Hi I brought some oysters and but them on the grill and they didn't open what went wrong?

Question

Hi I brought some oysters and but them on the grill and they didn't open what went wrong?

Answer 1

if shellfish doesn't open when cooked it is already dead, don't eat them you'll be sick.

Answer 2

They were most likely dead when you bought them.

Answer 3

Oysters are not for grilling.next time maybe eat them in a restaurant and ask how they prepare them for the table.

Answer 4

Dead, like Jimmy Hoffa!

Answer 5

how long you put them on grill for? they usually take about 10 mintues for them to open up, you didn't leave them on the grill long enough, when oysters and mollusks are bad they open up by themselves.

Answer 6

Either not hot enough, long enough or they're really dead, chuck those bad boys!

Answer 7

Sounds like they were dead when you brought them or died before you cooked them.

Throw them away, I wouldn't risk eating them.