2026 COY Brisket
Cook of Year standings track points from July 202 to the end of June of 2025.
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket
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 |
| 11 | IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3 | 3 | 2048.0 |
| 12 | Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2 | 2 | 1748.0 |
| 13 | Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2 | 2 | 1698.0 |
| 14 | Shawn Trainor (Bottoms Up Smokers) Region 2 | 1 | 1610.0 |
| 15 | John Segura (2 Live Q) Region 3 | 1 | 1596.0 |
| 16 | Herman Hernandez (Second 2 None Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1560.0 |
| 17 | Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2 | 1 | 1538.0 |
| 18 | Jim Simola (Smokin Roses BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 1524.0 |
| 19 | James Pavia (Team Tito's #3) Region 3 | 1 | 1472.0 |
| 20 | Scott Fish (Smokers Section BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1458.0 |
| 21 | Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ) Region 99 | 1 | 1456.0 |
| 22 | Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 1438.0 |
| 23 | Ted Skinner (Mad Scientist Social Club) Region 2 | 3 | 1390.0 |
| 24 | DAVID LAY (BAD BOYZ BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1358.0 |
| 25 | Bobby Phillips II (Can't Get Right Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1260.0 |
| 26 | Jacob Fierro (Red Iron Barbecue) Region 5 | 1 | 1258.0 |
| 27 | Derrell Hanson (Four Corners Transport BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1256.0 |
| 28 | Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2 | 1 | 1238.0 |
| 29 | Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq) Region 3 | 1 | 1228.0 |
| 30 | Jamie Robey (Flirtin’ With Disaster) Region 2 | 1 | 1210.0 |
| 31 | Scott Cravey (Rockin S BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1158.0 |
| 32 | Scott Najar (South Plains Smoke) Region 5 | 1 | 1156.0 |
| 33 | Cole Clifton (Clifton Chevy Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1138.0 |
| 34 | Rick Mirelez (Lick My Stack Cooking Team) Region 3 | 1 | 1124.0 |
| 35 | Jason Goss (Brushy Creek Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1092.0 |
| 36 | Eddie Carrasco (Monsta Que) Region 5 | 1 | 1056.0 |
| 37 | Ed Myers (M&M Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1024.0 |
| 38 | Tommy Smith (Bent Nail BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 958.0 |
| 39 | Sam DeMerritt (Too Sauced Birdies) Region 5 | 1 | 956.0 |
| 40 | Gerald Johnson (Burnin' My Money) Region 3 | 1 | 938.0 |
| 41 | Lyle Osadchuk (Lazy Honey Badgers) Region 2 | 1 | 910.0 |
| 42 | Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers) Region 1 | 1 | 896.0 |
| 43 | Mike Robertson (The Miller Lite Bunch) Region 2 | 1 | 892.0 |
| 44 | Malcolm Kitchen (All Metal Concepts) Region 3 | 1 | 872.0 |
| 45 | Jorge Cervantes (Xtreme Heat Kookers) Region 2 | 1 | 860.0 |
| 46 | Michael Gibson Jr (Repeat Offenders BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 824.0 |
| 47 | Lance Meeks (Lone Star Licious) Region 5 | 2 | 814.0 |
| 48 | Eric Calzoncinth (Chain Smokerz) Region 2 | 1 | 760.0 |
| 49 | Debbie Miller (Tequila Sunrise Part 2) Region 2 | 1 | 724.0 |
| 50 | Charles Kramer (LoneStar SmokeStacks) Region 2 | 1 | 638.0 |
| 51 | Michael Beezley (Team Fubar) Region 2 | 1 | 624.0 |
| 52 | James Brooks (Boss BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 610.0 |
| 53 | Justin Schenk (Kubach kookers) Region 3 | 1 | 572.0 |
| 54 | Jesus Puente (Liniero Smoke) Region 2 | 1 | 560.0 |
| 55 | Mason Gallaway (Gallaway Cattle Grill Team) Region 5 | 1 | 558.0 |
| 56 | Albert Alba (Strong Smoke Rings) Region 5 | 1 | 556.0 |
| 57 | Melody Vinson (She Told You So BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 524.0 |
| 58 | Obie Culp (4C’s BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 438.0 |
| 59 | Paul Flores (Nut’n But Smoke Kookers) Region 2 | 2 | 430.0 |
| 60 | John Tyrna (THE CHOPPIG BLOCK) Region 3 | 1 | 396.0 |
| 61 | Jeffrey Guerrero (Smokin' Pickle) Region 3 | 1 | 372.0 |
| 62 | John Reeves (Smokin' X) Region 5 | 1 | 356.0 |
| 63 | Bill Manning (BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 338.0 |
| 64 | Randy Jeffcoat (Rocking J Running W Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 310.0 |
| 65 | Gerald Schomburg (Havens Point Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 292.0 |
| 66 | Clay Wright (Bad Dawg BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 210.0 |
| 67 | Corey Nelson (The Lonely Gringo) Region 2 | 1 | 196.0 |
| 68 | James Garza (The Republic of 'Que) Region 3 | 1 | 172.0 |
| 69 | Vince Colonnetta (Smoking Wizards) Region 2 | 1 | 138.0 |
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket