High-water mark
685.0516
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.0516 at GLBBQA Spring Fling — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 18, 2025
Collins Custom BBQ
Collins Custom BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 23 at the Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 20, 2024
latest Apr 18, 2025
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.42 · weakest Brisket (166.24)
Road miles
76
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Purse competed for
$6,700
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
685.05 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
340.54 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 171.4172 | 173.42 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 169.1200 | 171.70 | top 25% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 169.1200 | 169.12 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 166.2400 | 166.24 | top 75% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score685.0516 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- Most recent contest GLBBQA Spring Fling
20244 milestones
- First tracked contest Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score340.5372 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2025 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 19 / 56 (685.0516) | 10 (175.4172) | 9 (174.2744) | 36 (169.1200) | 42 (166.2400) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI | 9 / 23 (340.5372) | 10 (171.4172) | 8 (169.1200) | — | — |