Question: is lump crab meat already cooked?
Answer: Crab meat sold outside the shell is available fresh cooked, frozen, and canned. Fresh crabmeat is sold as lump, backfin, or flake. Lump crabmeat, which consists of large, choice chunks of body meat, is the finest and most expensive. ... Some fresh-cooked crab is pasteurized after cooking, which helps it keep longer.