut	15
2	Caramel Gingerbread	18
3	Caramel Cookie Crunch	19
4	Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip	30
5	Sea Salt Caramel	32
6	Mediterranean Mint	40
7	Double Dark Chocolate	48
8	Pacific Coast Pistachio	49
9	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	50
10	Dairy Free Double Cookie Crunch	52

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: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup

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.