Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells is wild about barbecue. She is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Kansas City Barbeque Society (world’s largest organization of barbecue enthusiasts).  She has won over 150 awards in barbecue cooking contests. Through that love of barbecue and countless hours around the smoker/grill, she has developed into an accomplished and innovative pitmaster. She is a member of the prestigious KCBS “Hall of Flame”, and has earned her Ph.B. (Doctor of Barbecue Philosophy).

Carolyn is author of Barbecue Greats – Memphis Style and Barbecue, Barbeque, Bar-B-Q, B-B-Q, and was chief essayist for The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook, a national award winner in the Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards, and inductee in the Walter S. McIlhenny Hall of Fame.  A self-described “foodie” , Carolyn promotes barbecue in other food related organizations: International Association of Culinary Professionals (I.A.C.P.), Southern Foodways Alliance, Slow Food, National Barbecue Association, American Institute of Wine & Food, World Barbecue Association, and Les Dames de Escoffier. She serves on the Board of the Great American Barbecue Contests.