OXO Good Grips 2 Piece Silicone Egg Poaching Set, One Size, Yellow

This poacher works perfectly every time. It seems expensive for how minimal and simple it really is, but the thing is it a brilliant idea. Because it’s so low tech there’s nothing to break or go wrong. If you want perfectly poached eggs every time this is the perfect tool to achieve that.

Brilliant. Simple - a proper egg. I followed product instructions. Over 50 years and 5 fingers plenty to count my wife’s culinary compliments. Upon seeing my first 3 eggs: “Beautiful.” Compact storage; ease of use and cleaning + great results. I confess ignorance may contribute to my inability to favor a different product despite youth with mother’s Revere ware poacher.

We enjoy a nice soft boiled egg or poached egg, and have successfully made both in the past, but I saw this OXO product and decided to give it a try. They do work, and make the process of poaching an egg super easy. If you’ve ever been intimidated at the idea of poaching eggs, you should definitely try this product. The poachers are bigger than I expected, so to allow them to sit in the pot (without crowding), and to get the appropriate water level (there’s a water line mark on the poachers), I used a stock pot. The “cage” part of the poacher keeps the egg corralled while it sets, which I think is the biggest benefit of using this product (no need to swirl, etc.). Cleanup is easy - the poachers wash up easily and can be “folded” into themselves (forming a cup shape) for compact storage. FYI, there will still be egg white residue in the cooking pot, just like with the normal egg poaching process. You might need to experiment with cook time (a guide is included with the product) to get the exact cook you prefer. We cooked large eggs for 3.25 minutes (timing started when eggs were dropped into the simmering water) and had nice soft eggs to top our ramen bowls. Nice gadget!

Effortless perfect poach! I have tried multiple poaching methods with most being subpar. This product is a game changer. Make sure you use white vinegar and only a slight simmer to make the egg whites stay together. I do 3.5 - 4 minutes for a jammy egg. Product is very easy to clean.

If you are an egg poaching person, skip this item and keep poaching your regular way. I have poached for 70 years and tried every poaching gadget available before taking them to Goodwill. This gadget is the closest to poached eggs, but not good enough. I tested the cups rigorosly and found them to be cumbersome, too large, and fussy. However, since the egg is totally submersed in water at 205 degrees, it is a poached egg, no different than my traditional method. To use two cups I had to test various pans to fit the cups and then fill with water. I ened up with 2 1/2 inched of water regardless of pan size. For four cups this took a very large pot and from start to finish almost 19 minutes to bring to 205 degrees before dropping the eggs in the cup. I sprayed the top of the cup with cooking spray to stop the egg from sticking to the bottom of the pan and removed the cups at two to three minutes, followed by stiring the water a bit. At this point you are using the traditinal method of poaching. The cup does keep the egg in a smaller circle. I did try leaving the cup in for the entire cooking period and found no difference, once I sprayed the cup to stop sticking. Who ever created this prioduct definitly should receive an award. I also used the cups to fry eggs, doing double duty in keeping the egg the size of a Bays English Muffin. The cups take longer and have to be cleaned. So overall they increase the cooking difficulty with no better outcome.

A bit of context: from my background in Computer Science, I have been indoctrinated by the "Unix Philosophy" and one of its most important rules is that you want to strive, for a product, that it "Do One Thing and Do It Well." I think this explains my approach to the kitchen fairly well: yes, I am guilty of collecting "one-trick pony" appliances such as this one. Naturally, thus, I am a big fan of OXO, since this is exactly what they are doing. If you are on this page, maybe you feel the same way. In that case, I won't try to convince you that you need this, but that it does a really good job. I love the idea of "breakfast" but in our daily lives I just never find the time to sit down in the morning, and make what I traditionally think of as breakfast, or brunch (eggs, in particular poached, are a strong feature—perhaps because I eat mostly vegan otherwise). This item has helped to make breakfast easier because it makes poaching eggs a can't-go-wrong endeavor. I can do this straight from out of bed before I have woken up. The procedure sounds long, but once you've done it once, you can do it eyes closed: 1) Fill in a pan with water up to the indicated level. 2) Bring to a boil, then put on simmer. 3) Add a splash of white vinegar into the opening (optional, but highly recommended). 4) Crack an egg in a bowl and pour it in the opening (some might be courageous enough to crack over the opening, but not me). 5) Wait a fixed amount of time (for my pasture-raised jumbo eggs, this is between 4 min. and 4:30 min—by the way, some reviews mention that size is an issue, maybe I do not notice this because I use jumbo eggs). 6) Pull the poacher out (can do with bare fingers because it is silicon). 7) Use a slotted spoon to fish the poached egg out, drain it, and place it on some paper towel (you can also delicate remove the strands of cooked yoke that may look messy). The result is perfect, I find (or at least superior to what I could do on my own). Attached is a picture of my first poached eggs, used for an avocado toast (OK, so I'm a millennial, sue me! :-). Final thoughts: — If like me, you do not yet have a slotted spoon, you might want to get one, such as OXO Good Grips Nylon Slotted Spoon . (Nylon is a good choice if you may end up using this with non-stick cookware.) — These fold onto themselves and can be stacked atop another, so as to take only a quarter of the space. — If like me, you love avocado toasts, perhaps you can compromise, save on brunch, but allow yourself the opulent decadence of also owning this tool OXO Good Grips 3-in-1 Avocado Slicer, Green , or go on ahead and buy the combined pack (these OXO people sure are attentive to consumer demand, they were AFAIK, the first to market such a combo!). -- PS: If you found this review useful, chances are there'll be a day I'll stumble on one of your reviews and find it useful too! Thank for in advance!

I could not understand the 4.2 average review rating. So I read the AI summary. There are some valid points. They are rather large, if they were a little bit smaller I could fit three in my pot. Yes the holes are probably larger than they need to and yes some of the egg whites leak out through the holes. If there were smaller holes and if the Bell was smaller could it be improved? Probably. I thought I could make a better egg poacher myself, but after a few failed attempts, I realized I would stick with this one because it works quite well. In my experience, 3 minutes and 30 seconds - 4 minutes turns out a nice soft poached egg yolk with all the whites cooked. Yummy!

Eggs fall straight through the basket to the bottom of the pan. The opening is too large and the basket is too tall. Takes far too long get enough water boiling for this to be practical even if the basket did hold the egg. These are likely going in the bin.

Funciona muy bien, solo hay que bajarle al fuego para que no se muevan con el agua hirviendo

Avec cet ustensile, impossible de rater les œufs pochés. Lavage au lave vaisselle sans problème.

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Utilissimi per preparare uova in camicia ed eggs benedict, senza errori e senza grassi. Utile anche che i pezzi siano due per le famiglie numerose. Si lavano sciacquandoli, oppure in lavastoviglie e si piegano per occupare poco spazio nei cassetti della cucina. Consigliatissimi.

These things are magical!! Poached eggs are by far my favorite, I have a Dash steamer and although it makes amazing hard boiled eggs the poached (steamed in this case) is just so-so. I don’t have the knack for dropping the egg directly in the water as it tends to fall apart on me. I love these because I don’t have to separate the loose egg white, I can drop the whole egg in and it’s perfect every time. They are bigger than I expected, but that does not bother me at all.