Carolyn Wells is the co-founder of the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS), the world's largest organization of BBQ enthusiasts and the body that governs most sanctioned competition BBQ in the United States. She was a close friend of Jim Quessenberry's and featured his recipes in her book Barbecue Greats.
The KCBS circuit was Jim's home court — Memphis in May, the American Royal, contests across the Midwest and South. Carolyn Wells built and shaped the infrastructure that made that circuit possible.