2023 Cook of the Year Standings

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Jerry Cardenas (Loaded Smoke) Region 4	4	4026.0
2	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2	3	3050.0
3	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2596.0
4	Blake Schendel (Alley cats) Region 3	3	2306.0
5	Justin Fortune (On Point BBQ) Region 2	2	1978.0
6	Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers) Region 1	2	1880.0
7	Jon Barton (Barton BBQ) Region 3	2	1582.0
8	Ed Foster (9 Finger Q) Region 2	2	1574.0
9	Fernando Ruiz (Texas Family Kookers) Region 2	3	1556.0
10	Caleb Warden (Kickin Kajun Smokehouse) Region 2	2	1538.0

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Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Jerry Cardenas (Loaded Smoke) Region 4	4	3826.0
2	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2696.0
3	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2	3	2650.0
4	Caleb Warden (Kickin Kajun Smokehouse) Region 2	2	2124.0
5	Blake Schendel (Alley cats) Region 3	3	2006.0
6	Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers) Region 1	2	1980.0
7	Justin Fortune (On Point BBQ) Region 2	2	1678.0
8	Ed Foster (9 Finger Q) Region 2	2	1574.0
9	Reginald Winn (Smokey Winn's BBQ) Region 99	2	1274.0
10	Carlos Guerra (Smokin’ Dirty) Region 4	2	1260.0

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Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2	3	2750.0
2	Blake Schendel (Alley cats) Region 3	3	2406.0
3	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	1796.0
4	IRA Green (Flying G Barbcue) Region 3	2	1680.0
5	Ed Foster (9 Finger Q) Region 2	2	1674.0
6	Jerry Cardenas (Loaded Smoke) Region 4	2	1666.0
7	Ted Skinner (Mad Scientist Social Club) Region 2	2	1584.0
8	Chris Henry (Crazy Henry Cookers) Region 2	2	1582.0
9	Dwain Garber (Mid-Coast Cookers) Region 3	2	1198.0
10	Michael Sargent Jr (Bubba Fatz BBQ) Region 1	1	1090.0

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Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Jerry Cardenas (Loaded Smoke) Region 4	4	2926.0
2	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2	3	2650.0
3	Caleb Warden (Kickin Kajun Smokehouse) Region 2	3	2114.0
4	Jon Barton (Barton BBQ) Region 3	2	2082.0
5	Justin Fortune (On Point BBQ) Region 2	2	2078.0
6	Jamie Robey (Texas Smoke) Region 2	3	1876.0
7	David Glass (JJJ Cookers) Region 3	2	1830.0
8	Ed Foster (9 Finger Q) Region 2	2	1774.0
9	Josh Hale (Sure Shot BBQ) Region 1	2	1380.0
10	Kenneth Gibson (Lease Crue Cookers) Region 3	2	1378.0

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2023 Regional COY Standings

Region 1

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers)	1880.0
2	Vinny McNamara (Steel Smoke BBQ)	1180.0
3	Chris King (King Cookers)	628.0
4	Tim Balch (Balch's Blazin BBQ)	490.0
5	James Brooks (Boss BBQ)	290.0

Region 2

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue)	3050.0
2	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers)	2596.0
3	Justin Fortune (On Point BBQ)	1978.0
4	Ed Foster (9 Finger Q)	1574.0
5	Fernando Ruiz (Texas Family Kookers)	1556.0

Region 3

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Blake Schendel (Alley cats)	2306.0
2	Jon Barton (Barton BBQ)	1582.0
3	IRA Green (Flying G Barbcue)	1360.0
4	Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ)	1080.0
5	Dwain Garber (Mid-Coast Cookers)	1028.0

Region 4

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Jerry Cardenas (Loaded Smoke)	4026.0
2	Steve Shamlian (Team SAS)	790.0
3	Carlos Guerra (Smokin’ Dirty)	690.0

Region 5

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Merrick Hager (Smokin Raiders)	1034.0
2	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust)	934.0
3	Erik Torres (UPPERCUT Smokers)	834.0
4	Paul Whitaker (Scooter's BBQ)	624.0
5	Ricky Branscum (Stache of Steel)	434.0

Out of State

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Reginald Winn (Smokey Winn's BBQ)	1174.0