One full bushel of steamed Maryland blues (#2-heavy mix) plus the complete branded kit — steamer pot, mallets, bibs, paper, and Dad's Choptank Blend. Cambridge dock to your door. Feeds 5–10.
Tap any piece. And yes — the pot is yours to keep.
One bushel steamed #2-heavy + the complete branded kit. The pot is yours to keep.
Half bushel of steamed #2 males + the same full kit. The weeknight-sized feast.
Pot, mallets, bibs, paper, seasoning, box — boxed to gift. $99 as an add-on with any bushel.
Book up to 60 days out. Order by 4 PM for next-day. Holidays? A 50% deposit locks your slot at today's board price.
Your crabs come off a licensed Choptank boat and hit the pot the day we deliver. Never reheated, never yesterday's.
The box lands hot. Roll the paper, dump the bushel, tie the bibs. Instructions card included — from pot to picked.
Figure 6 crabs a person. A bushel of #2s runs about 6 dozen — feeds 8–10 easy.
The showpieces. Heavy, full jumbo crabs for the table you want to impress. About 5–6 dozen to a bushel.
The feast workhorse — best meat per dollar on the board. Around 6 dozen a bushel. Our Feast Kits run a #2-heavy mix.
Sweetest meat, kindest price. Smaller, so plan a few extra per person. The picker's favorite.
Dad's has worked these waters since 1950. We buy off licensed Dorchester boats we know by name, cull every basket by hand, and steam over rock salt and Dad's Choptank Blend — same as the backyard feasts we grew up on. Now the whole ritual ships in one box.
Type your address — we'll tell you straight, before you ever place your order.
"Box showed up hot at 4, table was covered in shells by 6. The pot alone is worth it."
"Ordered Thursday for Saturday, tracked the truck all morning. Heavy crabs, every one alive at the dock and hot at my door."
"Sent the Half-Bushel Kit to my brother's graduation party. They kept the bibs, the box, everything."
Depends on the grade — #1s run 5–6 dozen, #2s about 6 dozen, sooks 7–8 dozen. Counts vary basket to basket; that's crabs. Figure 6 crabs a person.
Steamed orders arrive hot; live orders arrive lively. If something's wrong, send photos within 24 hours and we replace or refund — your pick. Full terms on the Refunds & Guarantee page.
Early. Holiday weekends sell out of #1s every year. A 50% deposit locks your delivery slot at the current board price — cancel free until 48 hours before.
Someone does — crabs are perishable and we hand them off, not doorstep-drop them. Weather or harvest delays? We call and you pick a new day, no charge.
Everything we sell contains crustacean shellfish, a major allergen. Dad's Choptank Blend seasoning carries its own "Contains" declaration on the pack. Safe-handling card ships in every box.
Your call when you order — same price. Steamed rides hot in the branded box; live rides the cooler pack with a "steam them today" card. Never cook a dead raw crab.