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Kool-Aid 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 Kool-Aid

Items scored 23

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 23 items in Kool-Aid, 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	Mango	165	85	80	1
2	Green Apple	147	75	72	3
3	Pina Pineapple	151	82	69	2

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Green Apple	2	3	1	147	75	72
Pina Pineapple	3	2	1	151	82	69
Mango	1	1	0	165	85	80

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Kool-Aid.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Kool-Aid.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Kool-Aid.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Kool-Aid 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	1	1	0	1	5	6	5	4
Link	1	1	4	2	2	3	5	4	1
Combined	0	1	2	2	2	5	5	5	1

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

Average Score

111

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	Mango	165	85	80
2	Pina Pineapple	151	82	69
3	Green Apple	147	75	72
4	Mandarina Tangerine	140	72	68
	Pink Lemonade	140	68	72
	Black Cherry	140	76	64
5	Cherry	138	75	63
6	Lemonade	137	64	73
	Tropical Punch	137	73	64
7	Berry Cherry	131	52	79
8	Mixed Berry	120	61	59
9	Strawberry Lemonade	118	68	50
	Sharkleberry Fin	118	81	37
10	Strawberry Kiwi	114	67	47

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	Cherry Limeade	22	12	10
2	Watermelon	42	21	21
3	Lemon-Lime	59	50	9
4	Jamaica	70	48	22
5	Orange	72	52	20
6	Peach Mango	92	62	30
7	Blue Raspberry Lemonade	93	51	42
8	Grape	109	80	29
	Strawberry	109	58	51
9	Strawberry Kiwi	114	67	47
10	Sharkleberry Fin	118	81	37
	Strawberry Lemonade	118	68	50

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	Grape	51	80	29
2	Sharkleberry Fin	44	81	37
3	Lemon-Lime	41	50	9
4	Peach Mango	32	62	30
5	Orange	32	52	20
6	Berry Cherry	27	52	79
7	Jamaica	26	48	22
8	Strawberry Kiwi	20	67	47
9	Strawberry Lemonade	18	68	50
10	Pina Pineapple	13	82	69

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Mango	165	85	80
2	Pina Pineapple	151	82	69
3	Green Apple	147	75	72
4	Mandarina Tangerine	140	72	68
	Pink Lemonade	140	68	72
	Black Cherry	140	76	64
5	Cherry	138	75	63
6	Lemonade	137	64	73
	Tropical Punch	137	73	64
7	Berry Cherry	131	52	79
8	Mixed Berry	120	61	59
9	Strawberry Lemonade	118	68	50
	Sharkleberry Fin	118	81	37
10	Strawberry Kiwi	114	67	47
11	Strawberry	109	58	51
	Grape	109	80	29
12	Blue Raspberry Lemonade	93	51	42
13	Peach Mango	92	62	30
14	Orange	72	52	20
15	Jamaica	70	48	22
16	Lemon-Lime	59	50	9
17	Watermelon	42	21	21
18	Cherry Limeade	22	12	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
Kool-Aid	19	3	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Kool-Aid.

Average Score

62

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	Mango	85
2	Pina Pineapple	82
3	Sharkleberry Fin	81
4	Grape	80
5	Black Cherry	76
6	Green Apple	75
	Cherry	75
7	Tropical Punch	73
8	Mandarina Tangerine	72
9	Pink Lemonade	68
	Strawberry Lemonade	68
10	Strawberry Kiwi	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	Cherry Limeade	12
2	Watermelon	21
3	Jamaica	48
4	Lemon-Lime	50
5	Blue Raspberry Lemonade	51
6	Orange	52
	Berry Cherry	52
7	Strawberry	58
8	Mixed Berry	61
9	Peach Mango	62
10	Lemonade	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 Kool-Aid.

Average Score

49

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Pina Pineapple

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Mango	80
2	Berry Cherry	79
3	Lemonade	73
4	Green Apple	72
	Pink Lemonade	72
5	Pina Pineapple	69
6	Mandarina Tangerine	68
7	Black Cherry	64
	Tropical Punch	64
8	Cherry	63
9	Mixed Berry	59
10	Strawberry	51

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	Lemon-Lime	9
2	Cherry Limeade	10
3	Orange	20
4	Watermelon	21
5	Jamaica	22
6	Grape	29
7	Peach Mango	30
8	Sharkleberry Fin	37
9	Blue Raspberry Lemonade	42
10	Strawberry Kiwi	47

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.