Title: What Size Lobster to Buy? Picking the Right Size Lobster
Headings: What Size Lobster to Buy? Pick the Right Size Lobster
What Size Lobster to Buy? Pick the Right Size Lobster
Page Contents
Sizing Up Maine Lobster: How Live Lobsters are Graded
Measuring Lobster Size
Grading Lobster for Quality
Soft Shell Lobsters
Hard Shell lobster
Grade A Lobsters
Grade B Lobsters
Culls
How Much Lobster Meat in a Lobster?
How Much Lobster Per Person?
So What is Considered a Serving?
How Much Lobster to Order
Live Lobster Sizes
Chix or Chicken Lobsters
Quarters
Halves
Deuces: Two Pound Lobsters
Jumbo Lobsters
Are Small Lobsters Better than Big Lobsters?
Save Money Buying the Right Size Lobster
Why Lobster Meat is a Good Deal

Content: Lobster weight by carapace length varies throughout the year since lobsters molt and shed their shells. On average a good hard-shell lobster will yield about 19-22% cooked lobster meat. Soft shell lobsters will yield much less meat per pound than hard shell lobsters. You’ll find soft shell lobsters primarily in the summer months and are not shipped by LobsterAnywhere due to their low meat yield and fragile state. You can get a good idea of the cost of meat per pound with a simple formula using the price per/lb. of live lobsters multiplied by the number of lobsters needed to make a l lb. of cooked meat. For a 1 lb. hard-shell lobster, for example it will yield 3.36 oz. of cooked meat (Based on a 21% yield).