I love how the jo seasoning started to fall off exactly as the old bay seasoning did and he tried to cover it up. Lmao

As a fellow Marylander who has always been on the bay. I would say jo is better to cook with while old bay is much better to use on things after they are cooked like corn, potatoes, crabs, and in crab cakes. Both are good I don't prefer one over the other

I thought I’ve heard every US accent there is but this one is new to me. ☺️

This guy knows what he’s doing 👍

Oh yes... J.O.#2 on crabs. Old Bay has its place on shrimp and corn on the cob. (steamed with the crabs of course, or roasted on the grill)

When I first started buying and cooking crabs in college I’d do a 4:1 ratio of Old Bay to kosher salt. I had never heard of JO. Later on I discovered JO#2 and that became my standard. Nowadays I do JO#2 with some extra black pepper and mustard powder added to it - inspired by your video showing some of the Wye seasoning blends. Last year I tried out the Louisiana crawfish boil approach …it was good but suffice to say I will never boil crabs again. Boiling is for lobster and crawfish. I use Old Bay on potatoes, chicken, waterfowl and of course in my cornflakes and toothpaste every morning.

Thank you for the comparison, You are the first person to show me the difference.

J.O. all the way Captain. Very nice breakdown of the two seasonings! Great Job!

I'll have to give that JO a taste test when I visit Delaware this fall. Great comparison video. 👍👍

I have been using J.O. for 30 years, I absolutely love it!

I have to agree! Jo #2 is much better for crabs, but Old Bay is much easier to find (atleast on the other side of the bridge)

My first summer job was in a crab house I still use the JO recipe . JO1 pretzel salt and a mix of other ingredients

Old bay on a corn cob is something else

Informative! Never thought about freezing them.

I'm in Mississippi. We use Zatarains crab boil. (Dry and liquid). It's plenty salty thats for sure. There are a lot of brands similar. We use it for crabs, shrimp and crawfish. I prefer to crack the claws and split them in half and seasoned for steam. For boiled, you need to kill the boil quick with some ice and let them soak until they float.

Best Crabber in the World showing us how to Steam the best Crabs in the World!

Mmmmm, can't wait to dig into a bushel of crabs 👍🙏❤️😎🛥️

I always thought it didn't make sense to pour so much seasoning on crabs while steaming, no seasoning gets on crabmeat. When you clean the blue crab and boil it in seasoned water your crabmeat is soaking in flavor. Makes more sense to me to boil them or at least take the top shell off and get seasoning in the crab before steaming.

Located in Calif. and eating Dungeness Crabs. This is the first time I have ever heard of JO. Something else I noticed was I clean them first then crack the shell so the Old Bay gets into the meat as I steam it. Most the time my crab was boiled in salt water to cook. Then frozen. I defrost, clean and steam to reheat. I have never had Blue Crab.

I always have Old Bay and Jo 1 and 2 in the house. I usually use Jo #2 but when it gets low, I'll mix it in a bowl with old Bay and/or JO #1. When I'm craving crabs, any combination is fine with me.

I want someone to feed me crabmeat like that!!! 😂

Awesome Information. “GET TO WORK!”

Brilliant

The ultimate steaming secret is to use beer instead of water. Gives it a whole new dimension of flavor.

I use JO to cook the crabs but to dip the meat in I’ll use old bay I think it taste better

we always boil em down here i need to get some JO and try to steam some

When I do eat crabs(blue crabs) in OCMD or at home. I eat them over that brown paper so, all the seasoning J.O#2 or Old Bay ends up all over that which becomes your work surface. So they end up with seasoning on the meat for the most part

Combine them both together and it’s amazing

Im from Connecticut we use old bay.

Love the videos ! NOW GTW

Your accent makes me homesick, hon. Goin downy oshin.

I have not seen any merch yet. Any idea when it will be out?

Crabs forever, perfect.

LOL @ your glasses steaming up when you took the top off.

Nothing beats old bay

Captain CJ do yall ever boil your crabs. Here in South Carolina we boil are crabs a lot. And they are aways juicer and we love to turn are crab upside down after cooking them and it catches all the juice from inside the Crab and that way the juice can be suck out wile eating the 🦀.. But I just enjoy eating blue crab just about any way I can eat them.. 😋. Love the video Captin CJ..

I thought i put the jo on thick. You cover them bad boys thick!

Would love to speak with you guys in regards to purchasing whole sale love crabs

As soon as I heard this guy’s accent, I knew I could trust his opinion about Baltimore crabs

You fellas ever tried using a lobster trap to catch crab ? Always wondered that , I lobster in downeast maine and our seasons just getting ready to start. Same concept as your traps but a bit longer and a bit heavier. We catch a lot of jonah crabs in the spring and fall.

Can you freeze raw crabs and steam? I seem to pick up a few here and there and put them together. Have a few raw cleaned crabs in freezer. Any ideas or is it worth it? Dont get enough to cook sometimes why they are frozen raw.

Old Bay is good but it's a 1/1 mix of old bay and kosher salt, plus a few other things, it's too much work and more expensive .... JO#2 is definitely the way to go. But don't ever run out of Old Bay and try to steam shrimp with JO#2! It don't work, might as well eat a salt shaker! ... Ask me how I know! 😂

I like JO too, but let's not knock Old Bay for selling to McCormick - still a proud Merlin brand, hon!

Have you used you new cooker yet CJ ....how do you like it?

Did you know that the ingredients in Old Bay is different on a vintage can my (My moms) then the ones they sell now?

JO 2!

In December u cooked frozen crabs but they were o ly frozen 3 or so weeks now its may were they as good

I don’t care both of them taste good

Old Bay is the seasoning that you use when you don’t have the ability to use your own spices and have dead taste buds . Might as well cook crabs using diesel fuel. It would probably taste better.

J,O is Salty Kompare to Old Bay I Personally Did The Test My Self..

old bay season a bushel would cost $40, JO 's is the best

Have you ever tried making your own bet you could do better then both of them

With respect you are nuts! Old Bay Rocks! JO is just OB lite with more salt. And salt is practically free! Put those pots in the water and Get to work! Caught my first crab today!

You should No Better !!! Hell NO ! Frozin Crabs YOUR Nuts .

North carlonia is a third world country no jo I use old bay and kosher salt it's not bad crabs aren't as good like md green mustard first batch I made in 2018 look like Grey sewer water