Looking for advice on roasting oysters on a gas grill. Suggestions?

We used to get them fresh out from the mouth of the Steinhatchee River about 2-3 miles. Then we would build a small fire out back of the house, put a piece of tin on the fire. In your case, put the tin or a cookie sheet on your grill. Put the oysters on the tin until they just barely started to open. Shuck 'em and eat them right away. You do not want to cook them for very long as they will shrink down to nothing. (think canned smoked oysters). You just want them to firm up and get hot through. You will need to experiment a little to get them the way you want them.

Once done we would eat them with saltines, lemon juice, tabasco, horseradish, etc in whatever combo you would use when eating them raw.

Thanks

Try Drago's Restaurant in Metairie or New Orleans on the internet. Oysters are opened but left on the shell, then placed on the grill with butter, garlic, and herbs brushed on oysters. They are great!

44-40's method above, except dunk in garlic butter.

YES PLEASE !

Thanks. They sound tasty. We'll give it a try.

Get the grill about medium and open your oysters, leaving them on the half shell.  Melt some butter and garlic in a saucepan.  Sprinkle oysters with parmesan and romano cheese.  Drizzle oysters with butter mixture and fresh parsley.  Grill until bubbly.....

Thanks. Sounds delicious.

1st post is how we do it in VA. Reminds me, we need to go to Tidewater area again.

Sauce/dip.  (Minionette IIRC)
50% champagne
50% rice wine vinegar
very finely chopped/minced shallots

Put the oysters on a rack above the heat with the round side down, flat side up.  Watch them closely until they just start to open.  Quickly remove from the heat, remove the flat top part of the shell, and pour off the liquid and pour on a bunch of the sauce.  Slurp down oyster and sauce together...delicious.  Some folks really like adding some hot sauce to the above sauce.  I like oysters either way.

Grill on the half shell. splash of hot sauce.
SIL used to wrap them in a slice of bacon and pin it with a tooth pick, then grill.

All good.