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Episode

Kettle Chips includes 25 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 Kettle Chips

Items scored 25

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 25 items in Kettle Chips, 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	Sea Salt and Vinegar	184	96	88	1
2	Pepperoncini	159	89	70	2
3	Honey Dijon	155	75	80	3
4	Sea Salt	153	82	71	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Sea Salt and Vinegar	1	1	184	96	88
Pepperoncini	2	2	159	89	70
Honey Dijon	3	3	155	75	80
Sea Salt	4	4	153	82	71

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Kettle Chips.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Kettle Chips.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Kettle Chips.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Kettle Chips on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
Rhett	0	1	2	8	7	6	1
Link	3	2	6	6	6	2	0
Combined	1	2	5	5	11	0	1

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

Average Score

132

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	Sea Salt and Vinegar	184	96	88
2	Pepperoncini	159	89	70
3	Honey Dijon	155	75	80
4	Sea Salt	153	82	71
5	Krinkle Cut Habanero Lime	150	79	71
	New York Cheddar	150	80	70
6	Farmstand Ranch	149	82	67
7	Parmesan Garlic	148	73	75
8	Sour Cream & Onion	147	72	75
9	Krinkle Cut Dill Pickle	145	85	60
10	Organics Jalapeno	144	78	66

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	Bourbon BBQ	78	48	30
2	Organic Country Style BBQ	85	52	33
3	Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt	96	66	30
4	Less Fat Sea Salt	104	51	53
5	Backyard BBQ	106	61	45
6	Krinkle Cut Salt and Pepper	114	65	49
7	Korean BBQ	118	68	50
8	Organic Sea Salt	119	63	56
9	Apple Cider Vinegar	122	61	61
10	Organic Salt and Pepper	126	68	58

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	Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt	36	66	30
2	Krinkle Cut Dill Pickle	25	85	60
3	Regular Unsalted	22	77	55
4	Organic Salt and Vinegar	21	81	60
5	Pepperoncini	19	89	70
6	Krinkle Cut Truffle and Sea Salt	19	78	59
7	Organic Country Style BBQ	19	52	33
8	Korean BBQ	18	68	50
9	Bourbon BBQ	18	48	30
10	Krinkle Cut Salt and Pepper	16	65	49

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Sea Salt and Vinegar	184	96	88
2	Pepperoncini	159	89	70
3	Honey Dijon	155	75	80
4	Sea Salt	153	82	71
5	Krinkle Cut Habanero Lime	150	79	71
	New York Cheddar	150	80	70
6	Farmstand Ranch	149	82	67
7	Parmesan Garlic	148	73	75
8	Sour Cream & Onion	147	72	75
9	Krinkle Cut Dill Pickle	145	85	60
10	Organics Jalapeno	144	78	66
11	Organic Salt and Vinegar	141	81	60
12	Krinkle Cut Truffle and Sea Salt	137	78	59
13	Jalapeno	136	67	69
14	Regular Unsalted	132	77	55
15	Organic Salt and Pepper	126	68	58
16	Apple Cider Vinegar	122	61	61
17	Organic Sea Salt	119	63	56
18	Korean BBQ	118	68	50
19	Krinkle Cut Salt and Pepper	114	65	49
20	Backyard BBQ	106	61	45
21	Less Fat Sea Salt	104	51	53
22	Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt	96	66	30
23	Organic Country Style BBQ	85	52	33
24	Bourbon BBQ	78	48	30

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Kettle Chips	19	5	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Kettle Chips.

Average Score

72

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	Sea Salt and Vinegar	96
2	Pepperoncini	89
3	Krinkle Cut Dill Pickle	85
4	Sea Salt	82
	Farmstand Ranch	82
5	Organic Salt and Vinegar	81
6	New York Cheddar	80
7	Krinkle Cut Habanero Lime	79
8	Organics Jalapeno	78
	Krinkle Cut Truffle and Sea Salt	78
9	Regular Unsalted	77
10	Honey Dijon	75

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	Bourbon BBQ	48
2	Less Fat Sea Salt	51
3	Organic Country Style BBQ	52
4	Backyard BBQ	61
	Apple Cider Vinegar	61
5	Organic Sea Salt	63
6	Krinkle Cut Salt and Pepper	65
7	Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt	66
8	Jalapeno	67
9	Korean BBQ	68
	Organic Salt and Pepper	68
10	Sour Cream & Onion	72

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 Kettle Chips.

Average Score

60

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Jalapeno

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Sea Salt and Vinegar	88
2	Honey Dijon	80
3	Parmesan Garlic	75
	Sour Cream & Onion	75
4	Sea Salt	71
	Krinkle Cut Habanero Lime	71
5	Pepperoncini	70
	New York Cheddar	70
6	Jalapeno	69
7	Farmstand Ranch	67
8	Organics Jalapeno	66
9	Apple Cider Vinegar	61
10	Krinkle Cut Dill Pickle	60
	Organic Salt and Vinegar	60

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	Bourbon BBQ	30
	Krinkle Cut Himalayan Salt	30
2	Organic Country Style BBQ	33
3	Backyard BBQ	45
4	Krinkle Cut Salt and Pepper	49
5	Korean BBQ	50
6	Less Fat Sea Salt	53
7	Regular Unsalted	55
8	Organic Sea Salt	56
9	Organic Salt and Pepper	58
10	Krinkle Cut Truffle and Sea Salt	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.