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	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	3	3252.0
6	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	3240.0
7	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2	4	3152.0
8	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	3	2940.0
9	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	4	2936.0
10	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	2	2714.0

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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	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	4	3044.0
9	Bobby Phillips II (Can't Get Right Cookers) Region 2	2	2714.0
10	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	2366.0

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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	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2940.0
4	Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq) Region 3	2	2698.0
5	Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5	3	2666.0
6	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	2	2656.0
7	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	3	2452.0
8	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2	2	2430.0
9	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2	3	2352.0
10	Jason Carter (ResQue Cookers) Region 2	2	2264.0

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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	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3	3	3466.0
4	Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2	3	3124.0
5	Darrin Thumann (Lucky 7 bbq) Region 2	2	3064.0
6	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2	3	3042.0
7	Josh Honea (Smokin’ Barrels BBQ) Region 5	2	3010.0
8	Salomon Hernandez (HD BBQ) Region 5	3	2966.0
9	Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2	3	2948.0
10	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2	3	2840.0

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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)	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	Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke)	3252.0
3	Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers)	3240.0
4	Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers)	3152.0
5	Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ)	2940.0

Region 3

Place	Head Cook	Points
1	IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue)	2936.0
2	Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq)	2398.0
3	John Segura (2 Live Q)	1496.0
4	Matias Serrata (Pit Boss Smokers)	1470.0
5	Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ)	1338.0

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