2026 Cook of the Year Standings

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	4	4086.0
2	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	3538.0
3	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2	3	3476.0
4	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	3240.0
5	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	3030.0
6	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	3	2940.0
7	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	3	2766.0
8	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	2	2398.0
9	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	2	2368.0
10	Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers) Region 1	2	2206.0

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Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	3638.0
2	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	3	3240.0
3	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2	3	3098.0
4	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	2	2968.0
5	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	2930.0
6	Dennis Butterworth (Warpig BBQ) Region 2	3	2826.0
7	Matt Kaspar (Rapsak BBQ) Region 2	3	2816.0
8	Chad Owens (HitList) Region 2	2	2652.0
9	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	3	2390.0
10	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2	3	2176.0

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Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	4	3986.0
2	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2	3	3276.0
3	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2940.0
4	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	2	2656.0
5	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	2	2430.0
6	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	2230.0
7	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	2138.0
8	Mike Tristan (HTX Barbecue) Region 2	2	1948.0
9	Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers) Region 1	2	1906.0
10	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	2	1798.0

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Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	3	3466.0
2	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	3	2948.0
3	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2840.0
4	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	2630.0
5	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2	2	2584.0
6	Salomon Hernandez (HD BBQ) Region 5	2	2514.0
7	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	2438.0
8	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	2	2398.0
9	Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ) Region 99	2	2114.0
10	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	2	2070.0

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2026 Regional COY Standings

Region 1

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ)	2368.0
2	Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers)	2206.0
3	James Brooks (Boss BBQ)	1510.0
4	Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers)	538.0
5	Jared Jones (Just-A-Smokin)	210.0

Region 2

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que)	4086.0
2	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys)	3476.0
3	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers)	3240.0
4	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ)	2940.0
5	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke)	2398.0

Region 3

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue)	2766.0
2	John Segura (2 Live Q)	1496.0
3	Jim Simola (Smokin Roses BBQ)	1424.0
4	Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ)	1338.0
5	James Pavia (Team Tito's #3)	1272.0

Region 4

Place	Head Cook	Points

Region 5

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq)	3538.0
2	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust)	3030.0
3	Scott Fish (Smokers Section BBQ)	1458.0
4	Jacob Fierro (Red Iron Barbecue)	1358.0
5	DAVID LAY (BAD BOYZ BBQ)	1258.0

Out of State

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