2026 Cook of the Year Standings

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	3	4582.0
2	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	4	4086.0
3	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	3	3738.0
4	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	3466.0
5	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	4	3290.0
6	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	3	3252.0
7	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	3240.0
8	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	3	3164.0
9	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2	4	3152.0
10	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2	3	3050.0

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Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	3	4538.0
2	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2	4	4052.0
3	Chad Owens (HitList) Region 2	3	4006.0
4	Matt Kaspar (Rapsak BBQ) Region 2	4	3886.0
5	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	3	3682.0
6	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	3	3240.0
7	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	4	3218.0
8	Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2	3	3050.0
9	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	4	3044.0
10	James Garza (The Republic of 'Que) Region 3	3	2868.0

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Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	4	3986.0
2	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	3	3582.0
3	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	4	3502.0
4	Jason Carter (ResQue Cookers) Region 2	3	3214.0
5	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2940.0
6	Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq) Region 3	2	2698.0
7	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	2666.0
8	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	2	2656.0
9	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	2	2430.0
10	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	3	2352.0

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Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	3	4182.0
2	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	3	3752.0
3	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	4	3674.0
4	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	3	3466.0
5	Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers) Region 1	3	3432.0
6	Darrin Thumann (Lucky 7 bbq) Region 2	2	3064.0
7	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2	3	3042.0
8	Josh Honea (Smokin’ Barrels BBQ) Region 5	2	3010.0
9	Salomon Hernandez (HD BBQ) Region 5	3	2966.0
10	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	3	2948.0

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2026 Regional COY Standings

Region 1

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ)	3738.0
2	Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers)	2532.0
3	James Brooks (Boss BBQ)	1510.0
4	Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers)	538.0
5	Dennis Alvarez (D’Lish BBQ / Tito's #4)	526.0

Region 2

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que)	4086.0
2	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ)	3290.0
3	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke)	3252.0
4	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers)	3240.0
5	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ)	3164.0

Region 3

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue)	2936.0
2	John Segura (2 Live Q)	2422.0
3	Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq)	2398.0
4	James Pavia (Team Tito's #3)	2298.0
5	James Garza (The Republic of 'Que)	2268.0

Region 4

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Johnny Martinez (BBQ Bandits)	1570.0
2	Angel Flores (Wicked BBQ)	254.0

Region 5

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust)	4582.0
2	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq)	3466.0
3	Jacob Fierro (Red Iron Barbecue)	2210.0
4	Scott Fish (Smokers Section BBQ)	2110.0
5	Josh Honea (Smokin’ Barrels BBQ)	1810.0

Out of State

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ)	1714.0