Perfect Hard Boiled Egg Timer

Product Description

Measures: 2.25" x 1.75" x 1.25" / 5.5cm x 4.5cm x 3cm
This egg timer will take the guess work out of boiling eggs! As the timer heats up, the red face changes color, indicating soft, medium, hard and stages in between, absorbing heat exactly as an egg does. The result is the perfect boiled egg! Place the eggs in a single layer at the bottom of a pan. Cover with at least an inch or two of room temperature water. Egg timer darkens as eggs cook. Calculates cooking stages precisely by temperature, not loosely by time. Adjusts to the number of eggs and level of water in the pan. Helpful tip: When done, remove pan immediately from the heat and rinse eggs in cold water, producing tender, not rubbery eggs and minimizes cracking. Hand wash for best results.

Norpro was founded in 1973 with a vision to design, manufacture, and supply the highest caliber kitchenware. Norpro’s offering of innovative, high quality product for cooking, preparing and serving food are produced with superior materials and craftsmanship.

Features

• This egg timer will take the guess work out of boiling eggs! As the timer heats up, the red face changes color, indicating soft, medium, hard and stages in between, absorbing heat exactly as an egg does. The result is the perfect boiled egg!
• Simply place timer with eggs in a single layer at the bottom of a pan. Cover with at least an inch or two of room temperature water.
• Egg timer darkens as eggs cook.
• Calculates cooking stages precisely by temperature, not loosely by time.
• Adjusts to the number of eggs and level of water in the pan.

Top Reviews

... these Per'Fect Egg Timers are wildly inaccurate and thus useless for gauging egg doneness
by Heather-Steve (1 out of 5 stars)
May 9, 2018

BOTH of these Per'Fect Egg Timers are wildly inaccurate and thus useless for gauging egg doneness. I loved my previous Per'Fect Egg Timer branded under WS, which looks exactly the same, and we used weekly for over a year until lost. That one darkened to a fairly precise dark ring (from outside in) as the egg cooked, and you could distinctly read the progress on the 'soft, medium, hard' scale. These two egg timers darken with a vague, indistinguishable color bleed making a read on the 'soft, medium, hard' scale IMPOSSIBLE. I've even tried both timers at once to see if one is better, but both are consistently muddy. Hope we can locate the WS version that was lost, because these are junk.
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Perfect eggs every time.
by JudyBug (5 out of 5 stars)
July 1, 2017

Works perfectly every time I boil eggs. Start with cold tap water in a saucepan, place the egg time and eggs in before turning on the heat. Within 15 minutes, the water will start to boil (set a timer) and watch the line move to hard egg line for the perfect hard boiled eggs. Take off the flame and immediately dump the boiling water, adding cold water to the pan several times to cool the eggs down rapidly. With this timer, I never get the green line around the egg yolk. My mom used one of these for years; I inherited her egg timer about 30 years ago and it finally pooped out about a month ago as the clear coat fogged out and you couldn't read the lines. Pretty long review for something so simple but it shows how much I love using it.
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Still happy with the one I bought 15+ yrs ago
by Mezzanine Daze (5 out of 5 stars)
October 18, 2018

I've used this product for many years (at least 15 years and I honestly think it's been more years than that). I get perfect eggs every time. It's so easy to use! I add it in to the cold water at the same time that I put my eggs to boil and red part starts turning a dark color from the outside in as the timing correlates to whether your eggs have cooked long enough to be soft, medium or hard. I wash this easily with a soapy sponge (never used in a dishwasher). Two friends were recently fascinated by this so I just got them these as little gifts. I was sure to get them this exact brand as it's what I've always used. I have never had to replace it and it has consistently gotten a lot of use over the years.
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An Eggslent Product!
by SkyPig (5 out of 5 stars)
April 2, 2018

And that's no yoke! (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.) Seriously, this is a great product. We have a few of them in different kitchens, and I find them the best tool for delivering properly hard cooked eggs. Although it's labeled as a "timer" it actually uses a layer of color changing crystals (the red layer in the plastic shell) to measure the temperature gradient as the material is heated by the water. This corresponds to the rate at which the egg cooks, so you actually see an analogue of the inside of the egg. This makes it possible to cook eggs with a great deal of precision. I highly recommend these.
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Nothing like the video's I had seen
by gunmetalgreen (5 out of 5 stars)
July 24, 2017

This thing is the bomb.com

Seriously, buy one. You won't regret it. Works the first time and every time after that.

