Boiling crab in aluminum

[Gobble Doc]

I'm considering the purchase of a large propane burner and metal pot to boil crab.  Do you think it matters if the pot is aluminum or stainless?  I like the idea of stainless but aluminum is cheaper.  Both are for sale.  When I have done this inside on the stove in the past I always have used stainless.  Thoughts? 

[ipkus]

Aluminum is pretty impossible to get 100% clean after boiling crab, but that's the only downside.  As a dedicated crab cooker/deep fryer pot, they are great.  I would go stainless if you plan on making stews/chowder/etc. i.e. cooking in it regularly.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Aluminum is pretty impossible to get 100% clean after boiling crab, but that's the only downside.  As a dedicated crab cooker/deep fryer pot, they are great.  I would go stainless if you plan on making stews/chowder/etc. i.e. cooking in it regularly.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

-Steve

[Gobble Doc]

Thanks.   I wiould like to get the stainless when I go for it. 

[L-ofalab]

We used to use a big aluminum pot but it got some deep pits probably from the salt water. It finally started to leak and we got the stainless and it will never go bad. It is meant for cooking turkeys in hot oil and is big enough to hold 20+ crab. I don't boil crab though I steam them so less water means faster times coming to boil and steam is hotter than boiling water. 15 minutes once steam is coming out from under the lid. I recommend cleaning the crab before cooking.

[wildmanoutdoors]

 

I have had to weld mine twice now. They get tiny holes from the salt water. Go SS.

[Gobble Doc]

Thanks.

I got my stainless steel cooking pot yesterday.  44 quarts.  Also picked up a 60,000 BTU propane burner to set it on.  Now I'm just hoping that there is a crab left in Puget Sound to go into my trap.