Lolis Elie is a journalist and oral historian who conducted the Smokestack Lightning interview tapes with Jim Quessenberry for the Southern Foodways Alliance. He donated the cassettes to the Southern Foodways Alliance archives.
The Smokestack Lightning interviews capture Jim's stories about his BBQ origins, his theory on BBQ popularity, and the development of Sauce Beautiful. Lolis and Frank Stewart interviewed Jim alongside his best friend Arthur McDaniel.