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4 Circle Scale

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The 4 Circle
Food Scale

Stop overthinking your food ratings. The 4 Circle Scale is the decisive, fun, and simplified way to rate your meals. No more rating out of 10! No more 3-star limbo!

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Legendary!

Why 4 Circles beat other rating systems

The 5-star system is broken. The "rating out of 10" might be even worse. Here is why the 4 Circle Scale removes ambiguity and forces a real opinion.

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No Middle Ground

Eliminates the safe '3-star' option. You either liked it or you didn't. Take a stand!

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Decisive & Clear

Sometimes it's fun to debate a 7/10 meal versus an 8/10 meal but most of the time your enjoyment is a function of your mood, how hungry you were, and a million other factors.

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No Splitting Hairs

What happens when you find a restaurant that's better than 4 stars but not quite good enough to be 5 stars? 4.5 stars? The 4 Circle system

Meet the Scale

Bad

0 Circles: Bad

Ask yourself: Would I willingly eat this again? If the answer is no, then it belongs in this category

Example Foods

  • sentiment_very_dissatisfied Most Soups (see SoupIsAScam.com)
  • sentiment_very_dissatisfied Pretty much anything with a slimy texture except oysters which are chill
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Food

1 Circle: Food

Most Food falls into this category. You would eat it to sustain yourself but you don't really crave it or think about it

Example Foods

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  • horizontal_rule Broccoli
  • horizontal_rule Rice
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Good

2 Circles: Good

Would you come back and order this again? Is this something you might crave from time to time? That's 2 circles.

Example Foods

  • check Most fried chicken
  • check The extra pepperoni pizza (well done) from Pagliacci
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Legendary

3 Circles: Legendary

A spiritual experience. When somebody asks you "what's the best <blank> you've ever had" a 3 circle food would come to mind.

Example Foods

  • verified Grandma's secret recipe
  • verified The best fried chicken
  • verified That one pasta you tried in Italy and you swear was better than any pasta you've had anywhere else
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a joke? expand_more

No. Well, kind of. But also no. The 4 Circle Scale is a genuinely better way to rate food. We just happen to have fun with it.

What if something falls between two ratings? expand_more

That's the whole point: it can't. You have to pick. No half-circles, no decimals, no hedging. Commit to your opinion.

Your 4 circle rating scale only has 3 circles expand_more

First of all that's not a question. Secondly we think it makes more sense for 0 to represent something that's bad than 1.

Why circles? expand_more

We want it to be immediately obvious which scale is being used. So when somebody says "This tuna is 2 circles" it's immediately clear what they're talking about. When somebody says "this asparagus is 2 stars" what does that mean? Two stars out of what? Three? Five? Ten? Circles is unambiguous.