re: Crawfish Cooking Advice

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Does spraying water on the outside if the pot help at all?

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i've seen a lot of people do this and swear by it, I understand it makes it a little bit cooler but I just don't understand it

Yeah , I don't think that cool water would do much to that much boiling hot water

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The whole throw them in a chest and sprinkle season on them just sucks!!

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it's true

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Screw ice.

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I do this because me grandpa did this

Just curious but why wouldn't you want to slow down the cooking process and help the soaking process?
Why the hate for ice?

Bunch of experts here ...Guess you are all right

Correct....the spraying of the pot>ice. I don't like a head of crafish full of seasoning. I like just the fat in the heads with maybe a little bit of seasoning.

My family has never used ice on either side, have had many friends of the family stop using ice and use our method, but I will never tell.

Hint: has to do with draining.

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Posted by Tino Does spraying water on the outside if the pot help at all?

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Never tried it but it seems like it would make a mud hole when doing multiple sacks

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I've never thrown ice on them



You're diluting the seasoning. Spray the pot off with a hose.

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I freeze several 2 liter bottles of water and drop them in to stop cooking and complete soaking w/o diluting.

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Cook 3-5 min. Turn off flame Let soak 15-20 min

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They shouldn't be overcooking if this is the method you are using. Unless your crawfish are small or you are leaving the lid on the pot or putting them into an ice chest after cooked with the lid down where they cook even more.

I usually bring them to a boil early in the season and cut the fire. Later on in the season when the crawfish are a little thicker shelled I usually boil for a couple minutes. Then I spray the pot down several times to cool it down. It definitely helps cool the water down some especially if the lid is off. I see a lot of people soaking crawfish with the lid on which defeats the purpose of the cooldown method. When I boil I'm usually on cement so I don't have that problem but if you are on grass boiling it can make a mess.