Smoked Garlic Crab

Ingredients:

Grill Pan
4 cleaned, cooked, cracked Dungeness crabs
6 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons olive oil
2 (or more) tablespoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Step 1:

Soak 2 handfuls of wood chips in water. (I used mesquite, it's light flavor was an excellent counterpoint to the light sweetness of dungeness crab.) Light a small pile of charcoal briquets in the firebox of your smoker, or start an indirect fire in your grill, by dividing the coal into 2 piles. (You will put the crab over the empty area between the 2 piles)

Step 2:

Once the fire is ready, throw on a handful of the wood chips. Dump the crabs onto your grill pan and put on the grill. Once the smoke has died down (about 10 mins), throw on the other handful.

Step 3:

While the crab are smoking, preheat the oven to 500 degrees.