I clean my crabs before steaming, I have a steaming pot with a strainer pot that fits inside. The crabs do not touch the water. Cleaned crabs should be steamed and not sit in any water or they will turn to mush. I put water, beer, apple cider vinegar, and JO seasoning in the bottom of the pot and bring to a boil. The cleaned crabs get sprinkled with a heavy dose of JO seasoning and stacked in the steamer pot. With the pot steaming well the crabs go in and the lid goes on. I will set the cooking timer to 20-25 minutes. Good luck and enjoy.
