| More facts about the Commissioner |

| Volume one-Number one Barbecue Times March 1981 First known barbecue newsletter |

| The International Barbecue Society How-To Barbecue cook-off kit. Not one complaint |
| International Barbecue Society Affiliated Barbecue Cook-Offs Arkansas State Championship Ft. Smith, AR Tri-State Cook-off Bartlesville,OK New Mexico State Championship Ruidoso,NM Washington State Championship Puyallup,WA New York State Championship Commack,NY Virginia State Championship Reston,VA Oklahoma State Championship Gene Autry,OK Oklahoma Tri-State BBQ Bartlesville,OK Diddy-Wa-Diddy Sauce Contest Kansas City,KS Louisiana State Championship BBQ Shreveport, LA Ardmoredillo BBQ Cook-Off Ardemore, OK Muskogee Annual Azalea BBQ Muskogee, OK Northwest Open BBQ Championship Seattle, WA Texas Contests: Czhilispiel BBQ Flatonia,TX Bruceville-Eddy Mayfest Eddy,TX Bartlett Friendship Fest Bartlet,TX Trailblaizer BBQ Ft. Worth,TX Taylor International Taylor,TX Cowgirl Hall of Fame Hereford,TX Do-Dat BBQ Nacogdoches,TX Round Rock Roundup Round Rock,TX Tri-Cookathon Navasota,TX Permian Basin Cook-off Midland,TX Old Soldiers BBQ Bivouac Copperas Cove,TX Chilleo Cook-Off Amarillo,TX Texas Pork Producers BBQ Floresville,TX Yorktown BBQ Yorktown,TX Ladys Only BBQ Luckenbach,TX KORA Texas World Speedway BBQ College Station,TX Marlin Festival Days BBQ Marlin, TX Pasadena POD BBQ Pasadena, TX VASA Pod BBQ Victoria, TX World Championship Brisket Cook-Off Pecos, TX |
| IBS worked with all the above contests |
