How To Cook Live Lobster On Bbq

There s no need to turn the lobster over.

How to cook live lobster on bbq. Place the lobsters in head first and cook for 5 minutes until the flesh is just set. Clean and lightly oil the grill and get your coals at medium heat. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil.

Do not overcook. Grill until the shells are bright red and the protein in the juices that seep from the shells turns white and coagulates 8 to 10 minutes for a 1 1 2 lb. Brush olive oil on both sides of the lobsters and set them bottom side down on the cooking grates.

After 5 minutes place the lobsters into an ice water bath until you can handle them. Place your hand 2 or 3 inches. Turn lobsters over when flesh is white it is cooked.

Then turn it over brush on more lemon butter and cook shell side down for another five minutes. Fill the pot with water and bring it to a boil. Season the lobster meat with salt and pepper and with a pastry brush paste the shell and exposed meat with olive oil or your favorite butter mixture.

When finished the meat should be firm and opaque all the way through. Fill the pot with just enough water to completely submerge your lobsters. So if you re bringing five 2 pound lobsters to a boil you need to have at least 60 cups or 3 75 gallons of water in your pot.

When the grill is at medium heat not high heat place the halves of your lobster flesh side up with the shells on the grate. Close the grill and cook for about 3 6 minutes. Place lobsters shell side down on bbq and brush sauce over meat and cavities when shell turns red about 4 5 minutes turn halves meat side down and grill for 4 minutes more.