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Wendy's 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 Wendy's

Items scored 33

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 33 items in Wendy's, 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	Big Bacon Classic Double	146	73	73	3
2	Baconator	148	86	62	2
3	Taco Salad	146	77	69	4
4	Dave's Double	154	74	80	1

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Dave's Double	4	1	3	154	74	80
Big Bacon Classic Double	1	3	2	146	73	73
Taco Salad	3	4	1	146	77	69
Baconator	2	2	0	148	86	62

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Wendy's.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Wendy's.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Wendy's.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Wendy's 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	1	0	1	1	2	10	9	6	3
Link	1	1	4	2	6	7	9	2	1
Combined	1	0	1	3	6	7	8	7	0

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

Average Score

109

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato

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	Dave's Double	154	74	80
2	Baconator	148	86	62
3	Big Bacon Classic Double	146	73	73
	Taco Salad	146	77	69
4	Big Bacon Classic	144	74	70
	Chicken Tenders	144	79	65
5	Son Of Baconator	141	81	60
6	Chili & Cheese Baked Potato	134	83	51
7	Chicken Nuggets	129	64	65
8	Parmesan Caesar Salad	128	66	62
9	Jr Bacon Cheeseburger	127	62	65
	Spicy Chicken Sandwich	127	67	60
10	Bacon Cheese Bacon Potato	124	75	49

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 Baked Potato	17	8	9
2	Grilled Chicken Wrap	48	24	24
3	Jr Hamburger	65	51	14
4	Crispy Chicken Sandwich	68	38	30
5	Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato	69	48	21
6	Cobb Salad	80	51	29
7	Cheese Baked Potato	88	59	29
8	Crispy Chicken BLT	90	43	47
9	Big Bacon Classic Triple	93	53	40
10	Apple Pecan Salad	97	67	30

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	Apple Pecan Salad	37	67	30
2	Jr Hamburger	37	51	14
3	Chili & Cheese Baked Potato	32	83	51
4	Cheese Baked Potato	30	59	29
5	Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato	27	48	21
6	Bacon Cheese Bacon Potato	26	75	49
7	Baconator	24	86	62
8	Cobb Salad	22	51	29
9	Son Of Baconator	21	81	60
10	Chicken Tenders	14	79	65

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Dave's Double	154	74	80
2	Baconator	148	86	62
3	Big Bacon Classic Double	146	73	73
	Taco Salad	146	77	69
4	Big Bacon Classic	144	74	70
	Chicken Tenders	144	79	65
5	Son Of Baconator	141	81	60
6	Chili & Cheese Baked Potato	134	83	51
7	Chicken Nuggets	129	64	65
8	Parmesan Caesar Salad	128	66	62
9	Jr Bacon Cheeseburger	127	62	65
	Spicy Chicken Sandwich	127	67	60
10	Bacon Cheese Bacon Potato	124	75	49
11	Dave's Single	121	61	60
12	Dave's Triple	120	65	55
13	Classic Chicken Sandwich	115	62	53
14	Asiago Ranch Club Sandwich, Spicy	111	60	51
15	Jr Cheeeseburger Deluxe	109	59	50
16	Asiago Ranch Club Sandwich, Classic	108	58	50
	Jr Cheeseburger	108	58	50
17	Spicy Nuggets	104	55	49
18	Bacon Double Stack	101	52	49
19	Double Stack	99	50	49
20	Apple Pecan Salad	97	67	30
21	Big Bacon Classic Triple	93	53	40
22	Crispy Chicken BLT	90	43	47
23	Cheese Baked Potato	88	59	29
24	Cobb Salad	80	51	29
25	Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato	69	48	21
26	Crispy Chicken Sandwich	68	38	30
27	Jr Hamburger	65	51	14
28	Grilled Chicken Wrap	48	24	24
29	Plain Baked Potato	17	8	9

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Wendy's	26	5	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Wendy's.

Average Score

60

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	Baconator	86
2	Chili & Cheese Baked Potato	83
3	Son Of Baconator	81
4	Chicken Tenders	79
5	Taco Salad	77
6	Bacon Cheese Bacon Potato	75
7	Dave's Double	74
	Big Bacon Classic	74
8	Big Bacon Classic Double	73
9	Spicy Chicken Sandwich	67
	Apple Pecan Salad	67
10	Parmesan Caesar Salad	66

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 Baked Potato	8
2	Grilled Chicken Wrap	24
3	Crispy Chicken Sandwich	38
4	Crispy Chicken BLT	43
5	Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato	48
6	Double Stack	50
7	Jr Hamburger	51
	Cobb Salad	51
8	Bacon Double Stack	52
9	Big Bacon Classic Triple	53
10	Spicy Nuggets	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 Wendy's.

Average Score

49

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Taco Salad

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Dave's Double	80
2	Big Bacon Classic Double	73
3	Big Bacon Classic	70
4	Taco Salad	69
5	Chicken Tenders	65
	Chicken Nuggets	65
	Jr Bacon Cheeseburger	65
6	Baconator	62
	Parmesan Caesar Salad	62
7	Son Of Baconator	60
	Spicy Chicken Sandwich	60
	Dave's Single	60
8	Dave's Triple	55
9	Classic Chicken Sandwich	53
10	Chili & Cheese Baked Potato	51
	Asiago Ranch Club Sandwich, Spicy	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	Plain Baked Potato	9
2	Jr Hamburger	14
3	Sour Cream & Chive Baked Potato	21
4	Grilled Chicken Wrap	24
5	Cobb Salad	29
	Cheese Baked Potato	29
6	Crispy Chicken Sandwich	30
	Apple Pecan Salad	30
7	Big Bacon Classic Triple	40
8	Crispy Chicken BLT	47
9	Double Stack	49
	Bacon Double Stack	49
	Spicy Nuggets	49
	Bacon Cheese Bacon Potato	49
10	Asiago Ranch Club Sandwich, Classic	50
	Jr Cheeseburger	50
	Jr Cheeeseburger Deluxe	50

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.