How to Shuck an Oyster: The Right Way!

Legal Sea Foods' Executive Chef Rich Vellante takes you step by step through this incredible how-to-shuck tutorial using the best oysters from Cape Cod, sustainably farm-raised WiAnno Oysters. Follow his simple steps and you'll be shucking like a pro in no time!

[JesusIsLord]

After watching a couple videos of oyster shucking, I can finally say that I am now a certified fisherman.

[milleniumfalcon]

Remember being drunk one time shucking, eating oysters in the dark with my hands & woke up in morning & my hands were all cut up hahaha, learned my lesson 🇳🇿

[minimalassembly]

Already eating my Oyster at 1:40 after seeing the knife placement at 1:30, thanks!

[waymor]

Oyster was already shucked. Great performance.

[cdndishman]

Thanks so very much! Shucked a dozen today first time in my life to celebrate National Oysters Rockefellar Day Jan 10, 2023! Woot Woot

[OnTheRun]

Dude looks like The Rock's white cousin

[Stuart]

Thanks for this. Now opened my first (west coast Scotland) one successfully without removing my finger nail this time. ;)

[MJPamuru]

I’ve learned a lot about Oysters from this! And also what The Rock would look like if he hadn’t got all that muscle!

[jimmyriter]

Thank you Chef! Love Legal Seafood!!
How about a one on how to make your awesome clam chowdaah?!?!

[rochellewarren]

I get them shucked! I tried & had a mess. Shout out to all Shuckers. Their really are surgeons 💜

[janicewright]

Great video very easy to understand thank you

[johnnicholas]

You should try the East Hampton Shucking tool, it's the safest and easiest way to open oysters. You dont hold down the oyster down with your hand. It keeps your hand away from the knife. You won't hurt yourself.

[piehole]

I have not had WiAnno. I find that many of these east Coast oysters do not have a very strong top shell at the hinge. I have better success finding a weak spot to enter the oyster down from the hinge. Just work the tip of the opening knife about a third of the way along the shell and then (very important)bear as much down as sideways (i.e. as much or more vertically than horizontally) . Usually, you'll see the oyster "drool" a bit if you have it right which gives away the split between the top and bottom of the shell. Then you can work your knife in more horizontally.

[Pegsboy]

Very instructional. I would think that glove is very necessary. Like everything else, practice, practice, practice. Thank you.

[tolikfilter]

Didn’t know Mr Clean can shuck oysters

[artilleryhill]

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[GitanoRenegado]

This was good to watch for me because I talked my way into a job shucking oyster 🦪 and I’ve never done this in my life.. thanks for uploading this

[stevemazz]

This is a way to shuck oysters... but do notice the chef did cut the belly of the oyster using this method...
My family owns an oyster farm and we consider this oyster a "cut" and sold for half the price of properly opened oysters.
He has the top and bottom correct, but you don't open from the hinge.... and you want to cut the bottom mussel first... WOW...

[michaeldambrosio]

It helps to have a good new oyster knife.

[JS-eqtt]

I've had oysters so bad.. nothing but shell pieces in every bite. I'd just spit them out. But I've since gone to high end places with no issues.