🏈Crab Catering
❄LIVE Blue Crabs, Handle with Care!
During the winter months, diehard American crabbers motor their Smith Island Crab Scrapes down into Southern Gulf waters. These vessels with their low freeboard and low beams make it easier to haul heavy pots out of the water. Their low profile impresses the onlooker as it glides through shallow lagoons. For the crab devouring enthusiast, this migration is essential to keep the blue crab feasts continuing throughout the winter months. Once the water temperatures hit 48°F, the blue crab searches for a muddy bay bottom floor to back into for a winter nap. Hibernation occurs in the northeast, but in the Gulf of America, the “beautiful swimmer that is savory” continues to forage for tasty snails, insects, oysters, small fish, etc. This eye on the thermometer even holds true when shipping those crabs up north. If the reefer reaches temperatures of either 40°F and 41°F, these conditions will become fatal and destroy any blue crab harvest. Conversely, temperatures over 88°F will cause overactive and then dying crabs from exhaustion. So, when managing blue crabs, keep them comfortable!
Breathing freely is a perfect start in keeping the blue crab unstressed. When transporting the crabs, make sure they have air to breathe. Avoid sealing their shipping container with a plastic liner. Leave holes in the lid of a water-resistant box. If using gel packs to keep the temperatures in the 50°F range, be sure to place wet newspaper, burlap, or towels to keep them moist. Refrigerant material will only cause the crab to suffocate and perish. Since a transit of no more than 30 hours is key, make sure they have an adequate air supply for the trip.
Crabcatering.com receives its crabs from Crab Depot and operates as a Mid Atlantic powerhouse in delivering freshly caught blue crabs to your holiday feast. Even though the calendar has turned to colder months when the blue crab finds hibernation choices, "Maryland Style" Crab Feasts keep popping up all winter long. Typically, the male burrows into the depths of the Chesapeake Bay, while females swim out to the continental shelf out in the Atlantic. Crab Depot takes the catch to the Gulf of America and uses the utmost care to keep them alive with the trip up to the north. What does this mean? Yes, a winter crab feast is in order. Go ahead and fill out your crab inquiry form and let us know about a Super Bowl Feast or even a Winter Fundraiser. Keep those mallets swinging and Happy Crabby Winter!
Crab Depot in this TikTok Exclusive gives thanks for all its crab fans here in Baltimore and all around the country. Our steamers have prepared Thanksgiving Crab Dinners for the last 30 years and we unfurl holiday seafood package dinners from Boom Boom Shrimp, Maryland Crab Cakes, Bay Oysters, and of course, USA Blue Crabs. Get your feast on and celebrate all your blessings this Thanksgiving at Crab Depot!
🎫Choose your Perfect Setting!
Crabcatering.com prepares the Crab Feast with all the trimmings at your desired location, even Fort Mifflin, the oldest fort in America. Commissioned in 1771, it had a monumental influence in helping the colonials beat the British during the Revolutionary War. Nestled in a section reserved for park activities, true Blue Crab Lovers took the feast to another level. Celebrating our Nation’s history, overlooking the Delaware River, next to Philadelphia, Crabcatering.com set up its steamers and brought its crew to bring a taste of the bay right to the fort! No matter where or when, we deliver the
“True Maryland Blue Crab Experience!”
Mid Atlantic Crab Company Caters your
Maryland Crab Feast to Perfection!
Picture this, a crab trailer rolling up to your corporate, social, church or even birthday bash with your choice of piping hot Maryland Blue Crabs with a peppery pop and choices of steamed shrimp, local corn on the cob, specialty salads from classic creamy coleslaw, signature macaroni and potato, seasonal fruit, grilled hamburgers and hotdogs with crunchy chips, chef-inspired desserts, and your choice soda. Sound like a mouthful? Well, it is!
A little about us. The “True Maryland Blue Crab Experience” starts with charting crab movements and harvesting trends in river inlets, sounds, and the bay itself. Then, the watermen rush their prized catch to the crab house where they receive an exact sizing on the Chesapeake Bay Grading Scale. Smalls range from (5”-5.5”), Mediums, (5.5”-6”), Larges, (6”-6.5”), Extra-Larges, (6.5”-7”), and Supers, (7” +). After this special treatment, the crew load up bushels of these live crabs for a speedy delivery to your event with all the necessary crab feast tools from mallets to picking tools. At your location we fire up the steamers and douse the crabs with JO Spice #2 for that beloved taste. Don’t forget about the sides. Check out the Catering Inquiry Form for the latest choices!
We have the skills you need to make your event a blast! Since 1995, our family-owned seafood market prepares on-site, off-site, and pick-up seafood spreads for the diehard Chesapeake Bay cuisine lover. Each planned event caters to your requests and theme for your party or “get-together. In fact, we can even prepare an Oyster Bar setting coupled with steamed shrimp. The selection will get your taste buds crying out for more! What’s best yet, we operate our crab house minutes away from the Chesapeake Bay in the Baltimore. Yes, plan your crab feast today!
