Butchering – Crustacean – Hand tool
Patent
1996-05-02
1998-09-01
Little, Willis
Butchering
Crustacean
Hand tool
294 992, 606210, A22C 2904
Patent
active
058002561
ABSTRACT:
A tool and method for picking crab which includes a long, narrow and strong forceps that is specially adapted to be inserted into cavities within the shell for tearing the shell and picking out the crab meat. The crab picking tool is preferably formed from two halves which are joined at one end to form a large tweezer-like forceps. The tool has a handle portion and a pincer portion. In the preferred embodiment, the end of the pincer portion is made up of two roughly spoon shaped tips of a selected width. The tips are preferably textured with ridges or some other surface pattern to enhance the holding power of the tool. The pincer portion is much narrower, approximately one eighth of an inch, and is thus specially adapted to pick crabs using the method of the present invention. In use, the tool is inserted into the subchambers of the crab shell to remove crab meat. The tool may be inserted into the narrow outer leg openings in such a manner that one of the jaws is in the crab shell and one of the jaws is outside the crab shell. The crab body is inverted, and by closing the tool and twisting the tool it is possible to cleanly rip open the shell without contaminating the meat with bits of shell, since any bits of shell fall downwardly, away from the meat. It is also possible to open up the difficult sections of the claw using this method. The tool can be used to pull crab meat through the outwardly facing narrow leg holes or through the inwardly facing opening of an open crab body.
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