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JH Jim Haas On BBQ Nation

“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.”

BBQ Nation · Food & Beverage · October 2026

“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

Context

Asked what he enjoys most about the job, the sales manager says he brings Louisiana food like boudin and alligator to grilling demos far from the South, where people are startled by it.

Transcript

BBQ Nation Around 36:34 into the episode
Jim Haas

…doing the cooking demos and bringing something from here. Um, you know, out to my territory, you know, I go to Salt Lake City, or I did, I just did a cooking event outside of Portland a couple of months ago, and I'll bring Boudin or Gator fillets, stuff that I know most people probably haven't had.

Jeff Tracy

Right.

Jim Haas

And 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.

Jeff Tracy

Yeah.

Jim Haas

It's just something we eat down here. So I love doing that. I've really found a lot of pleasure in just seeing the reactions from people. And Salt Lake City, I'd mention that because I think that was the best reaction I got. They'd actually back away from it like it's a live gator. It's going to…

Jeff Tracy

I saw a deal. This was last year. And you and I may have talked about this when we had dinner a couple, three months ago. I saw a guy smoke a camel, you know, dromedary type thing. And he had built this thing and it was out in the desert somewhere, obviously. And I couldn't figure first, I thought…

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