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Episode

Cheetos includes 26 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 Cheetos

Items scored 26

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 26 items in Cheetos, 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	Crunchy	172	85	87	1
2	Flamin' Hot Crunchy	166	85	81	2
3	Crunchy Buffalo	157	83	74	4
4	Xxtra Flamin' Hot Crunchy	165	86	79	3

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Crunchy Buffalo	3	4	1	157	83	74
Xxtra Flamin' Hot Crunchy	4	3	1	165	86	79
Crunchy	1	1	0	172	85	87
Flamin' Hot Crunchy	2	2	0	166	85	81

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

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Cheetos.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Cheetos.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Cheetos 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	4	3	10	5
Link	2	3	1	2	3	7	6	2
Combined	0	1	3	2	4	6	7	3

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

Average Score

123

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	Crunchy	172	85	87
2	Flamin' Hot Crunchy	166	85	81
3	Xxtra Flamin' Hot Crunchy	165	86	79
4	Crunchy Buffalo	157	83	74
5	Cheddar Jalepeno Asteroids	154	77	77
6	Simply Puffs White Cheddar	146	75	71
7	Puffs	144	74	70
8	Flamin' Hot Minis	143	83	60
9	Flamin' Hot Limon Crunchy	142	77	65
10	Flamin' Hot Asteroids	140	78	62

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	Fantastix Flamin' Hot	47	28	19
2	Cheddar Pretzels	67	57	10
3	Baked Flamin' Hot	74	45	29
4	Baked	77	49	28
5	Flamin' Hot Pretzels	86	59	27
6	Mexican Street Corn	98	35	63
7	Bolitas	105	64	41
8	Flamin' Hot Tangy Chili Fusion	110	75	35
9	Simply Crunchy White Cheddar	112	69	43
10	Cheddar Popcorn	119	58	61

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	Cheddar Pretzels	47	57	10
2	Flamin' Hot Tangy Chili Fusion	40	75	35
3	Flamin' Hot Pretzels	32	59	27
4	Mexican Street Corn	28	35	63
5	Popcorn Flamin' Hot	26	76	50
6	Simply Crunchy White Cheddar	26	69	43
7	Flamin' Hot Minis	23	83	60
8	Flamin' Hot Puffs	23	73	50
9	Bolitas	23	64	41
10	Baked	21	49	28

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Crunchy	172	85	87
2	Flamin' Hot Crunchy	166	85	81
3	Xxtra Flamin' Hot Crunchy	165	86	79
4	Crunchy Buffalo	157	83	74
5	Cheddar Jalepeno Asteroids	154	77	77
6	Simply Puffs White Cheddar	146	75	71
7	Puffs	144	74	70
8	Flamin' Hot Minis	143	83	60
9	Flamin' Hot Limon Crunchy	142	77	65
10	Flamin' Hot Asteroids	140	78	62
11	Chddar Jalapeno Crunchy	137	78	59
12	Cheddar Jalepono Popcorn	136	59	77
13	Cheddar Minis	135	71	64
14	Popcorn Flamin' Hot	126	76	50
15	Flamin' Hot Puffs	123	73	50
16	Fantastix Chili Cheese	122	60	62
17	Cheddar Popcorn	119	58	61
18	Simply Crunchy White Cheddar	112	69	43
19	Flamin' Hot Tangy Chili Fusion	110	75	35
20	Bolitas	105	64	41
21	Mexican Street Corn	98	35	63
22	Flamin' Hot Pretzels	86	59	27
23	Baked	77	49	28
24	Baked Flamin' Hot	74	45	29
25	Cheddar Pretzels	67	57	10
26	Fantastix Flamin' Hot	47	28	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
Cheetos	20	5	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Cheetos.

Average Score

68

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Simply Crunchy White Cheddar

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Xxtra Flamin' Hot Crunchy	86
2	Crunchy	85
	Flamin' Hot Crunchy	85
3	Crunchy Buffalo	83
	Flamin' Hot Minis	83
4	Flamin' Hot Asteroids	78
	Chddar Jalapeno Crunchy	78
5	Cheddar Jalepeno Asteroids	77
	Flamin' Hot Limon Crunchy	77
6	Popcorn Flamin' Hot	76
7	Simply Puffs White Cheddar	75
	Flamin' Hot Tangy Chili Fusion	75
8	Puffs	74
9	Flamin' Hot Puffs	73
10	Cheddar Minis	71

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	Fantastix Flamin' Hot	28
2	Mexican Street Corn	35
3	Baked Flamin' Hot	45
4	Baked	49
5	Cheddar Pretzels	57
6	Cheddar Popcorn	58
7	Flamin' Hot Pretzels	59
	Cheddar Jalepono Popcorn	59
8	Fantastix Chili Cheese	60
9	Bolitas	64
10	Simply Crunchy White Cheddar	69

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 Cheetos.

Average Score

56

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	Crunchy	87
2	Flamin' Hot Crunchy	81
3	Xxtra Flamin' Hot Crunchy	79
4	Cheddar Jalepeno Asteroids	77
	Cheddar Jalepono Popcorn	77
5	Crunchy Buffalo	74
6	Simply Puffs White Cheddar	71
7	Puffs	70
8	Flamin' Hot Limon Crunchy	65
9	Cheddar Minis	64
10	Mexican Street Corn	63

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	Cheddar Pretzels	10
2	Fantastix Flamin' Hot	19
3	Flamin' Hot Pretzels	27
4	Baked	28
5	Baked Flamin' Hot	29
6	Flamin' Hot Tangy Chili Fusion	35
7	Bolitas	41
8	Simply Crunchy White Cheddar	43
9	Flamin' Hot Puffs	50
	Popcorn Flamin' Hot	50
10	Chddar Jalapeno Crunchy	59

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.