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Buffalo Wild Wings 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 Buffalo Wild Wings

Items scored 27

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 27 items in Buffalo Wild Wings, 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	Hot	156	85	71	2
2	Mango Habanero	156	87	69	3
3	Parmesan Garlic	173	89	84	1
4	Wild	145	77	68	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Parmesan Garlic	3	1	2	173	89	84
Hot	1	2	1	156	85	71
Mango Habanero	2	3	1	156	87	69
Wild	4	4	0	145	77	68

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Buffalo Wild Wings.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Buffalo Wild Wings.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Buffalo Wild Wings.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Buffalo Wild Wings 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	0	2	0	2	9	4	5	5
Link	1	1	4	3	5	5	5	2	1
Combined	0	1	1	3	5	7	5	4	1

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

Average Score

110

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	Parmesan Garlic	173	89	84
2	Hot	156	85	71
	Mango Habanero	156	87	69
3	Wild	145	77	68
4	Original Buffalp	142	82	60
5	Desert Heat	132	58	74
6	Lemon Pepper	131	63	68
	New Lemon Pepper	131	71	60
7	Nashville Hot	129	70	59
8	Medium	124	74	50
9	Chipotle BBQ	118	69	49
10	Mild	116	74	42

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	Plain	29	25	4
2	Teriyaki	48	27	21
3	New Blazin Carolina Reaper	65	54	11
4	Caribbean Jerk	72	43	29
5	New Orange Chicken	78	54	24
6	Smoky Adobo	84	58	26
7	Salt and Vinegar	94	58	36
	Honey BBQ	94	57	37
8	Thai Curry	97	48	49
9	New Pizza	99	50	49
10	Buffalo Dry	103	63	40

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	Spicy Garlic	51	82	31
2	New Blazin Carolina Reaper	43	54	11
3	Mild	32	74	42
4	Smoky Adobo	32	58	26
5	New Orange Chicken	30	54	24
6	Medium	24	74	50
7	Buffalo Dry	23	63	40
8	Original Buffalp	22	82	60
9	Salt and Vinegar	22	58	36
10	Plain	21	25	4

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Parmesan Garlic	173	89	84
2	Hot	156	85	71
	Mango Habanero	156	87	69
3	Wild	145	77	68
4	Original Buffalp	142	82	60
5	Desert Heat	132	58	74
6	Lemon Pepper	131	63	68
	New Lemon Pepper	131	71	60
7	Nashville Hot	129	70	59
8	Medium	124	74	50
9	Chipotle BBQ	118	69	49
10	Mild	116	74	42
11	Sweet BBQ	115	56	59
12	Jammin Jalapeno	113	61	52
	Spicy Garlic	113	82	31
13	Asain Zing	111	56	55
14	Buffalo Dry	103	63	40
15	New Pizza	99	50	49
16	Thai Curry	97	48	49
17	Honey BBQ	94	57	37
	Salt and Vinegar	94	58	36
18	Smoky Adobo	84	58	26
19	New Orange Chicken	78	54	24
20	Caribbean Jerk	72	43	29
21	New Blazin Carolina Reaper	65	54	11
22	Teriyaki	48	27	21
23	Plain	29	25	4

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Buffalo Wild Wings	23	4	0

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Buffalo Wild Wings.

Average Score

63

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Chipotle BBQ

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Parmesan Garlic	89
2	Mango Habanero	87
3	Hot	85
4	Original Buffalp	82
	Spicy Garlic	82
5	Wild	77
6	Medium	74
	Mild	74
7	New Lemon Pepper	71
8	Nashville Hot	70
9	Chipotle BBQ	69
10	Lemon Pepper	63
	Buffalo Dry	63

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	Plain	25
2	Teriyaki	27
3	Caribbean Jerk	43
4	Thai Curry	48
5	New Pizza	50
6	New Blazin Carolina Reaper	54
	New Orange Chicken	54
7	Asain Zing	56
	Sweet BBQ	56
8	Honey BBQ	57
9	Smoky Adobo	58
	Salt and Vinegar	58
	Desert Heat	58
10	Jammin Jalapeno	61

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 Buffalo Wild Wings.

Average Score

47

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Mango Habanero

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Parmesan Garlic	84
2	Desert Heat	74
3	Hot	71
4	Mango Habanero	69
5	Wild	68
	Lemon Pepper	68
6	Original Buffalp	60
	New Lemon Pepper	60
7	Nashville Hot	59
	Sweet BBQ	59
8	Asain Zing	55
9	Jammin Jalapeno	52
10	Medium	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	Plain	4
2	New Blazin Carolina Reaper	11
3	Teriyaki	21
4	New Orange Chicken	24
5	Smoky Adobo	26
6	Caribbean Jerk	29
7	Spicy Garlic	31
8	Salt and Vinegar	36
9	Honey BBQ	37
10	Buffalo Dry	40

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.