Nordic Ware Microwave Egg Boiler

This works like a charm. I eat more hardboiled eggs than any others, and I hate to cook them on the stove - I'm never sure if I will over- or under-cook them. The shells come off easily with this. I'm as happy with this as I was with my old Oster. With this, you are not buying another appliance. It relies on the power from you microwave oven. So when it's done, it turns off. It cooks by not the amount of water you put in, but your microwave timer to shut the power off when they are ready. My first batch of hardboiled eggs I cooked at 10-minutes, and they came out perfectly. The shells come off easily, and you do not even need to poke a hole in it before cooking. And I've yet had one break open while cooking. I think the only way one would break open while cooking would be if the shell has a weak point, such as a fine crack. I would recommend this to anyone who has a microwave oven and loves hard- or soft-boiled eggs. Simplicity at it's best. And it was only nine bucks when I bought it. ================== ADDENDUM: I'm not going to change my rating of this, but it does take some experimentation. With a regular egg cooker, you put the amount of water in that is used for soft-boiled or hard-boiled eggs, and they either shut off or buzz to let you know they're done. All the water evaporates. This cooking relies entirely on the wattage of your microwave oven, and your estimated cooking time. When your eggs are finished, you will still have plenty of very hot water in the cooker. Be careful. They evidently put more thought into the aesthetics of the cooker than the safety. So, one must expect to experiment to get the eggs they want. I originally said that I took a chance and set it for ten minutes to get hard boil eggs, and they came out beautifully. But as I keep experimenting with the times, I discovered something I didn't expect. After cooking four eggs for my ten minute hardboiled egg supply, I quickly took them out of the oven and showered them with cold water until I was able to carry them to the fridge. Those four eggs did not come out as hard-boiled, but soft-boiled (though fairly excellent soft-boiled eggs). So in closing, plan to do some testing until you get your times right, including the cool-down times. When I got my hardboiled at ten minutes, I let them cool down normally. Gosh, I never thought I could write so much about an inexpensive egg-cooker. ================== ADDENDUM, Jan 2014: I have had this for almost exactly one year, and use it once or twice a week. The rim around the bottom of the cover and around the top of the base is becoming distorted. It is beginning to bulge out a bit on both sides, so it doesn't fit together quite as it did new. Twice I've come back to it and the cover had come off while cooking. It's a nice little egg cooker, but its life expectancy is up for debate. HARD-BOILED EGGS: I cook nothing but hard boiled eggs. A good starting point on getting great hardboiled eggs is to set your microwave oven to exactly ten-minutes. Since they are extremely hot when the ten minutes is up, they are still cooking. Let them cool down to room temperature to end up with perfect hardboiled eggs (don't put them in the fridge as they will cool down quickly as soft-boiled eggs.). Read more

This Microwave Egg Boiler is the coolest thing! I don't know how $14.65 could possibly buy more joy! It works perfectly! The eggs never taste like they were cooked in a microwave. They actually taste better than when I boil eggs in a large stock pot on the stove. Now I enjoy perfectly hard boiled eggs every day. The best part is the eggs are super easy to peel, and they taste so much better when eaten immediately. We used to boil a couple dozen eggs and eat them throughout the week. By day #2 they were already cold and rubbery. But this Microwave Egg Boiler makes cooking hard boiled eggs so fast and easy that I now cook them "to order" so to speak. When I want hard boiled eggs, they're done in 9 minutes, and I eat them immediately. All you have to do is, after removing the cooked eggs from the microwave, place them in a cold water bath for 30 seconds. Then they're ready to eat. They're still a little warm, but not hot by any means. And the egg is so tender, fresh, and delicious that way. The instructions do a great job of recommending cooking times based on your microwave's wattage, but you may want to tweak that a little. If the yolks are a little soft for your taste, add a minute to the cooking time. No big whoop. TIP: Use "medium" eggs. Don't use extra-large eggs. Think about it. This thing is designed to hard boil "typical" eggs. If you put extra-large eggs in there, it takes longer to cook the center, and by that time the outside is over-cooked. If you use medium eggs, the recommended cooking times (based on microwave wattage) will be much more reliable. Here's what I do... I put 4 medium eggs in the cooker, mic on high for 9 minutes, and when the timer goes off, I leave the microwave door closed for 2 minutes. This is the recommended "cooling down" time in the instructions so that you don't try to open the cooker when there is still too much steam inside. By keeping the door closed for 2 minutes, the eggs continue to cook a little more during the cool-down period. Think of it as putting them on "simmer." Then, after the 2 minutes, put the eggs right into a cold water bath for 30 seconds. So the total cooking time, for me, using a 1,000-watt microwave, is 11 minutes (9 minutes on high, plus 2 minute cool-down period). Perfect eggs! Every time! One more thing... If you take your Microwave Egg Cooker to work and use it in your break room, you will never have a shortage of conversation. EVERYBODY will want one, and they will have a thousand questions. When people see it, they're mesmerized by the clever design. I couldn't be happier with this thing. Read more