Big Cheef is a mid-season, indeterminate beefsteak tomato widely regarded as one of the finest-tasting purple (mahogany/black) varieties, with rich, complex, well-balanced flavor that rivals or exceeds many classic pinks and blacks. Fruits are large (8–16 oz), oblate to slightly flattened globes in deep maroon-mahogany with subtle green shoulders. Plants are vigorous and productive (often surprisingly heavy yields for a dark beefsteak), potato-leaf, and demonstrate good heat tolerance and disease resistance in many climates. Once grown, it frequently earns a permanent spot in gardens.

HISTORY: A result of a natural cross of Brandywine, Sudduth's X Unknown in the garden of Ricky “B” of Murphreesboro, Tennessee, who sent F2 seeds to several Tomatoville members in 2006. The cross produced regular leaf plants in the F1 generation and both potato and regular leaf plants in the F2 generation. Selection continued in 2007-2009 with potato leaf lines as it had an excellent taste. Bill Jeffers of Evansville, Indiana selected for mahogany fruit on a potato leaf vine, and offered a stabilized version (F5) in the Seed Savers 2010 Yearbook. My original seed source was Bill Jeffers. 
 
Sold as a single plant in a 3.5" pot.