topic Re: Evine Cooks Companion Egg Cooker in Kitchen

Evine Cooks Companion Egg Cooker

momtochloe — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 12:50:05 GMT

Evine is offering some nice, new items today and one of them is a larger (up to 8 eggs) egg cooker. It also comes with a tray for making up to three little omelets and they were also steaming some veggies. Looks like a nice cooker for $19.99. What I like is that it's rectangular so it will store well.

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I am still oxox — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 12:57:48 GMT

I have one and its great, I bought a second one so I could make poached eggs for my dad when he was alive

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novamc1 — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:38:07 GMT

I tried one of those little egg cookers by another brand and quickly sent it back.

I boil a lot of eggs---for salads, deviled eggs, just having in the fridge for a quick snack.

Hated having to handle a bunch of lightweight plastic cooker parts and washing each part by hand after every use. Also, too much trial/error and repeated cooking cycles seemed to be involved in getting the eggs done right.

I own numerous stainless steel pots which can go in the dishwasher after boiling a bunch of eggs. I also own steamer inserts for pots and pans, and can put a dozen or more eggs in one pot at once

Steaming eggs, then plunging in cold water, is now my preferred method for hard-cooking eggs.

Can't figure out why people don't want to use stainless steel, dishwasher safe pots and pans for hard-cooking an egg. But that's OK.........it's only my opinion.

I do think this Evine version looks a lot more practical and easy-to-use than any of the others that I've seen.

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OKPrincess — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:21:29 GMT

I’ve had the other brand for a few years and been great. I may look into the rectangular one if I need to replace my MCM. I like the idea that it would fit into the cabinet better. So price, same concept.

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CLEM — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:24:06 GMT

@momtochloe If I hadn't just gotten one of the little round ones, I would definitely get this. Looks great.

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Pook — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:29:04 GMT

I have one of the round ones I got here and really like it but it is harder to clean at times. Every Cook's Companion piece I have from Evine is practically just wipe clean and nothing sticks.

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OKPrincess — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 14:24:44 GMT

@Pookwrote:
I have one of the round ones I got here and really like it but it is harder to clean at times. Every Cook's Companion piece I have from Evine is practically just wipe clean and nothing sticks.

Immediately after cooking or boiling, I pour vinegar in the hot plate or whatever it’s called and is clean. Try it .

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cozyseeker — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 14:37:48 GMT

I read the instructions for this egg cooker and it looks like you have to manually turn it off when you think your eggs are done. Does this unit turn off automaticallly? If it does I am off to buy it right now. My MSM egg cooker just died a few days ago.

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lork — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 14:46:50 GMT

I have a Dash egg cooker and have purchased several for gifts. I use mine several times each week mainly for boiled eggs. I like that it automatically "rings" when the eggs are cooked. They come out super easy to peel and it is just so easy to use. This version cooks one more egg than mine, and I sure like the shape/looks of it. But I'm too cheap to replace my model when I'm so happy with it's results. Enjoy the new cooker if you make it yours!

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dex — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 15:59:22 GMT

I am not a gadget person so I prefer to just boil the eggs myself.I have it down pat so they always turn out.I don't like cooking in plastic....I am sure there are fumes released.Bought a electric kettle that had plastic parts and I could taste the plastic when I made tea.

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Lisa now in AZ — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:19:11 GMT

You ladies are not helping me today!!!! I had myself talked out of that purchase (but did get the square pan and lid), but saw all of the responses, so I went back to get it! I like that today has lots of kitchen shows on all the channels so I can switch back and forth. I much prefer David, but I do like the products on Evine that I have gotten so far. Can't take too much of the host, but the product line has been good for me.

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momtochloe — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:15:25 GMT

@cozyseeker I believe this does have an alarm as this was included in the product features which I believe is the way the others work:

Dry alarm gives advance warning about dry cooking

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aggravated — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:06:57 GMT

I watched the Sizzle presentation of this item. Based on what I saw, which was the WORST product presentation I'm seen with a kitchen item, I wouldn't buy this product ever. All of the poached eggs stuck to the cooker. The hard boiled eggs were mangled by both hosts especially Debra - and the shells were supposed to come off extra easily. The second set of poached eggs were barely cooked, not poached, RAW. I watched in disbelief. The DASH egg produced excellent looking eggs - hard boiled, poached and omelets. You could probably steam vegetables in the omelet pan.

Interesting that the Evine producers have nicknamed Debora the burnonator. Every single show something is burned so badly.

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coffee drinker — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:11:12 GMT

If I didn't have 2 of the round ones, I'd order this one in a heartbeat. I love my egg cookers -- never a green yolk and they peel so easily.

FYI a cleaning tip. If the metal tray gets dirty from the water boiling out of it, just add a little white vinegar in the tray while it's hot and let it soak for about a minute then dump the vinegar and wipe out with a paper towel. Comes out very clean.

Update - check Amz dot com. They have what looks like the same one, but the brand is Nesco. Remember that name? It's $21.83 free S&H if Prime member or spend minimum of $25. Hope this update won't be deleted before some of you can read.

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momtochloe — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:07:45 GMT

***UPDATE***

Received it last night. Took it out of the box and washed it down so I could use it this morning. First impression is that it's very sturdy and well made and a great size.

This morning poached an egg and reheated some cooked asparagus. I sprayed down the cooking wells and nothing stuck. Everything cleaned up like a breeze.

This unit is different from the one I had because the other one's timer would go off when the water completely evaporated. To be honest, I was a bit put off when I was reading through the directions last night that you have to keep track of the timing yourself (although if your water does boil out an alarm will go off). What I realized this morning is by keeping track of the timing yourself, the bottom of the unit stays in good condition plus you can tell at a glance how much more time you have. I poached the egg for 10 minutes and next time I will try nine as I prefer it a bit runnier. The asparagus heated up perfectly.

Bottom line, I love it and am very glad I bought it. My other one was a cheap model and not sturdy (I had a hard time getting the lid to line up and stay on through the cooking process). As I said, this one is solid and well made and stores great.