He claims to have regularly witnessed buffet employees 'at the fish market going and buying bottom of the barrel seafood including crab legs past their prime. We get that they're good, but willing-to-risk-a-broken-nose good? Maybe stick to the tray of fried crab claws instead.Īnother alleged all-you-can-eat buffet operator also claimed in a Reddit thread that crab legs at a buffet often aren't chosen or prepared properly. A couple of customers at a Huntsville, Alabama buffet got into a full blown buffet fight over who was first in line for the fresh batch of crab legs en route to the buffet. Also, wait for the fresh crab legs to come out of the kitchen at your own risk - they may not be worth it.