Big John Rating System for Restaurants


Everything has a rating/ranking system.  NFL quarterbacks have a passer ratingweb pages have a page rankand there's also a Total Player Rating in baseball.  This scientist and his assistant have come up with a restaurant rating system.  Known as the "Big John Rating", this state-of-the-art system will revolutionize the restaurant rating industry and allow restaurants to undergo a completely scientific review.  Because the scientist in question is a Dr. (and this post is on the internet) it must be true.

How does it work?  This equation is based on five different items -- Ambiance, Service, Taste, Quality, and Price.  Four of the items (quality is the only neglected item) have a weight associated with it.  Because service, taste, and price are more important than ambiance, they have a greater say in the overall rating of a particular restaurant.  Here is the equation used to rate restaurants:

R = P*PW + S*SW + A*AW + T*TW

Where
R = Rating
P = Price Rating
PW = Price Weight
T = Taste
TW = Taste Weight
S = Service
SW = Service Weight
A = Ambiance
AW = Ambiance Weight

The weights are as follows:

TW = .27
PW = .27
SW = .27
AW = .19

Now ambiance will be put in its proper place.  Notice as well that it isn't price -- it's price rating.  Price rating takes into account the quality, actual price, and expected price as follows:

P = (Q*EP)/AP

Where
P = Price Rating
AP = Actual Price
EP = Expected Price
Q = Quality

Essentially this means that if burger A and burger B cost the same but B has a higher quality than A, then it will get a higher rating than A and the overall rating of the restaurant serving B will be higher than A.  But if A's price is significantly less than B's, then A could get a higher rating because of the cost.

You may be thinking to yourself that this ranking system really only rates one visit to the location and doesn't truly represent a true restaurant rating because it doesn't reflect the menu as a whole just one subset of it.  In addition, it only takes into consideration the quality of service on one occasion which could reflect a significantly good day or a significantly bad day.  A restaurant rating system needs to take into consideration more than just one day, and sure enough, here's the remaining part of the equation.

R+ R+ ... + Rn
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n

Now a restaurant's rating will reflect the overall experience and not just one episode.  What does this mean and why is this important?  Essentially this means that every restaurant will receive a rating and you can rest assured that it will scientifically let you know if this is a place you'd like to eat at or not.  The bottom line is, if the Big John Rating has a 10 you know it's a good place to eat at.  If it's a 0, though, you'll know you need to stay away.  So sit back, relax, and know that restaurant reviews are now in good hands.