The theoretical beauty of an automatic egg cooker? You don’t need to keep an eye on it (like you would with a pot on the stove) to make sure your eggs come out perfectly.
Gadget name: West Bend Automatic Egg Cooker
Price: $32.99
How it’s supposed to work: The cooker promises to quickly poach, soft-cook, or hard-cook multiple eggs at once, alerting you with an audible signal when cooking is complete.
How we tested it: The West Bend Automatic Egg Cooker defeated six other egg cooker models in our testing, in which we boiled a number of eggs on all settings. The lesser models had all sorts of various flaws, including leakage, spongy or overcooked eggs, or a too-tight lid.
How it actually works: It produced seven perfectly boiled eggs in 17 minutes, four perfectly poached eggs in 7.5 minutes, and had a nicely audible timer.
My favorite part: It was very easy to use.
Best for: Any eggy occasion—and it makes recipes requiring precisely cooked eggs, like deviled eggs or eggs Benedict, even easier.
Overall: Thumbs up.
What’s your trick to cooking eggs perfectly?
About the Author: Lisa McManus
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We swear by ours when we have a bunch of eggs to cook, it does perfect hard-boiled eggs and poached eggs every time. (Our is an older version, but it still works flawlessly for over 10 years now!)
Bought one – it worked great, but after only 3 or 4 weeks of use, the plastic rack cracked and pieces broke off. I contacted the company, hoping to get a replacement rack only – no could do – they don’t sell racks only – having to buy everything in their replacement package would cost almost as much as the whole cooker.
Bought a Krups – has some nice features, works perfectly. Only downer is that it will only poach 2 eggs at a time. In every other way, it meets my approval. (Bought a 2nd one for the cottage).
I am almost tempted to buy one. We love hard boiled eggs and I usually cook 6 or 8 at a time. My problem now is that I get VERY fresh eggs and I am having so much trouble peeling them that we are getting too frustrated to eat them. I have now hidden a couple dozen away to cook later in the week to see if that helps. These eggs are picked the day before or even the day of purchase. Any more instructions for that problem. I have followed the cooking and cooling guidelines carefully.