Eggssentials Egg Poacher Insert Stainless Steel Poached Egg Cooker Eggs Poaching Cup PFOA Free Egg Poachers Nonstick, 6.25" Rack Compatible with Skillet Instant Pot Pressure Cooker, 2 Poached Cups

I’ve tried the little cups that are silicone… Major fail not only are they extremely messy and not reliable they just aren’t practical. And to me, there’s nothing like a good poached egg… And a plus being that it’s not floating in water. And I saw this and I thought I don’t know maybe… And it’s absolutely perfect. The cooking time is perfect. Five minutes done if you like a dippy egg like me with white done the stainless steel is great because you can just spray just a little bit of Pam like spray in there.. fits perfectly in my smaller skillet with the lid.. and.. it matches all of my black and chrome in the kitchen. You can’t go wrong with this one… Just follow the directions set your timer ..done. I probably could’ve went to six minutes and still been safe, but I’m telling you ..absolutely perfect. This is a winner.

Item is as described and makes the best poached eggs.

I prefer my poached eggs to have a completely runny but warm yolk and have the white set as much as possible. I've tried a large variety of other egg poachers from here on Amazon, but this is the nicest one I've used so far. My wife is pleased that I cleared out all the past failed experiments from our cabinets. I got the six-egg version. In hindsight, the max eggs I make at once is four, so the set of four probably would have been sufficient. Now I have two extra cups in case anything happens to the rest.Speaking of the cups, they do work wonderfully for XL and even jumbo eggs, which was always a problem with my previous poachers. I use mostly XL eggs, sometimes L. The cups have a nonstick coating but without any fat/oil they have a weak grip on the cooked egg that can tear it as the egg comes out. A tiny dab of room-temp butter on my fingertip is enough to run it around the bottom and sides of all the cups. The thinnest of coatings is all I need, and when cooked the eggs will just slide right out.Then I crack each egg into its cup. I have to be careful to distribute the weight properly; I made the mistake once of not paying attention which four sites I used in the six-rack and the whole rack swung like a hammock and dumped the eggs on the counter. Oops.I'm still experimenting with recipes, but I'm using a 12" skillet with a lid. For four eggs, I put only about 1 cm of water into the skillet and bring it to a full boil over high heat. I take the lid of just long enough to put the egg poacher in place, and then leave it covered on high heat for 3 min, 45 sec (L) or 4 min (XL). Then I remove the skillet from the heat, remove the lid from the skillet, and let the poacher sit untouched in the water for another 90 seconds.At this point, the eggs are ready to be removed from the cups. The knobs are still too hot to touch, and too small for tongs or an oven mitt or even a silicone grip. I have found a paper towel folded a few times works great for my hands.I put a utensil on the top of the cup to keep the egg from leaping out, and tilt it to the side to drain off any water that fell into the cup from the lid. Then I can transfer the cooked egg to plating. I have a hard time controlling the flip of the egg, it comes out upside down half of the time. The egg will finish the cook as the temperature equalizes and then cools.Normally I use the dishwasher for everything, but I've been handwashing these cups. They feel very thin and I'm a bit worried about the dishwasher eating away the nonstick. Fortunately I have a palm brush that lets me suds them in one motion, and then a quick rinse. I let them dry in their own rack in the cabinet.

The only reason for 4 instead of 5 stars is that it seems to take a bit of experimentation to figure out how to get the cooked eggs to just slide out of the cups. The nonstick surface does not perfectly release the eggs unless one oils or butters the cups beforehand. Other than that, the design is easy to use.

we looked at other products to make eggs at home.Sure glad we chose this way.

Product is amazing. Use it about 4 times a week.

Where has this been all my life? Very easy to use and eggs come out perfect every time. You can cook to desired consistency- runny yolk or hard boiled with no peeling!

It works well in either in a pot with a lid or in an Instapot.