Best brand of lump crabmeat?

Blue crab is still hand picked, so amount of shell will vary widely from container to container, even within the same brand. Just depends on the competence of the pickers on any given day. I try to buy from pickers in my area, esp those I know buying direct from local crabbers. Kourtneys, Punchs, etc.

Yeah, nobody wants shell in their crab meat, but the truth is that if you meticulously pick through and remove all of the shell, you have to break it up and won't be left with jumbo lump. It's sort of like that gristle in a rib eye. You just have to deal with it sometimes. Agreed that sometimes there's an inexcusable amount of shell.