Welcome to the home of fresh crabs! Bring on the 2023 Crab Season!
Since 1991 Chesapeake Crab Co. has caught your hefty blue crabs for your crab feasts. We take pride in delivering what you want! Crabs true to size (Captain Jim started as a crabber and has always used the Traditional Chesapeake Bay Grading Scale.) Freshly spiced and steamed USA blue crabs, the very day of your shipment (Some companies actually freeze the crabs and then ship them!) Speedy home delivery in a custom crab cooler (We lead the industry in our state-of-the-art safe packing and shipping standards.
Order a dozen, half-bushel or bushel and you’ll experience the best Maryland Blue Crabs online. You’ll feel like you're cracking and picking along the docks of Kent Island!
Get the crab facts here!
- Traditional Chesapeake Bay Grading Scale: Small (5”-5.5”), Medium (5.5”-6”), Large (6”-6.5”), X-Large (6.5”-7”), and Super (7” +)
- Choose dozen, half-bushel or bushel quantities. For a dozen, choose any size crab. Half and Full bushels fit these 4 categories [We list the full bushel crab amounts here. Just divide in half for the ½ bushel]: Bay (Small & Medium, about 8 dozen crabs), Jimmy (Medium & Large, about 6 dozen carbs), Jumbo (Large & X-large, about 5 dozen crabs), Female (Small-Medium, Large, X-Large, about 8 dozen crabs).
- Blue Crabs taste salty-sweet and peppery hot with the JO Spice #2.
- Find 3 major meat categories as you pick crabs: Jumbo (pulled from back swimming legs), Lump (find in the two equal crab halves), Claw (pick from the claws and legs).
- Chefs use jumbo for chilled cocktails, lump for crab cakes and claw for Maryland Crab Soup.
- Consider about 8-10 crabs per serving. A 3 oz. serving of crab meat contains 17.2 grams protein.
- The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the world. (Perfect conditions for the blue crab)
Customers love our Crabs!
“I’m a South Carolina girl who resides in San Antonio, TX. I decided to order from you, all due to my love of crabs. Man, what a great decision it was! Reminded me of home, the crabs were seasoned to perfection and super tasty. I love, love, loved my crabs. I will absolutely be ordering from you all again.”
“Just throwin' a shout out to this wonderfully delicious company!!! We celebrated Christmas this weekend (family tradition) with a crab/shrimp boil & the food was Amazing!!! THANK YOU!!!”
“My husband who is currently serving and deployed in the USN sent me a dozen of crabs for Valentine’s Day! They were awesome. Being from Baltimore I am quite picky, but it was just like being home! Beats flowers any day. Thank you!”
