How to Prepare a Lobster on the Grill ??

 If you like outdoor cooking as much as I like outdoor cooking, eventually, you are going to want to cook a lobster on your grill. At first, it may seem like a daunting task to grill a lobster, but making grilled lobster really is not a difficult task. If you can successfully grill steaks, burgers, chicken or pork chops, then you have the necessary skill set to make a fine grilled lobster.

Here are the simple steps to prepare great easy grilled lobster on your home grill.

    * First, you have to acquire a lobster. Not a difficult task if you live in New England. This could be a little more daunting for us living in the midwest. The best lobsters come from Maine. I know that from years of living in the State of Connecticut, which is really close to Maine. There are three ways I know of to get a Maine Lobster:
         1. Drive to Maine to get one.
         2. Go to your local grocery store and buy one of those sad looking lobsters in the giant tank in the seafood department.
         3. Order fresh lobsters, shipped overnight to your doorstep from an internet lobster purveyor.

    * After acquiring some lobsters using your preferred method, you must next par-boil the lobster. Drop them into a pot of boiling water, for approximately two minutes, or until they stop kicking, whichever comes first. Remove them from the water, and let them cool slightly for handling.




    * Take a sturdy knife, and cut the lobsters in half, down the middle longitudinally. You should end up with two half lobsters, one claw on each half. Next, take the knife and pierce a slit into each of the claws, so that steam can escape while grilling. Once the lobsters are cut in half, scrape out the greenish stuff that is between the tail and the abdomen section. I think it is lobster liver. I don't like to eat it, and most people don't. However, if you like it, leave it there and eat it. It's your dinner!


    * The lobsters are now ready to be grilled. At this point, if you would like to grill the lobsters at a later time, place them on a tray and refrigerate until you are ready to cook and eat them.


    * Heat up your grill, either charcoal or gas, your preference. The grill should be at a medium heat, sort of the temperature that you'd grill chicken. Put the lobsters on the grill, shell side down, and cook until done. The lobsters are finished when the meat appears opaque and white.


    * Serve the lobster with drawn butter, lemon halves, corn on the cob, boiled potatoes, or whatever you would like to have as side dishes to your dinner. Have plenty of napkins. Now eat your lobstah! Eat the tail meat, crack the claws with claw crackers, dig the meat out with little forks, suck the juice out of the little legs.

ENJOY YOUR GRILLED LOBSTER !!!