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Crawfish

Derek1234
Derek1234 Posts: 23
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Has anyone made crawfish on the BGE? Seems like every food under the sun can be made on the BGE, which is absolutely incredible! If so, any tips?
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,527
    Can't help much with crawfish but nice to see another Minnesota egger by the looks of your profile pic. Welcome!
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  • Derek1234
    Derek1234 Posts: 23
    WeberWho said:
    Can't help much with crawfish but nice to see another Minnesota egger by the looks of your profile pic. Welcome!
    Thank you! Yes, very new to the game but enjoying every experience!
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,527
    @Derek1234 The search navigation in the forum isn't very good but if use Yahoo or Google and type the word "crawfish" and followed by "egghead forum" you will get posts of crawfish cooks on the forum. Hope that helps. 


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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,794
    Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Very versatile machine as you have concluded.  Sorry, no help with the crawfish but I will throw a nod to @SGH and @nolaegghead here who should be able to provide more info than you can use.
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  • Derek1234
    Derek1234 Posts: 23
    edited September 2016
    @WeberWho & @lousubcap

    Thank you for the responses!! Cheers!
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  • Big_Green_Craig
    Big_Green_Craig Posts: 1,578
    Use a dutch oven. It works great! 
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    I would put the pot direct or directly on the indirect stone. Leave the lid off so you get some smoke into the water (and/or put ice on a rack above it so as it melts it drops into the water so you get more smoke. Past that it's just a matter of boiling. My biggest concern would be timing. It going to take longer to recover than a propane burner so your timing will be messed up.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Derek1234 said:
    Has anyone made crawfish on the BGE? Seems like every food under the sun can be made on the BGE, which is absolutely incredible! If so, any tips?
    Are you asking about grilling or smoking them or using the BGE to boil a pot? 

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  • Derek1234
    Derek1234 Posts: 23
    SGH said:
    Derek1234 said:
    Has anyone made crawfish on the BGE? Seems like every food under the sun can be made on the BGE, which is absolutely incredible! If so, any tips?
    Are you asking about grilling or smoking them or using the BGE to boil a pot? 
    I guess I didn't have a particular cook in mind; just wondering if anyone has tried it. I have some crawfish in the freezer, so I thought I would ask if it is a possibility to cook on the LBGE. Thanks!
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,877
    I'm sure you could cook with crawfish on the egg, but I see where the egg would contribute anything to such a cook.  You could add them to a lasagna or enchiladas or something like that which you would normally cook in an oven.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Crawfish paella.  Direct.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    edited September 2016
    @Derek1234
    I have cleaned the tails and skewered the meat. Grilled it raised direct while basting with butter. It's a pain in the a$$ picking the tails, but the meat turned out incredible. I have a Cajun buddy that uses a big homemade basket to put live crawfish in and then grills them on a large open face grill. He swears that they turn out great. The basket is for ease of handling. It would be a real pain placing and removing individual crawfish one at a time. You would certainly be limited on the amount you could do at a time on a BGE. But it no doubt could be done in small batches. Again, the tails that I picked and skewered turned out great.  

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  • Derek1234
    Derek1234 Posts: 23
    Thanks everyone!
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