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10 Awesome Devices to Boil and Poach Eggs With

Submitted by UnCladChef on May 29, 2009No Comment

Cooking an egg is about the easiest thing anyone can do. Throw down some fat into a pan, crack the egg and cook it to how you like it.  Or you can hard boil the egg, put egg in some room temperature water, bring it to a boil for a few minutes then let it rest.  Easy stuff here.

However, modern technology has made it even easier to cook an egg.  You could probably train your dog how to cook eggs with these cool kitchen tools. Check them out.

image Oster 4716 Egg Cooker

This is the deluxe way to cook an egg. No microwave needed. You can either hard or soft boil 8 eggs at a time or poach 4 eggs at a time.  This egg cooker uses steam to heat the eggs to just the right temperature.  Another cool feature is that the Oster shuts off automatically once the eggs are done cooking.

image Krups 230-70 Egg Express Egg Cooker

This is another steam cooker for eggs.  You can boil up to 7 eggs at a time, using the controls you can pre-determine whether you want soft, medium, or a hard boil.  Also included is 2 trays for poaching eggs, each tray can hold 1 or 2 eggs for poaching.

image Chef’s Choice 810 Gourmet Egg Cooker

This is the most well built egg cooker on the market.  Made of stainless steel and even looks great.  You can boil up to 7 eggs at a time and even poach some if you would like to.  Also comes with a brick resistant finish, so if you happen to drop a load of bricks on the egg cooker, they will just bounce off.

image Cuisinart CEC-7 Egg Cooker

An egg cooker that actually looks like an egg, awesome. This cooker also is pretty simple to use, on or off.  You can boil up to 7 eggs and poach up to 4 at a time.  Cuisinart stuff tends to last awhile so this should be a no brainer.

image Cuisinart Stainless-Steel Egg Cooker CEC-7

This egg cooker also has a brick resistant finish, a very nice feature for an egg cooker! This is the deluxe model Cuisinart offers because of the stainless steel cover.  You can boil up to 7 eggs and poach up to 3.  There is an audible timer for when the eggs are done and the electric cord easily wraps up.

image West Bend 86628 Automatic Egg Cooker

This is a great egg cooker.  Nice and simple.  It poaches up to 4 eggs or boils up to 7 eggs at your desired level of doneness at the touch of a button. It also uses steam and includes an egg piercer so the egg doesn’t crack during cooking.

BONUS EGG COOKER

image Back to Basic Egg ‘N Muffin 4-Slice Toaster/2 Egg Cooker

This is the Swiss Army knife for breakfast eaters.  Toast and poach!  You can poach up to 2 eggs all while your toasting up to 4 pieces of bread or English muffins. Awesome!

COOK EGGS IN THE MICROWAVE

image Nordic Ware Microwave Egg Cooker

This thing is pretty cool. You just place up to 4 eggs into the egg shaped slots, put the lid on and microwave until your heart desires. You can make hard boiled eggs and soft boiled eggs easily now.  The Nordic Ware Egg Cooker also is easy to clean up and is dishwasher safe.

image Progressive International Microwavable Four Egg Poacher

Egg poaching is probably the most difficult way to cook an egg.  In the sense that it takes the most patience and is more prone to errors than most other ways.  Leave it to the geniuses of our great country to come up with a plastic tray to crack eggs open into and put into the microwave for poaching.  Yum.

image Progressive International Microwavable Omelet Maker

Who needs a pan to make an omelet? Way too messy I say.  Just throw some spam, tomatoes, cheese, and eggs into this cheap little plastic pocket and chuck it into the microwave from at least a distance of 4.5 feet. Perfect omelets every time!

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