High-water mark
681.0172
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.0172 at Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 7, 2022
GITCHEWSUM BBQ
GITCHEWSUM BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 13th of 29 at the Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2021
latest Jan 7, 2022
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.16
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.61 · weakest Brisket (164.16)
Road miles
1,085
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1,085 mi
Purse competed for
$109K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
670.78 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 165.6916 | 167.23 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 168.5372 | 171.61 | top 38% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 157.0856 | 167.78 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 160.5256 | 164.16 | top 64% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
499
finished ahead 235 times, behind 452
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- First call Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score681.0172 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0516 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2022 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 13 / 29 (681.0172) | 20 (167.3944) | 20 (168.5372) | 3 (176.5600) | 14 (168.5256) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 157 / 467 (670.2628) | 163 (168.5944) | 100 (171.4400) | 114 (169.7028) | 300 (160.5256) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 165 / 185 (661.0516) | 150 (165.6916) | 44 (174.8572) | 182 (157.0856) | 149 (163.4172) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.