2026 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 | 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 |
| 11 | Ted Skinner (Mad Scientist Social Club) Region 2 | 2 | 1748.0 |
| 12 | Paul Flores (Nut’n But Smoke Kookers) Region 2 | 2 | 1630.0 |
| 13 | Sam DeMerritt (Too Sauced Birdies) Region 5 | 1 | 1556.0 |
| 14 | Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers) Region 1 | 1 | 1538.0 |
| 15 | James Miller (Thin Line Barbecue) Region 2 | 2 | 1502.0 |
| 16 | James Pavia (Team Tito's #3) Region 3 | 1 | 1472.0 |
| 17 | James Teachout (TCB BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1456.0 |
| 18 | Matt Kaspar (Rapsak BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1428.0 |
| 19 | Debbie Miller (Tequila Sunrise Part 2) Region 2 | 1 | 1424.0 |
| 20 | Buddy Northrup (Big Boys BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1392.0 |
| 21 | Dennis Alvarez (Tito's #4) Region 1 | 1 | 1372.0 |
| 22 | Herman Hernandez (Second 2 None Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1360.0 |
| 23 | Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2 | 1 | 1338.0 |
| 24 | Michael Gibson Jr (Repeat Offenders BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 1324.0 |
| 25 | Jimmie Hammond (Shiner Park Smokers) Region 1 | 1 | 1292.0 |
| 26 | Josh Honea (Smokin’ Barrels BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1258.0 |
| 27 | Scott Najar (South Plains Smoke) Region 5 | 1 | 1256.0 |
| 28 | Jamie Robey (Flirtin’ With Disaster) Region 2 | 1 | 1238.0 |
| 29 | Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq) Region 3 | 1 | 1228.0 |
| 30 | Jim Simola (Smokin Roses BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 1224.0 |
| 31 | Leonard Love (Love's The Answer Competition BBQ Team) Region 2 | 1 | 1196.0 |
| 32 | Bill Manning (BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1138.0 |
| 33 | Melody Vinson (She Told You So BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1124.0 |
| 34 | Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2 | 2 | 1098.0 |
| 35 | John Tyrna (THE CHOPPIG BLOCK) Region 3 | 1 | 1096.0 |
| 36 | DAVID LAY (BAD BOYZ BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1058.0 |
| 37 | Cole Bradford (B-Man’s BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1056.0 |
| 38 | Jason Carter (ResQue Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1010.0 |
| 39 | Dennis Butterworth (Warpig BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 924.0 |
| 40 | Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ) Region 99 | 2 | 914.0 |
| 41 | Lance Meeks (Lone Star Licious) Region 5 | 1 | 858.0 |
| 42 | Gerald Johnson (Burnin' My Money) Region 3 | 2 | 834.0 |
| 43 | Ed Myers (M&M Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 824.0 |
| 44 | Eddie Carrasco (Monsta Que) Region 5 | 2 | 814.0 |
| 45 | Michael Berinoto (Garden State Smoke) Region 2 | 1 | 760.0 |
| 46 | Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 738.0 |
| 47 | Clay Wright (Bad Dawg BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 710.0 |
| 48 | James Garza (The Republic of 'Que) Region 3 | 1 | 672.0 |
| 49 | Corey Nelson (The Lonely Gringo) Region 2 | 1 | 660.0 |
| 50 | Rick Mirelez (Lick My Stack Cooking Team) Region 3 | 1 | 624.0 |
| 51 | Scott Fish (Smokers Section BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 558.0 |
| 52 | Albert Alba (Strong Smoke Rings) Region 5 | 1 | 556.0 |
| 53 | Michael Beezley (Team Fubar) Region 2 | 1 | 524.0 |
| 54 | Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 472.0 |
| 55 | Robert Foreman (PITSIN' ME OFF BAR-B-QUE) Region 2 | 1 | 460.0 |
| 56 | Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 428.0 |
| 57 | Justin Willis (Midsouth Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 410.0 |
| 58 | Salomon Hernandez (HD BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 358.0 |
| 59 | Derrell Hanson (Four Corners Transport BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 356.0 |
| 60 | Obie Culp (4C’s BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 338.0 |
| 61 | Ryan Voges (HOSS BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 272.0 |
| 62 | Chad Owens (HitList) Region 2 | 1 | 260.0 |
| 63 | James Brooks (Boss BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 210.0 |
| 64 | Jesus Puente (Liniero Smoke) Region 2 | 1 | 160.0 |
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket