13+ Cooking 20 Pound Lobster Background. Cooking lobsters at high altitude. Steaming is another traditional way to cook a lobster, and it's the most straightforward flavorwise, since steam doesn't impart any additional flavor:
Lobster chef's everywhere will be pondering whether tis better to boil or steam a live lobster. Steam in a steamer basket, covered, for 18 to 20 minutes for a 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pound. Lobster quality is at its best if it's alive at purchase and cooked the same day.
Keep lobsters cool, covered and moist in the refrigerator until ready to cook.
Charlotte's legendary lobster pound in maine, opened in 2011, recently started using marijuana smoke to sedate the crustaceans. That is, cooking two 2 pound lobsters should take just about the same amount of time as cooking one 2 pounder. 29 12 pound lobster:20 70 pound mightfish: For our two 1.40 pound lobsters, we set the timer for 14 minutes.