Crawfish boiling setup for family of 2... Size, retailer in DFW, Good price?

30qt is gonna be tight for a half sack but it should fit. I would get at least a 60qt, you can get a burner and pot from academy for prolly 150$ish and that will give you enough of a pot for when you get better friends who like crawfish.

I'm in North Dallas. I can't find anyplace that will do a boil anything like La. I'm finding most places won't soak them at all

Figured my best bet is to just do myself. I'm seeing about $4.50 lb live too. Hoping they come down a little soon.

I'm thinking I may just get a turkey fryer set up for the 4 of us. 15lbs tops is what I'm looking to boil. Don't want to invest $200 in a mediocre setup yet.

IF you go the route of an Academy package deal, change the regulator ASAP. I thought a 10 lb regulator wouldnt be a big deal, burned through half a tank of propane just trying to get my water to boil.

There's a Chris's specialty meats in frisco that is allegedly legit. I'd give them a shot for boiled.

As far as a setup, the 80qt pot and burner setup from academy is fine. As mentioned, swap for a 40psi regulator.

Now my sister-in-law wants a boil for her birthday, so will just go with a regular setup now.

I'm looking at 80qt size. Any difference between aluminum vs stainless steel? I see a Bayou Classic brand stainless setup for around $270.

The Outdoor Gourmet 80qt is about $170, but aluminum.

Worth it to spend an extra $100 for something I'll use maybe 2-3 times a year?

Buy once cry once, get a good setup and you might use it more than you think.

The price only hurts when you buy the setup. Get the SS pot.

I have a 60 qt. pot for boiling crawfish. I find it best to limit cooking to about 25 lbs at a time. A whole sack (~32 lbs) will fit in the pot, but it is hard to stir the crawfish. So for one sack, I do 2 batches. For 2 sacks, 3 patches.

If you already have a Turkey frying pot that should work ok.... but I suggest you boil about 7 to 10 lbs at a time. When you try to boil too many crawfish in a pot, they just don't cook as well.

Do yourself [and your guest] a favor and get a "pre-mix" type burner. Those jet burner are very loud.

1. Get something like this. This will bring a pot to boil fast. .... LINK

2. This size burner would do fine if you are only cooking "small" amounts. I have this burner, and mostly use it for frying fish or boiling a few pounds of shrimp or crabs. This burner really puts out too much heat for frying fish...... so I tried putting small nails in about 1/2 of the burner hole. This blocks the gas flow and allows me to better regulate the "low" flame while frying. ... LINK

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The Outdoor Gourmet 80qt is about $170, but aluminum.

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I boil a couple hundred lbs of shrimp every year and usually just 2-3 sacks of crawfish. I got the Academy one as a gift and didn't expect much, but it's been great for the last few years...other than the regulator as mentioned above....

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The seafood markets will bust a sack for you most of the time

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Interesting. I've asked a few around here, over the years, and they all say no. Sure would make things easier when we want some for just the family.

Boiling for about 15 people