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Black Foods includes 29 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 Black Foods

Items scored 29

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 29 items in Black Foods, 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	Blackberries	178	83	95	1
2	Balsamic Vinegar	175	88	87	2
3	Black Truffle	175	91	84	3

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Blackberries	1	1	178	83	95
Balsamic Vinegar	2	2	175	88	87
Black Truffle	3	3	175	91	84

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Black Foods.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Black Foods.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Black Foods.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Black Foods 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	100
Rhett	2	0	4	0	3	3	4	6	4	1	2
Link	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	5	1	0
Combined	2	2	1	1	5	4	6	3	5	0	0

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

Average Score

108

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	Blackberries	178	83	95
2	Balsamic Vinegar	175	88	87
	Black Truffle	175	91	84
3	Peppercorn	165	81	84
4	Black Tamarind	163	83	80
5	Black Beans	156	78	78
6	Blackcurrant	155	75	80
7	Black Garlic	153	77	76
8	Raisins	129	59	70
9	Molasses	128	78	50
	Black Olives	128	100	28
10	Black Lentils	126	61	65

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	Squid Ink	2	1	1
2	Century Egg	15	9	6
3	Black Trumpet Mushroom	36	24	12
4	Caviar	38	28	10
5	Vanilla Bean	50	20	30
6	Black Vinegar	72	28	44
7	Black Pudding Sausage	82	45	37
8	100% Cacao Dark Chocolate	83	50	33
	Mulberries	83	43	40
9	Soy Sauce	88	61	27
10	Black Corn	93	73	20

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	Black Licorice	100	100	0
2	Black Olives	72	100	28
3	Black Corn	53	73	20
4	Soy Sauce	34	61	27
5	Molasses	28	78	50
6	Black Sesame	27	40	67
7	Black Fig	23	64	41
8	Chia Seeds	21	50	71
9	Poppy Seeds	20	70	50
10	Caviar	18	28	10

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Blackberries	178	83	95
2	Balsamic Vinegar	175	88	87
	Black Truffle	175	91	84
3	Peppercorn	165	81	84
4	Black Tamarind	163	83	80
5	Black Beans	156	78	78
6	Blackcurrant	155	75	80
7	Black Garlic	153	77	76
8	Raisins	129	59	70
9	Molasses	128	78	50
	Black Olives	128	100	28
10	Black Lentils	126	61	65
11	Chia Seeds	121	50	71
12	Poppy Seeds	120	70	50
13	Black Salt	115	65	50
14	Black Sesame	107	40	67
15	Black Fig	105	64	41
16	Black Licorice	100	100	0
17	Black Corn	93	73	20
18	Soy Sauce	88	61	27
19	Mulberries	83	43	40
	100% Cacao Dark Chocolate	83	50	33
20	Black Pudding Sausage	82	45	37
21	Black Vinegar	72	28	44
22	Vanilla Bean	50	20	30
23	Caviar	38	28	10
24	Black Trumpet Mushroom	36	24	12
25	Century Egg	15	9	6
26	Squid Ink	2	1	1

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Black Foods	18	9	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Black Foods.

Average Score

59

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	Black Olives	100
	Black Licorice	100
2	Black Truffle	91
3	Balsamic Vinegar	88
4	Blackberries	83
	Black Tamarind	83
5	Peppercorn	81
6	Black Beans	78
	Molasses	78
7	Black Garlic	77
8	Blackcurrant	75
9	Black Corn	73
10	Poppy Seeds	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	Squid Ink	1
2	Century Egg	9
3	Vanilla Bean	20
4	Black Trumpet Mushroom	24
5	Caviar	28
	Black Vinegar	28
6	Black Sesame	40
7	Mulberries	43
8	Black Pudding Sausage	45
9	100% Cacao Dark Chocolate	50
	Chia Seeds	50
10	Raisins	59

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 Black Foods.

Average Score

49

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	Blackberries	95
2	Balsamic Vinegar	87
3	Black Truffle	84
	Peppercorn	84
4	Black Tamarind	80
	Blackcurrant	80
5	Black Beans	78
6	Black Garlic	76
7	Chia Seeds	71
8	Raisins	70
9	Black Sesame	67
10	Black Lentils	65

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	Black Licorice	0
2	Squid Ink	1
3	Century Egg	6
4	Caviar	10
5	Black Trumpet Mushroom	12
6	Black Corn	20
7	Soy Sauce	27
8	Black Olives	28
9	Vanilla Bean	30
10	100% Cacao Dark Chocolate	33

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.