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Red Foods includes 33 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 Red Foods

Items scored 33

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 33 items in Red 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	Oreo Red Velvet Safe-To-Eat Pillsbury Cookie Dough	166	85	81	3
2	Cherry Punch Sweetarts Ropes	172	83	89	1
3	Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos	167	90	77	2

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Oreo Red Velvet Safe-To-Eat Pillsbury Cookie Dough	1	3	2	166	85	81
Cherry Punch Sweetarts Ropes	2	1	1	172	83	89
Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos	3	2	1	167	90	77

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

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

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Red Foods.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Red 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
Rhett	0	0	2	2	4	7	5	8	4	1
Link	4	5	2	4	3	1	5	7	2	0
Combined	0	0	6	6	4	3	5	6	3	0

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

Average Score

105

Peanut Butter Quotient*

-45

The average score for a peanut butter item is 62. The average score for a non-peanut butter item is 107.

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	Cherry Punch Sweetarts Ropes	172	83	89
2	Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos	167	90	77
3	Oreo Red Velvet Safe-To-Eat Pillsbury Cookie Dough	166	85	81
4	Haribo Happy Cherries	159	81	78
5	Arctic Farms Freeze Dried Ice Cream (Red Velvet Cake Flavor)	154	77	77
6	Tapatio Doritos	152	82	70
7	Red Velvet Cake	149	79	70
	Strawberry Fruit Roll-Up	149	70	79
8	Strawberry Gushers	140	77	63
9	French Burnt Peanuts	139	70	69
10	Red Cherry Ring Pop	138	70	68

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 Tootsie Pop	40	23	17
2	Boston Baked Beans	42	22	20
3	Cherry Lifesaver	47	30	17
4	Strawberry Skittles	53	45	8
5	Red Vines	56	45	11
6	Raspberry Hostess Zingers	58	53	5
7	Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini	62	62	0
8	Cherry Popsicle	63	58	5
9	Red Hots	65	35	30
10	Cherry Jelly Belly Jelly Beans	70	51	19

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	Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini	62	62	0
2	Cherry Popsicle	53	58	5
3	Strawberry Twizzlers	49	61	12
4	Raspberry Hostess Zingers	48	53	5
5	Swedish Fish	40	79	39
6	Strawberry Skittles	37	45	8
7	Red Vines	34	45	11
8	Cherry Startburst	33	61	28
9	Cherry Jelly Belly Jelly Beans	32	51	19
10	Cherry Jolly Rancher	24	55	31

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Cherry Punch Sweetarts Ropes	172	83	89
2	Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos	167	90	77
3	Oreo Red Velvet Safe-To-Eat Pillsbury Cookie Dough	166	85	81
4	Haribo Happy Cherries	159	81	78
5	Arctic Farms Freeze Dried Ice Cream (Red Velvet Cake Flavor)	154	77	77
6	Tapatio Doritos	152	82	70
7	Red Velvet Cake	149	79	70
	Strawberry Fruit Roll-Up	149	70	79
8	Strawberry Gushers	140	77	63
9	French Burnt Peanuts	139	70	69
10	Red Cherry Ring Pop	138	70	68
11	Strawberry Jell-O	130	60	70
12	Cherry Airheads	128	61	67
13	Flamas Doritos	126	74	52
14	Swedish Fish	118	79	39
15	Strawberry Sour Punch Bites	117	57	60
16	Hot Tamales	102	53	49
17	Buffalo Cheetos	96	55	41
18	Cherry Startburst	89	61	28
19	Red Velvet Chips Ahoy	88	48	40
20	Cherry Jolly Rancher	86	55	31
21	Red Velvet Cookie Dough Bites	77	44	33
22	Strawberry Twizzlers	73	61	12
23	Cherry Jelly Belly Jelly Beans	70	51	19
24	Red Hots	65	35	30
25	Cherry Popsicle	63	58	5
26	Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini	62	62	0
27	Raspberry Hostess Zingers	58	53	5
28	Red Vines	56	45	11
29	Strawberry Skittles	53	45	8
30	Cherry Lifesaver	47	30	17
31	Boston Baked Beans	42	22	20
32	Cherry Tootsie Pop	40	23	17

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Red Foods	27	5	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Red Foods.

Average Score

60

Peanut Butter Quotient*

2

Rhett's average score for a peanut butter item is 62. Rhett's average score for a non-peanut butter item is 60.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos	90
2	Oreo Red Velvet Safe-To-Eat Pillsbury Cookie Dough	85
3	Cherry Punch Sweetarts Ropes	83
4	Tapatio Doritos	82
5	Haribo Happy Cherries	81
6	Red Velvet Cake	79
	Swedish Fish	79
7	Arctic Farms Freeze Dried Ice Cream (Red Velvet Cake Flavor)	77
	Strawberry Gushers	77
8	Flamas Doritos	74
9	Strawberry Fruit Roll-Up	70
	French Burnt Peanuts	70
	Red Cherry Ring Pop	70
10	Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini	62

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	Boston Baked Beans	22
2	Cherry Tootsie Pop	23
3	Cherry Lifesaver	30
4	Red Hots	35
5	Red Velvet Cookie Dough Bites	44
6	Strawberry Skittles	45
	Red Vines	45
7	Red Velvet Chips Ahoy	48
8	Cherry Jelly Belly Jelly Beans	51
9	Raspberry Hostess Zingers	53
	Hot Tamales	53
10	Cherry Jolly Rancher	55
	Buffalo Cheetos	55

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 Red Foods.

Average Score

45

Peanut Butter Quotient*

-46

Link's average score for a peanut butter item is 0. Link's average score for a non-peanut butter item is 46.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: French Burnt Peanuts

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Cherry Punch Sweetarts Ropes	89
2	Oreo Red Velvet Safe-To-Eat Pillsbury Cookie Dough	81
3	Strawberry Fruit Roll-Up	79
4	Haribo Happy Cherries	78
5	Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos	77
	Arctic Farms Freeze Dried Ice Cream (Red Velvet Cake Flavor)	77
6	Tapatio Doritos	70
	Red Velvet Cake	70
	Strawberry Jell-O	70
7	French Burnt Peanuts	69
8	Red Cherry Ring Pop	68
9	Cherry Airheads	67
10	Strawberry Gushers	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	Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini	0
2	Raspberry Hostess Zingers	5
	Cherry Popsicle	5
3	Strawberry Skittles	8
4	Red Vines	11
5	Strawberry Twizzlers	12
6	Cherry Tootsie Pop	17
	Cherry Lifesaver	17
7	Cherry Jelly Belly Jelly Beans	19
8	Boston Baked Beans	20
9	Cherry Startburst	28
10	Red Hots	30

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: Red Velvet Reese's Cups Mini

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.