North American Oyster Showcase

2015 North American Oyster Showcase results
2015 North American Oyster Showcase results

In November, the annual Oyster Cook-Off and Craft Beer Weekend at The Hangout in Gulf Shores, AL is the place for oyster lovers to be!  While enjoying scores of cooked oysters, try out the North American Oyster Showcase raw bar. More than a dozen East Coast, West Coast and Gulf Coast farmers and growers share their oysters for ranking and sampling.

Panelists from across the nation convene at Gulf Shores to rate the oysters on a rubric-based, 100 point system and create a guide to tasting oysters. On Saturday, November 5 Cook-Off attendees get to see the 2016 results and taste some of the best oysters from across the continent.

2015 panelists included: Erin Murray (South East), Michael Serpa (New England), Renee Erickson (Pacific NW), Riad Nasr (North East), Wesley True (South East), Bill Smith (South East), Kevin Nashan (Mid West), Brett Martin (South East), Robert Spaulding (Pacific NW), John Bil (Canadian Maritimes), Pam Lolley (South East), Erik Niel (South East), Cynthia Nims (Pacific NW), and Cory Bahr (South East).

2015 North American Oyster Showcase Scores and Ranking

Click on any oyster name to learn more about it.

Rank 

Oyster

Score

State

1

Blue Pool

93

WA

2

Shigoku

92

WA

3

Kusshi

89

BC

4

Totten Inlet

86

WA

5

Isle Dauphines

86

AL

6

Murder Point

85

AL

7

Point Aux Pins

84

AL

8

Kumamoto

82

WA

9

13 Mile Oysters

82

FL

10

Champagne Bay

82

LA

11

Coast Kumos

79

CA

12

Beauregard Island

79

LA

13

Island Creek

79

MA

14

Hog Island Sweetwater

78

CA

15

Sewanscott

78

VA

16

Moonstone

77

RI

17

Matunuck

76

RI

18

Snow Hills

76

VA

19

Fanny Bay

75

BC

20

Raspberry Point

71

PEI

21

Moon Shoal

71

MA

22

Single Lady

71

SC

23

East Beach Blond

70

RI

24

Kumiai

64

Baja CA

25

Misty Points

61

VA

26

Rappahannock River

58

VA

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Just to whet your appetite for the upcoming festival, we’ve gathered a sampling of oysters prepared at the 2015 Oyster Cook-Off. Prepare to lick your screen, oyster lovers!

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