I'm pretty sure we all know what kind of crabs to avoid, but which crab species do you enjoy most. I'm partial to King Crab because it is so easy to eat. I've never been to a real crab fest, but I have tried to pick apart Dungeness and Blues to little meat-yielding effect. Too much work for too little meat, IMO. We do often buy the refrigerated Costco canned stuff for crab cakes, etc.
Alas, we never get blues here in the desert and we rarely see Stone Crab claws.
I think the blue are the ones I grew up eating in south Louisiana and you are right about having to pick a part a lot of crap for just a little bit of meat.
Yea I'm with Jerod on that one, the blues are good but you got to work at it to get filled up. It's kind of like high school dating, too much work for too little result !!
Now stone crab, if you've ever enjoyed them, are totally awesome. They win in my book !!
We get blues here in Virginia as well. Yes a lot of work but once you get into the rhythm its doable. The wife wont do it so its double duty for me. Next day fingers are pretty torn up. Stone are easy as all I ever had was the claw.
Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
Being from Maryland I have to vote for blue. Once you get the hang of shucking them they are not hard to eat. And even better they provide us with soft shell crabs, or as we say down here on the Eastern Shore, soft crabs. That is good eating!
Weber Kettle -- 22.5" (In-Service Date June 2015)
Slow-n-Sear/Drip-n-Griddle/Grill Grates (In-Service Date March 2016)
Pit Boss 820 (Retired)
GMG Jim Bowie WiFi (In-Service Date April 2017)
Maverick ET-733
Fireboard
Home-brewer
You're a Brave Man, Gunga Dinâ“ How Long Have You Owned Herâ“
☃ 🎄 🎄 HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOURS 🎄 🎄 ☃
From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan
Willy ; Yes, Seth McGinn's Can Cooker which I believe is reviewed somewhere on this site. I have all 3 sizes and use them for lots of things. I bring the cooker to a boil inside, then add the crab or lobster to it, fasten it, put it on a small butane stove on the deck to avoid the smell in the house. Awesome for sea food Not so much for beef and chicken.
Had to give Snow a shout out. All of them are fantastic to me. Raised around the blues and boil up a batch every year. Snow, or King + a Dungeness or 5 on the grill is my go-to just cus they grill up so nice, easy to get and so tasty!
I'm a bit surprised that Dungeness hasn't scored better yet, giving that they are considered the best by many left-coasters. Maybe they haven't gotten home from work yet?
Comment