Easy Cook NS606 2 Cup Microwave Egg Poacher

Thanks to all the other excellent positive reviews on this item I bought one and tested it this morning. My microwave is 900watts which is very powerful but I did what reviewers and the instructions recommend - one third fill both chambers with water - mwave on full for 60 seconds. Dropped just one egg into one of the indents. Microwaved full power 40 seconds. Tested it visually and it looked like it could use 10 seconds more. Did that. Result perfect - whites solid and no runny uncooked matter. Yolk was runny but not thin, just nicely runny thick which is the way I like it when boiled fried or poached. As I didn't need a poached egg at testing time, I popped the egg into a shallow pan of boiling water and cooked for one minute more to make it hard boiled and then used it for egg mayonnaise with pepper and chives.So that saved time and energy being 2 minutes 50 seconds and no shell to peel when cold. Compare that with 10 minutes boiling a hard boiled egg and you can see how this is a really great little method. Instructions say you don't need to prick the yolks with a pin. So I didn't ! And no exploding egg pebble dashing the microwave innards either!Full marks for this device.

I LOVE this item - but with a particular ISSUE that I will cover below - poached eggs on toast in under 2 minutes GREAT!!! The features listed above I rated as follows: "Easy to clean" - I took this to mean on the INSIDE and, as I apply a light coating of oil onto the inside of the "cups" before each use, then the residual poached egg come off pretty easily. "Sturdiness" - this IS for sure because I have arthritic hands and have dropped this unit a few times with no damage (fortunately whilst it's been empty lol). Now for my ISSUE "Easy to remove" - I have interpreted this to mean removing the top half from the base. And I have to say, when you need to get your poached eggs out and on to your plate this bit is a nightmare. With the unit getting quite hot (obviously) forming a seal between the 2 halves and there is nothing to get hold of to remove the top. Although not a deal breaker -unless you have asbestos fingers, without using a thin blade removing the top half is a challenge to say the least. The top half could do with some kind of "tab" at 90 degrees to the flat to give something to get hold of (I'm going to put my 3D printer to use to see if I can sort this issue out lol). All in all the product works well - I reduce the cooking time slightly because I like my eggs soft and runny - but if/when I find a solution to the top removal I may well need to adjust my timing. This is a much better solution for cooking poached eggs than boiling copious amounts of water which just adds to the time (and cost) of preparing a "quick" snack.

I think it’s an app with these kind of Egg poachers. I use it now and again, I still haven’t discovered how to cook the perfect Soft yolk poached egg.A little butter lining the bowls of the itemAnd then cracking the egg into it seems to work better than water, but you need less time it cooks faster.

Dead easy to use - works really well, and quick.Good results but sometimes the egg sticks a bit to the plastic making them hard to clean properly. You need a good fine-bladed spatula to get the eggs out cleanly though.

Exploding eggs? Lid sticking? Difficult to clean? What ARE you doing with it? I was almost put off buying this going by some of the reviews but the truth is, this is so simple to use and it does what it says - it cooks poached eggs! I read the instructions, popped the poacher into my (1000W) microwave oven, heated the water like it said - no I did NOT need a line to tell me what 1/3 of water looks like, I used my BRAIN - and then dropped the eggs into it and cooked it for 45 seconds just like the instructions said. The result? No exploding eggs, no lid sticking, no problem cleaning it (*it's called a sponge, try using it*) and perfect cooked eggs. This little gadget is just great.

This review is for the twin microwave egg poacher.Unfortunately, I didn't manage to make a decent poached egg with those. Because the eggs don't rotate there (obviously), it's either the yolk comes out half-cooked from the bottom or the white is basically uncooked if you want a liquid yolk.I tried several times, and with the same outcome. Disposing of the half-cooked white is unpleasant : can't put it in the sink, and it's too watery for the compost bin. I end up wasting a lot of paper towels.

I put he right amount of water as stated and then the egg. Put it in the microwave for the suggested minutes and the egg was hard. I reduced the time and it was alittle better. I got a nice yoke but frothy white in the water, similar to my effort in a pan. I decided to throw it away and stick with doing it in a pan. Boiling water with alittle vinager, make a well and drop the egg in. I am now getting better at it. It is a nice gimmick.

Who'd have thought something so simple could be such a godsend? This is the easiest - and quickest! - way to make poached eggs. Seriously. Fill each cup one-third with water. Pop the lip on and blast for 30 secs to heat the water. Crack the eggs in. Replace the lid and 45 secs to poach the eggs. Job done. No faff. No fuss. No mess. Took me a couple of goes to get my seconds down for the perfect yolk (I like mine runny) and be warned - if you only want one egg then the timings need to be reduced by a good 10 secs (my egg sort of exploded the first time, oops. Good job the lid was on!)