2026 COY Overall
Cook of Year standings track points from July 2024 to the end June 2025.
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket
Overall
| Place | Head Cook | Contests | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirk Matura (Go Blue Que) Region 2 | 4 | 4086.0 |
| 2 | Lindsey Vinson (I’ll tell you later bbq) Region 5 | 3 | 3538.0 |
| 3 | Tom Clarke (JC's Good Ol' Boys) Region 2 | 3 | 3476.0 |
| 4 | Randall Kendrick (Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers) Region 2 | 3 | 3240.0 |
| 5 | Aaron Lesley (Texas Oil Dust) Region 5 | 2 | 3030.0 |
| 6 | Rita Marczewski (Bet Yur Ash BBQ) Region 2 | 3 | 2940.0 |
| 7 | IRA Green (Flying G Barbecue) Region 3 | 3 | 2766.0 |
| 8 | Shawn Moore (Chase-N-Moore Smoke) Region 2 | 2 | 2398.0 |
| 9 | Eddy Morales (The Pitfather BBQ) Region 1 | 2 | 2368.0 |
| 10 | Jamie Beran (Post Oak Cookers) Region 1 | 2 | 2206.0 |
| 11 | James Miller (Thin Line Barbecue) Region 2 | 2 | 1902.0 |
| 12 | Mark Meade (Texas Star Cookers) Region 2 | 3 | 1898.0 |
| 13 | Anthony Montez (Nena Q BBQ) Region 99 | 2 | 1714.0 |
| 14 | Jamie Robey (Flirtin’ With Disaster) Region 2 | 2 | 1648.0 |
| 15 | Matt Kaspar (Rapsak BBQ) Region 2 | 2 | 1624.0 |
| 16 | Mickey Lang (Bad To The Bone BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1560.0 |
| 17 | Alex Castro (Q’ston barbecue) Region 2 | 1 | 1538.0 |
| 18 | James Brooks (Boss BBQ) Region 1 | 1 | 1510.0 |
| 19 | John Segura (2 Live Q) Region 3 | 1 | 1496.0 |
| 20 | Herman Hernandez (Second 2 None Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 1460.0 |
| 21 | Scott Fish (Smokers Section BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1458.0 |
| 22 | Ted Skinner (Mad Scientist Social Club) Region 2 | 3 | 1440.0 |
| 23 | Jim Simola (Smokin Roses BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 1424.0 |
| 24 | Jacob Fierro (Red Iron Barbecue) Region 5 | 1 | 1358.0 |
| 25 | Chad Owens (HitList) Region 2 | 2 | 1352.0 |
| 26 | Bo Daniel (Totally Bodacious BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 1338.0 |
| 27 | Debbie Miller (Tequila Sunrise Part 2) Region 2 | 1 | 1324.0 |
| 28 | Buddy Northrup (Big Boys BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1292.0 |
| 29 | James Pavia (Team Tito's #3) Region 3 | 1 | 1272.0 |
| 30 | DAVID LAY (BAD BOYZ BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1258.0 |
| 31 | Scott Najar (South Plains Smoke) Region 5 | 1 | 1256.0 |
| 32 | Lorenzo Rodriguez (Meat Pimp Bbq) Region 3 | 1 | 1228.0 |
| 33 | John Tyrna (THE CHOPPIG BLOCK) Region 3 | 1 | 1196.0 |
| 34 | Mike Robertson (The Miller Lite Bunch) Region 2 | 1 | 1192.0 |
| 35 | Derrell Hanson (Four Corners Transport BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1156.0 |
| 36 | Dennis Butterworth (Warpig BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 1124.0 |
| 37 | Lance Meeks (Lone Star Licious) Region 5 | 2 | 1114.0 |
| 38 | Tommy Smith (Bent Nail BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 1058.0 |
| 39 | Eddie Carrasco (Monsta Que) Region 5 | 1 | 1056.0 |
| 40 | Charles Kramer (LoneStar SmokeStacks) Region 2 | 1 | 1038.0 |
| 41 | Paul Flores (Nut’n But Smoke Kookers) Region 2 | 2 | 1030.0 |
| 42 | Sam DeMerritt (Too Sauced Birdies) Region 5 | 1 | 956.0 |
| 43 | Obie Culp (4C’s BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 938.0 |
| 44 | Rick Mirelez (Lick My Stack Cooking Team) Region 3 | 1 | 924.0 |
| 45 | Malcolm Kitchen (All Metal Concepts) Region 3 | 1 | 872.0 |
| 46 | Scott Cravey (Rockin S BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 858.0 |
| 47 | Bill Manning (BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 838.0 |
| 48 | Michael Gibson Jr (Repeat Offenders BBQ) Region 3 | 1 | 824.0 |
| 49 | Clay Wright (Bad Dawg BBQ) Region 2 | 1 | 810.0 |
| 50 | Jorge Cervantes (Xtreme Heat Kookers) Region 2 | 1 | 760.0 |
| 51 | Mike Tristan (HTX Barbecue) Region 2 | 2 | 748.0 |
| 52 | Ed Myers (M&M Cookers) Region 2 | 1 | 724.0 |
| 53 | Shawn Trainor (Bottoms Up Smokers) Region 2 | 1 | 710.0 |
| 54 | Justin Schenk (Kubach kookers) Region 3 | 1 | 672.0 |
| 55 | James Teachout (TCB BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 656.0 |
| 56 | Melody Vinson (She Told You So BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 624.0 |
| 57 | Robert Foreman (PITSIN' ME OFF BAR-B-QUE) Region 2 | 1 | 560.0 |
| 58 | Josh Honea (Smokin’ Barrels BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 558.0 |
| 59 | Salomon Hernandez (HD BBQ) Region 5 | 1 | 556.0 |
| 60 | Scotty Bryce (East Texas Smokers) Region 1 | 1 | 538.0 |
| 61 | Michael Beezley (Team Fubar) Region 2 | 1 | 524.0 |
| 62 | James Garza (The Republic of 'Que) Region 3 | 1 | 472.0 |
| 63 | Allen Ayres (Fire & Smoke) Region 2 | 1 | 424.0 |
| 64 | John Zamora (Team Tito's #1) Region 3 | 1 | 272.0 |
| 65 | Jesus Puente (Liniero Smoke) Region 2 | 1 | 260.0 |
| 66 | Jared Jones (Just-A-Smokin) Region 1 | 1 | 210.0 |
| 67 | Corey Nelson (The Lonely Gringo) Region 2 | 1 | 196.0 |
| 68 | Michael Kimich (2 Hot 2 Handle) Region 2 | 1 | 192.0 |
| 69 | Albert Alba (Strong Smoke Rings) Region 5 | 1 | 156.0 |
| 70 | Gerald Johnson (Burnin' My Money) Region 3 | 1 | 138.0 |
Also see: Summary | Overall | Chicken | Pork Spare Ribs | Brisket