Devil Crab from West Tampa Tobacco Co.

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(Description taken from halfwheel.com website)
At the 2025 PCA Convention & Trade Show, West Tampa Tobacco Co. unveiled its second food-inspired cigar, the Devil Crab. The cigar is named after a croquette-style dish made from sautéed blue crab that is then rolled in bread crumbs and deep-fried. While every person’s version of how the crab is prepared varies, common ingredients in the sauce include tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices, with the sauce referred to as a Cuban-style enchilada or sofrito sauce known as chilau. The dish got its devil name from the spicier versions of the preparations.

The dish grew in popularity during the 1920s in Ybor City, a part of Tampa. that was home to Cuban, Italian and Spanish immigrant communities as well as a large number of cigar factories. Specifically, the handheld food took hold during a strike at cigar factories, as blue crabs were abundant and therefore inexpensive, making them attainable in a time when money was tight.

As an added touch to the release, each box of cigars comes with a recipe card for devil crab, so you can make the dish at home.

For now, the cigars are described as a limited production, though specifics as to how many boxes were produced have not been disclosed. The company did say that more could be made depending upon their reception. As for the blend, it is completely undisclosed, much like a guarded recipe for one’s own devil crabs.

The company did not disclose the blend of the cigar, but it is made at Garmendia Cigars Co., which makes the company’s core Black, Red and White lines. It’s offered in a single 4 1/2 x 60 double perfecto vitola.

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90 would smoke again
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Less than 85 would not smoke again

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