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BBQ Nation

BBQ Nation is more than just smoking a brisket. BBQ Nation is a fun and interesting hour with guests ranging from World Champion BBQ Pitmasters to renowned Chefs from all walks of the culinary world. Hosted by Jeff Tracy, TV and Radio celebrity, (The cowboy Cook) along with BBQ Hall of Famer and TV personality Lee Ann Whippen. Jeff and Lee Ann bring their vast knowledge of the food and BBQ world to the forefront. Both Jeff and Lee Ann have years of experience in catering, restaurants and competition, as well as hundreds of appearances on TV between them. Lee Ann beat Bobby Flay on The Food Net...

Website ↗ Last published 31 October 2026 328 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on BBQ Nation

“And then you're trying to turn on the gas and throw a match in there without burning your eyebrows off. … So again, you're not throwing a match into an open bucket of gas and hoping for the best.” — Jim Haas, BBQ Nation
Jim Haas · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I learned over the years that if you really go more than three or four steps at the max, you lose people. … half a teaspoon of cumin isn't going to do a hell of a lot to the flavor of the recipe.” — Jeff Tracy, BBQ Nation
Jeff Tracy · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I just kind of like to blow their minds with all that because right away, they don't believe it's real alligator, but it absolutely is. And then the follow-up question is always like, well, where do you get it? And it sounds like a joke, but any grocery store in Louisiana, you can get it.” — Jim Haas, BBQ Nation
Jim Haas · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“We did a test on it with 10 pounds of lump coal. We got it to about 250 degrees, a nice smoking temperature, let it roll, and it held that temperature for almost 28 hours.” — Jim Haas, BBQ Nation
Jim Haas · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“the trick is you've got to keep them clean. It's all about the airflow … That's where we see a lot of the issues when we get a lot of phone calls. Oh, my grill's not working like it used to. And well, when'd you clean it? Oh, I got to clean it. I didn't know that. So just because it's outside, you still got to clean it.” — Jim Haas, BBQ Nation
Jim Haas · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“I had an official interview with … the owner of the company. And basically, it was like a two-question interview. It was, do you like grilling? And are you the guy in a room full of people that are shy and off in the corner and not talking? Well, that's definitely not me.” — Jim Haas, BBQ Nation
Jim Haas · 31 Oct 2026 Listen →
“With TikTok now, and now all of the other social media companies are following suit. It's really every video stands alone. And unless you're hooking the person in the first three seconds, your video is not being shown to anybody. So, teaching somebody how to do something or being an expert in a certain area doesn't stack up against people that are throwing cheese in the middle of a wok or squirting, you know, a sauce all over.” — Chris Sussman, BBQ Nation
Chris Sussman · 17 Oct 2026 Listen →
“The third time the Cape Girardeau Fire Department came to put the restaurant out, it dawned on me that there probably should be a better way.” — David Knight, BBQ Nation
David Knight · 26 Sep 2026 Listen →

Hosts

BBQ Nation is hosted by Jeff Tracy and Lee Ann Whippen .

Recent Episodes

  1. 31 Oct 2026

    Jim Haas, Regional Sales Manager at Blaze Outdoor Products - Encore

    With Jim Haas

  2. 24 Oct 2026

    Lynnae Oxley, Chopped Champion, BBQ Pitmaster - Encore

    With Lynnae Oxley

  3. 20 Oct 2026

    Chris Sussman, The BBQ Buddha - Afterhours Encore

    With Chris Sussman

  4. 17 Oct 2026

    Chris Sussman, The BBQ Buddha - Encore

    With Chris Sussman

  5. 13 Oct 2026

    Clint Cantwell, President of AmazingRibs.com - Afterhours Encore

    With Clint Cantwell

  6. 10 Oct 2026

    Clint Cantwell is President of AmazingRibs.com - Encore

    With Clint Cantwell

  7. 6 Oct 2026

    Tuffy Stone, The Professor of Barbecue - Afterhours Encore

    With Tuffy Stone

  8. 3 Oct 2026

    Tuffy Stone, The Professor of Barbeque - Encore

    With Tuffy Stone

  9. 26 Sep 2026

    David B. Knight, President and Founder of Ole Hickory Pits - Encore

    With David Knight

  10. 22 Sep 2026

    Daniel Vaughn, Contributor at Texas Monthly - Afterhours Encore

    With daniel vaughn

  11. 19 Sep 2026

    Daniel Vaughn, Contributor at Texas Monthly - Encore

    With daniel vaughn

  12. 15 Sep 2026

    JT and Lee Ann Whippen - Competition BBQ Part 2 - Afterhours Encore

Guests

Meathead Goldwyn (28 episodes), Will Homer (12 episodes), Clint Cantwell (11 episodes), Megan Day (10 episodes), Tina Cannon (10 episodes), Aly Romero (8 episodes), Stan Hays (8 episodes), Dave Raymond (8 episodes), Ray Lampe (7 episodes), Brett Walton (6 episodes), Tuffy Stone (6 episodes), Graham Kerr (6 episodes), and 70 more.