Spec me an egg cooker

[Feek]

I like hard boiled eggs.

I know the really obvious answer is a saucepan on the hob like this

But I want something I can switch on in the morning and forget about until lunchtime where I'll find nicely hard boiled eggs that I can peel and eat.

Someone's mentioned this to me but I wonder if anyone has any experience of egg cookers? This is probably cheaper to run than chucking a pan on the hob as well as being more convenient.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PZ4J1C

 

[monkeyspank]

I can't see how keeping cooked eggs warm will be good. The shells will prob weld themselves on.

could just cook a batch, peel, and keep them in cold water in the fridge - heat up as needed (if needed)

 

[Feek]

I can't see how keeping cooked eggs warm will be good. The shells will prob weld themselves on.

They don't, from what I can see, they cook and switch off.

 

[Countcussy]

I like hard boiled eggs.

But I want something I can switch on in the morning and forget about until lunchtime where I'll find nicely hard boiled eggs that I can peel and eat.

Someone's mentioned this to me but I wonder if anyone has any experience of egg cookers? This is probably cheaper to run than chucking a pan on the hob as well as being more convenient.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004PZ4J1C

I do hard and soft boiled in the air fryer. No Faff
You don't have to nuke them either, could cook them on a low heat, air fryer would turn off on timer. Imagine they would stay warm for quite some time.
At this point, I realise I am assuming you have an air fryer.....

 

[Feek]

At this point, I realise I am assuming you have an air fryer.....

I do not have an air fryer.

 

[jpaul]

... don't hardboiled eggs go black if you don't put them in cool/cold water once cooked ... plus, as mentioned, bacteria growth if you didn't eat them that day.

 

[monkeyspank]

... don't hardboiled eggs go black if you don't put them in cool/cold water once cooked ... plus, as mentioned, bacteria growth if you didn't eat them that day.

No. That's from overcooking.

 

[drakulton]

Hardboiled eggs anytime.

 

[Zefan]

Eggs in the pan/other heatproof container
Boil some water
Bang it over the eggs
Leave it until lunch
Take the buggers out and eat them

 

[jpaul]

No. That's from overcooking.

Ok - then - any electric cooker would need to anticipate impact of residual heat to avoid that, versus putting in cold tap water you'd do manually,
even with a boiled egg you remove it at circa 4mins - otherwise the soldiers don't work.

 

[Feek]

even with a boiled egg you remove it at circa 4mins - otherwise the soldiers don't work.

Irrelevant, I want hard boiled.

(but soldiers are awesome)

 

[GarethSouthgate]

Isn't a timer the best option?

 

[aVdub]

Electric as in first post.
Once done, plunge into cold water, place in fridge, go out, come home and enjoy boiled egg.

 

[jpaul]

I want hard boiled.

point was you need to stop both hard(&soft) overcooking if that's what makes them black ... and how/if an electric one could do that...

showing my age the great egg racechase can't even remember the name - great tv - some degree of intelligence versus Alan Sugar.

 

[Feek]

I was really hoping someone was going to say that they've got one and say what they have. I am disappoint.

 

[aVdub]

I was really hoping someone was going to say that they've got one and say what they have. I am disappoint.

I got this one Eggy in 2017 and use it often.
It doesn't have a timer (Alexa 16mins) and once time up I plunge them into a bowl of ice cold water.

If it went pop pop bang I would buy another straight away.

 

[lakitu]

I use this,



7 hardboiled eggs a day, keeps me feeling strong.

 

[Feek]

7 hardboiled eggs a day, keeps me feeling strong.

When it finishes cooking, do you have to intervene to switch it off or does it stop automatically?

 

[lakitu]

When it finishes cooking, do you have to intervene to switch it off or does it stop automatically?

It stops, it's basically a gloried timer. you can heat up when you're ready for round two.

 

[Feek]

Thanks, I've ordered one.