crab cracker

Seafood dining tool

A crab cracker is a hinged metal tool used to break open crab shells and claws, similar to a nutcracker but designed for the thicker, irregular shells of crustaceans.

Standard equipment at seafood restaurants and crab boils: She worked the crab cracker around each claw.

Related

nutcracker · melted butter · butter · bib · feast · legs · pick · kitchen tool · tool · beach · boil · metal · hinged · shell fragments · messy · messy hands · dinner · steamers

Categories
Opposites
seafood tool function

crab crackerseafood fork

Narrow utensil for shellfish

cocktail fork · tweezers · crab mallet

tool action type

crab crackermallet

Soft-headed striking tool

crab mallet

Family

crab, cracker, crabs, crabbed, crabbing, crabby, crack, cracked, cracking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G