High-water mark
685.5884
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.5884 at Budweiser Smoke on the Water — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 3, 2023
GITCHEWSUM BARBECUE - FLORIDA
GITCHEWSUM BARBECUE - FLORIDA is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 12th of 26 at the Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (2023). They finished #607 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2017
latest Jul 6, 2023 · 5.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.54 · weakest Pork (167.25)
Road miles
764
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 431 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$47K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
676.02 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 162.8000 | 170.54 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 165.6800 | 169.11 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 161.6456 | 167.25 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 165.1200 | 169.12 | top 45% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 86 times, behind 89
Longest layoff
5.3 yrs
Sep 29, 2017 → Jan 13, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20235 milestones
- First call Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score685.5884 Budweiser Smoke on the Water
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Budweiser Smoke on the Water
- Peak power rating (1516) Budweiser Smoke on the Water
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest Porktober Que
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3260 Porktober Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.3 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water | Feb 3, 2023 |
| +5.6 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | Jan 13, 2023 |
| +2.6 | Porktober Que | Sep 29, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.1 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 6, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 48% | 95.2% | 94.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2023 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 46 / 76 (669.5656) | 56 (162.8000) | 26 (171.4172) | 57 (161.6456) | 14 (173.7028) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL | 18 / 47 (685.5884) | 4 (177.7028) | 35 (166.2400) | 22 (169.6800) | 19 (171.9656) |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 12 / 26 (677.6116) | 15 (169.6800) | 7 (173.1200) | 9 (169.6916) | 17 (165.1200) |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 17 / 30 (671.3260) | 13 (171.9772) | 20 (165.6800) | 14 (167.9772) | 17 (165.6916) |