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Pot or cooker for crawfish
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:01 am
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:01 am
My wife and I do a boil every year. We have two pots 30qt ea that I use (hand me downs) I'm tied of doing small batches all day. I want to move up to either a larger pot. I'm thinking at least 80qt or a cooker with the hinged basket and lid that acts as a funnel to pour to the cooler.
I want to get people's thoughts on pots vs. cookers. If anyone has used a cooker or seen one used.
Thanks
I want to get people's thoughts on pots vs. cookers. If anyone has used a cooker or seen one used.
Thanks
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:08 am to Kaseyart
Rocket Pot in 3, 2, 1....
I've just used an 80 I got from Sams or Costco for years now. Works fine, bit on the thin side, but it cooks fine.
I've just used an 80 I got from Sams or Costco for years now. Works fine, bit on the thin side, but it cooks fine.
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 11:10 am
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:11 am to Kaseyart
I have a 120qt pot. Its kind of thin but it works fine.
I think for my next one I will downsize to a 100qt Rocket pot.
I think for my next one I will downsize to a 100qt Rocket pot.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:19 am to Kaseyart
I take it this is a cooker?
I saw that one for sale at Buc-ee's for $700. What's the advantage of using one of those as opposed to the typical burner/pot/basket setup? I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone using the cooker except at maybe like a business / restaurant?
But, if you're in the market, I have only good things to say about my 100q Bayou Classic LINK
I saw that one for sale at Buc-ee's for $700. What's the advantage of using one of those as opposed to the typical burner/pot/basket setup? I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone using the cooker except at maybe like a business / restaurant?
But, if you're in the market, I have only good things to say about my 100q Bayou Classic LINK
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:25 am to npersa1
Yep that's it! I was thinking the same thing. Not sure if something like that would really be needed for a backyard boil.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:29 am to Kaseyart
Get a pot cuz, Nothing smaller than an 80, if you want to boil a 40 lb sack with fixins get a 100, an 80 will do it but its a little tight. My next pot will be a 100qt rocket pot. That cooker is more of a novelty item than anything especially for 2-3 boils a year. If I had a camp or business where I was boiling every weekend I'd get one.
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 3/27/17 at 11:49 am to CHEDBALLZ
quote:why you cooking bait, baw?
if you want to boil a 40 lb sack
Posted on 3/27/17 at 12:12 pm to CarRamrod
Thats a myth too..... I boiled some Hammers a few weeks ago.... 40lb sack and they were big.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 12:30 pm to Kaseyart
quote:
Yep that's it! I was thinking the same thing. Not sure if something like that would really be needed for a backyard boil.
I haven't shopped around for one, but just off looking at that Bucc-ee's price, it looks to be probably about double what you could get a normal pot/basket/burner set up for.
But if anyone knows the advantages of using a cooker like that, I'm definitely interested...
Posted on 3/27/17 at 12:31 pm to CHEDBALLZ
quote:
If I had a camp or business where I was boiling every weekend I'd get one.
Just cause it's easier to use or what? I haven't ever used a cooker like that
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:30 pm to CHEDBALLZ
quote:
Thats a myth too
a full sacks next to each other the 30# sack will be bigger crawfish on average than a 40# sack. Not a myth. my 30# sack this past weekend were monsters. every single one mines like 10 total crawfish. nicest sack i have had in a couple years. This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:41 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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CHEDBALLZ
quote:
My next pot will be a 100qt rocket pot.
Be careful with these things.
we went to use my buddy's RP this past Saturday only to find that it had a hole in the bottom of it. one of the pegs on the bottom had bent & ripped off tearing a hole in the bottom of his pot.
I am looking into the crawfish cooker type (150qt) just haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. the ones i have seen at Bucee's are really nice looking and seem to be well built but i don't like the sizes they offer.
here is the one i am looking at from Academy. i would definitely put some HD locking casters on it though. Outdoor Gourmet Crawfish Cooker
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:43 pm to CarRamrod
You can keep your bag of "selects." That's some stupid shite the seafood companies in Baton Rouge invented to frick people into thinking they're paying for something special.
eta: OP, get an 80 or 100qt pot and a double jet burner and don't look back.
eta: OP, get an 80 or 100qt pot and a double jet burner and don't look back.
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:48 pm to MightyYat
quote:
hat's some stupid shite the seafood companies in Baton Rouge invented
selects come from the farms not baton rouge companies. Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:49 pm to mrservon
quote:did he call them?
ne of the pegs on the bottom had bent & ripped off tearing a hole in the bottom of his pot.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 1:59 pm to CarRamrod
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CarRamrod
I'm sure he will at some point this week. I'm interested to hear what they have to say about it.
My money is on them telling my buddy to get bent.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:01 pm to CarRamrod
quote:
selects come from the farms not baton rouge companies.
I don't think I've ever had any place down here ask me if i wanted selects. Maybe NOLA uses different fisherman.
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:06 pm to CarRamrod
You all you want. I fished crawfish, different times of the years they different sizes, all we could ever put was 34-36 pounds in a sack jam packed and jelly tight, no matter if they were small medium or large.
all you want. I fished crawfish, different times of the years they different sizes, all we could ever put was 34-36 pounds in a sack jam packed and jelly tight, no matter if they were small medium or large. Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:09 pm to CHEDBALLZ
quote:
You all you want. I fished crawfish, different times of the years they different sizes, all we could ever put was 34-36 pounds in a sack jam packed and jelly tight, no matter if they were small medium or large.
I just know the crawfisherman in the Spillway, Belle River, etc, aren't sitting there separating them by size. They go into the bag and on the road to sell.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:10 pm to CHEDBALLZ
quote:so how did they pack that 40# sack you recently boiled? look you sort crawfish and fill 2 bags to the top the larger crawfish sack wil be lighter than the smaller crawfish sack.
we could ever put was 34-36 pounds in a sack jam packed and jelly tight,
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