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Grilled shrimp - shell on or off?

clemsontyger97
clemsontyger97 Posts: 400
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Haven't grilled much shrimp.   Any advantage to shell off or on?
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28" Blackstone
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    I go shell off so there's nothing to slow me down when I'm eating. 

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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838
    Shell on if I'm boiling, shell off if I'm grilling. 
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    I never understood the attraction to shell on? Protect the delicate product? Just a PITA to eat IMO. 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,454
    For ease of turning rapidly since they cook quickly I always peel mine and then depending on the size I skewer 3 or 4 of them together using two long wooden picks in parallel fashion so they don't turn on me.
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  • gabriegger
    gabriegger Posts: 682
    Shell on. EVOO flat side cast iron grate @400 cuppl'a minutes each side pinky.... 

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  • rob75in
    rob75in Posts: 26
    Shell off, gotta get rid of the waste tract. Can't do that with shell on.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,778
    Another vote for off- clean 'em out, cook and eliminate a shield to the great eats. FWIW-
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  • GregW
    GregW Posts: 2,678
    I've never had any luck grilling with the shell on. Where I usually go wrong is telling if they are done. I tend to error in a little under cooked.
    With the shell of I can tell if they are done easier.
    I'm sure practice would help.
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  • Biggreenpharmacist
    Biggreenpharmacist Posts: 4,343
    rob75in said:
    Shell off, gotta get rid of the waste tract. Can't do that with shell on.
    You just slit them down their back through the shell and devein them. No problem. 

    Little Rock, AR

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