First attempt with chackbay

Add salt to taste.

Yeah I squeeze and drop them in with everything else then bring to a boil.

OP, what size pot? That'll determine how much chackbay and salt to use.

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Once cut the gas off I add a bottle of zatarins liquid for the soak.

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What's the benefit of adding liquid zats after you cut the heat as opposed to the very beginning? Same with waiting to add the lemons?

As for chackbay, most posters on here say to add a box (cylinder) of salt, whole bag of chackbay, 8oz bottle of liquid zats, and some add cayenne as well. It kind of depends on the size of your pot though. I have an 80 qt pot and a 4lb bag of dry seasoning (whatever brand) and about 8-12oz liquid zats does the job. I also use a 120 qt pot sometimes and I add about 50% more seasoning because of the increase in size. I've done chackbay once in my 80 qt pot and used the method above and it came out fine.

I put the lemons in late just cause that’s how my old man did it. I have a 100qt pot. In the past when I used the big bag of Louisiana I never added salt. Not much on the salty taste I will add the lemons from the beginning next boil. I add the liquid at the end just cause that’s what I seen an old man do one time and his were pretty dang good

Amazon has it, but it's more expensive.

For 100 qt, I would do a bag and a half to 2 bags. With 1.5 boxes of salt, 8-10 ounces liquid boil, and your normal onions, garlic, lemon, celery, etc.

I think I'm the only person who doesn't really like liquid. And why is some liquid opaque and some look like dirty water. Which liquid we talking about here?

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For 100 qt

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OP, what size pot? That'll determine how much chackbay and salt to use.

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Twice you have made it seem like the size of the pot matters here.


Could you please tell us the amount of water, because that is what actually matters

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You fill it up just over halfway no matter what the size of the pot is.

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I dont If I am only cooking one sack, i am not filling up my 120qt pot halfway.
That would be a huge waste of seasoning

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Just over halfway in a 100 qt is more water than in an 80 qt

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Correct. But you never mentioned that you were filling it up halfway

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Use your 80 qt.

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Most people have one pot. And if you have a 120 qt pot, you are an idiot to go out and get an 80qt pot because you cant figure out how to cook crawfish without filling up the pot halfway

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Because it should be assumed that it will be filled that much

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That is incorrect.

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And if you have a 120 qt pot, you are an idiot to go out and get an 80qt pot because you cant figure out how to cook crawfish without filling up the pot halfway

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That’s far from the only reason people own different sized pots. 80-100 can do 1 sack, but maybe someone later wants a bigger one to do 2 sacks.

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That is incorrect.

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We could poll this right now and I guarantee the majority of people when listing their recipe will be speaking about a specific sized pot filled just above halfway full.