2025 COY Chicken
Cook of Year standings track points from July 2024 to the end of June of 2025.
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket
Chicken
| Place | Head Cook | Contests | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3 | 3 | 4186.0 |
| 2 | Steven Foster (D & S Cookers) Region 3 | 3 | 3656.0 |
| 3 | Gerald Johnson (Burnin' My Money) Region 3 | 3 | 3092.0 |
| 4 | Carl Davis (Cast Iron Cookers) Region 3 | 2 | 2748.0 |
| 5 | David Glass (Triple J Cookers) Region 3 | 2 | 2210.0 |
| 6 | Brandon Perryman (Always Forward BBQ) Region 2 | 2 | 1720.0 |
| 7 | Justin Fortune (On Point BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1646.0 |
| 8 | Jamie Robey (Flirtin’ With Disaster) Region 2 | 2 | 1620.0 |
| 9 | Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1574.0 |
| 10 | Vince Colonnetta (Smoking Wizards) Region 2 | 1 | 1570.0 |
| 11 | Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ) Region 3 | 2 | 1528.0 |
| 12 | Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2 | 2 | 1516.0 |
| 13 | Ron McLaurin (BBQ Bull Dawgs) Region 3 | 1 | 1482.0 |
| 14 | Leonard Love (Love's The Answer Competition BBQ Team) Region 2 | 1 | 1474.0 |
| 15 | Zach Smith (Meat-Locker Misfits) Region 3 | 1 | 1470.0 |
| 16 | Stephen Peacock (The Q House BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 1466.0 |
| 17 | Obie Culp (4C’s BBQ) Region 2 | 2 | 1440.0 |
| 18 | Gary Phillips (BeefSquatch Bbq) Region 3 | 2 | 1416.0 |
| 19 | Malcolm Kitchen (All Metal Concepts) Region 3 | 1 | 1382.0 |
| 20 | Donnie Howard (Twisted D Cookers) Region 3 | 1 | 1370.0 |
| 21 | Jesse Wooten (Come and Taste It) Region 2 | 1 | 1340.0 |
| 22 | Paul Flores (Nut’n But Smoke Kookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1274.0 |
| 23 | Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5 | 2 | 1216.0 |
| 24 | Raymond Hernandez (No Mas Ponle) Region 3 | 1 | 1182.0 |
| 25 | Paul Whitaker (Scooter's BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1150.0 |
| 26 | Bill Manning (BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1146.0 |
| 27 | Dennis Alvarez (Tito's #4) Region 1 | 1 | 1082.0 |
| 28 | Mike Tristan (HTX Barbecue) Region 2 | 1 | 1074.0 |
| 29 | David Hernandez (Whatcha Smokin') Region 2 | 1 | 1046.0 |
| 30 | Shawn Trainor (Bottoms Up Smokers) Region 2 | 1 | 874.0 |
| 31 | Tommy Smith (Bent Nail BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 850.0 |
| 32 | James Brooks (Boss BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 782.0 |
| 33 | Jimmie Hammond (Shiner Park Smokers) Region 1 | 1 | 774.0 |
| 34 | allen johnston (Roux BBQ) Region 99 | 1 | 746.0 |
| 35 | Leroy Barrera Jr (DIG IN BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 740.0 |
| 36 | Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 674.0 |
| 37 | Patrick Wiltse (Swine-01) Region 1 | 1 | 670.0 |
| 38 | DAVID LAY (BAD BOYZ BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 650.0 |
| 39 | Darrin Thumann (Lucky 7 bbq) Region 2 | 2 | 644.0 |
| 40 | Amy Wilson (Crooked Crown Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 574.0 |
| 41 | Jim Simola (Smokin Roses BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 570.0 |
| 42 | Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5 | 1 | 550.0 |
| 43 | Justin Willis (Midsouth Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 474.0 |
| 44 | Mark Knott (Knott’s Yo Daddy’s Bbq) Region 1 | 1 | 450.0 |
| 45 | John Tyrna (THE CHOPPIG BLOCK) Region 3 | 1 | 440.0 |
| 46 | Burgess Cook (Hill Country Chaos) Region 3 | 1 | 382.0 |
| 47 | Lance Meeks (Lone Star Licious) Region 5 | 1 | 350.0 |
| 48 | Brock Otto (Silver Bullet Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 346.0 |
| 49 | Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp) Region 3 | 1 | 340.0 |
| 50 | Matt Kaspar (Rapsak BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 270.0 |
| 51 | Ryan Hernandez (2D BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 250.0 |
| 52 | Chris Olds (Tipsy Brisket) Region 3 | 1 | 182.0 |
| 53 | Shane LeClair (DAMN YANKEE TEXAS BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 166.0 |
| 54 | Steve Thrasher (Pit Pirates BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 150.0 |
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket