TyBoo's Crab Shack

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I repurposed the greenhouse for the winter as a crab shack. Here are a few pics of yesterday's adventures from the river to dinner and a couple Youtube links to videos of the crab cooker loading contraption in action.


Lois with the first of five:
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Me with the second pot:
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The day's limit of 24 best ones out of at least 40 legals:
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Ready to cook - they are good sized and pretty full for this early in the fall so 24 barely fit in the cooker:
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Done cooking:
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Ready to crack and eat:
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Crab In video (Youtube)

Crab Out video (Youtube)
 
The whole setup is pretty nice, but I'm particularly interested in the crab cooker setup. I'm guessing there's a threaded post welded to the bottom of the cooker that the top grid tightens down on with the thumb knob in the center. Is this a commercially-available setup, or a custom job?
 
That plastic knob is just a handle to lift the weighted grate. I have a bunch of those knobs I got as scrap from work back when I had a job. The grate is cobbled together stainless pieces heavy enough to hold the crab under water and it simply sits on top of 'em. They try to swim out sometimes. Or they float.
 
it looks like retirement is agreeing with you. Are you shutting down crab production this weekend? hope all is well.

CATMAN, you're still alive
 
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