Why Our Crabcakes

There are some significant differences between our crab cakes and the competition's that you may want to know about before ordering your crab cakes.

Our crab cakes have been served at the Fenwick Island Crab House for the last 48 years and stood the test of time. We are known in the resort as having arguably the best crab cakes on the coast. We have received accolades for an exceptionally perfect crab cake in the New York Times, LA Times Houston Chronicle, Miami Heralds Wilmington News Journal, USA Today, Coastal Living Magazine and Town and Country Magazine .... and MORE!

Our Crab Cakes

Their Crab Cakes

Fresh

Nothing beats a freshly made product. This is especially true with a crab cake. Due to the high water content and thin cell wall structure, the freezing process causes the expanding water to burst the fragile cell wall resulting in leaching and sloghing of the crab meat.

Frozen

Frozen crab cakes are only just so good no matter what the recipe is. In order to save $15 on shipping costs, the competition freezes their crab cakes and ships them for delivery two days later - partially thawed. This makes refreezing them more prone to freezer burn and rancidity. In September when crab meat is plentiful, producers will freeze what they need to hold them until crab meat becomes economical again in
8 - 10 months.

No Filler

Why have it if you don't need it. Filler just lowers the quality of the crab cake. No breading, no flour or roux in our crab cakes.

30%-40% Breading

Using breading makes crab cakes cheaper and is needed to absorb the moisture that shoughs off when you thaw a frozen crab cake.

We Use ALL Jumbo Lump Blue Crab

Why have it if you don't need it. It just lowers the quality of the crab cake. Our crab cakes are made with no breading, no flour or roux.

Crab Meat?

Some use a portion of jumbo lump crab meat so they can 'claim' they are using Jumbo Lump. Some use combinations of snow crab, special crab, claw, and artificial crab.

Custom Made for You

After we receive your order, we schedule the production of your crab cake. We wait until the last minute to make your order to ensure freshness.

Made in Advance

Frozen crab cakes can be made week or even months in advance. Fluctuations in freezer temperature can cause quality changes that are unknowable until the crab cakes are thawed before cooking.

Custom Made for You

After we receive your order, we schedule the production of your crab cake. We wait until the last minute to make your order to ensure freshness.