2026 Cook of the Year Standings

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	3030.0
2	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	3	2948.0
3	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	2	2514.0
4	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	2	2456.0
5	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	2	2368.0
6	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2	2	1952.0
7	Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ) Region 99	2	1714.0
8	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	1	1560.0
9	John Segura (2 Live Q) Region 3	1	1496.0
10	Herman Hernandez (Second 2 None Cookers) Region 2	1	1460.0

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Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	2	2968.0
2	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	2930.0
3	Chad Owens (HitList) Region 2	2	2652.0
4	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	2	2214.0
5	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	3	2048.0
6	Matt Kaspar (Rapsak BBQ) Region 2	2	1788.0
7	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	2	1652.0
8	John Segura (2 Live Q) Region 3	1	1596.0
9	Herman Hernandez (Second 2 None Cookers) Region 2	1	1560.0
10	James Pavia (Team Tito's #3) Region 3	1	1472.0

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Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	3	3748.0
2	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	2	2656.0
3	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	2230.0
4	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2	2	1752.0
5	Sam DeMerritt (Too Sauced Birdies) Region 5	1	1556.0
6	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	1	1492.0
7	James Pavia (Team Tito's #3) Region 3	1	1472.0
8	James Teachout (TCB BBQ) Region 5	1	1456.0
9	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	2	1414.0
10	Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers) Region 1	1	1396.0

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Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Contests	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	3	2948.0
2	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5	2	2630.0
3	Salomon Hernandez (HD BBQ) Region 5	2	2514.0
4	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	2	2256.0
5	Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ) Region 99	2	2114.0
6	Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1	2	1968.0
7	Lance Meeks (Lone Star Licious) Region 5	2	1914.0
8	Eddie Carrasco (Monsta Que) Region 5	2	1614.0
9	John Segura (2 Live Q) Region 3	1	1596.0
10	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	1	1560.0

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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)	1296.0

Region 2

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que)	2948.0
2	Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys)	1952.0
3	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ)	1560.0
4	Herman Hernandez (Second 2 None Cookers)	1460.0
5	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ)	1392.0

Region 3

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue)	2456.0
2	John Segura (2 Live Q)	1496.0
3	James Pavia (Team Tito's #3)	1272.0
4	John Tyrna (THE CHOPPIG BLOCK)	1196.0
5	Malcolm Kitchen (All Metal Concepts)	872.0

Region 4

Place	Head Cook	Points

Region 5

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust)	3030.0
2	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq)	2514.0
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