I was slightly concerned when I first got it out the package. The lines that tell you how hard or soft the egg will be cooked were really hard to see. Nothing like the video's I had seen. Never fear, toss it in the pot of water and vola! Easy to see the lines!
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Soft boiled egg perfection!!
by Gabby (5 out of 5 stars)
April 17, 2019

Game. Changer. I have been raising chickens for the past 30 years, and this, hands down, is the best egg "timer" ever. Period. Put it in the pot with the eggs, cover them with cold water, add a little salt (and if you are using freshly laid butt nuggets either from your own girls or from the farmer's market, make sure to add (a heaping 1/4 tsp per egg for those that prefer to measure things out) baking soda so that it makes it much easier to peel) bring it to a boil and cook to your desired type of egg temp! Once you have tested which level of cooked you prefer (this will use up a few eggs) and make sure once that level is reached to take it immediately off of the heat, carefully drain the boiling water, and shock it with cold running water until the eggs are slightly warm to the touch. Peel and enjoy!
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Great Way to Cook Eggs As You Like Them
by ladyjazz17 (5 out of 5 stars)
January 24, 2016

I used the Egg Rite Egg TImer yesterday to boil some eggs, and put it in the water with the eggs as instructed by the package. I stood there and watched as the water came to boil in the pan, and I could see some sort of clear liquid moving around inside the timer during the cooking process. After a few minutes I went back to look at the progress, and I could see that the red area was a bit smaller, which meant it was at the soft boiled or poached point, but I wanted hard boiled so I waited until it had reached the point pictured on the package that indicated hard boiled. When I peeled the eggs and cut them, the yolks were perfectly cooked with no greenish coating. I will be using this egg timer every time now! Thanks, Norpro, for a great product that takes the guesswork out of cooking eggs to the desired degree of doneness.
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Great, until it splits in half and is useless
by LegoGirl (1 out of 5 stars)
June 26, 2014

I bought one of these many years ago from Brookstone, and it worked perfectly. After misplacing my original, I bought this item which looks the same. The quality is certainly not the same, as my "new" one has split in half after only two months in use.

I was a little suspicious of it when it arrived, since it did not have the same heavy feel of my original egg. Still, it worked fine and I boiled eggs nearly every day with it. Then one day I pulled it out of the water in two pieces---as other reviewers noted, it had split neatly where the two halves are glued together (with the "timing" paper between).

I am going to buy another replacement, from a different manufacturer, because this item as a kitchen gadget is great for egg enthusiasts. Hopefully my next one will be nearer to my original in production quality.
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They may look the same but not all egg timers are the same...
by Goldengate (5 out of 5 stars)
August 9, 2019

I ordered a different egg timer that looks a lot like this one and had to throw it out because it would make the boiling water - and the entire kitchen - smell like paint thinner when I used it. Toxic. I ordered this one after throwing the other one away, and it's just like the one I bought at Williams Sonoma years ago that my husband melted (another story...) when he left the stove on and forgot about it. This works perfectly and does not leach toxic chemicals into the water. Very happy and highly recommended!!!!
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The absolute greatest!
by MamaLiberty (5 out of 5 stars)
March 25, 2014

I use mine all the time, and keep buying more to use for gifts. Wish Amazon sold them in a case pack! The only drawback, and not a big one, is that you still need to set a timer so you remember to come back to the stove and look it. After you've used it for a while, you'll know how much time you need, depending on the number of eggs and the amount of water you start with. I usually cook four to six eggs at a time and have a pan that is used for little else. Best results when the eggs and water are left on the counter overnight so they are both at the same temperature to start with. Place in a pot just large enough to hold the eggs without crowding, and just cover with water. When you are ready to cook the eggs, cover the pot and put it on a medium heat, not "high." When the water begins to bubble, turn the heat down to medium or medium low and set your timer. Three minutes will make nice soft boiled eggs, and five minutes will make hard boiled eggs without a black border on the yolk. Adjust the time by comparing to the lines on the Norpro and keep notes on a 3x5 card if your memory is as goofy as mine. If you follow the same procedure each time, you'll have uniform and delightful results.

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