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Volume one-Number one
Barbecue Times
March 1981
First known barbecue newsletter
The International Barbecue Society
How-To Barbecue cook-off kit.
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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