Cuisinart CEC-10 Egg Central Egg Cooker, Brushed Stainless Steel

I bought this as a gift for my husband for his b-day because he loves egg whites. So he loves hard-boiled and poached eggs because he can just remove the yolk once they're cooked. (Not to mention I was thinking about how nice it would be to be able to hard-boil 10 eggs at a time come Thanksgiving.) Anyway, we were both very excited to use it (myself more so I think than my husband "wink" "wink"). So I read the instructions on how to hard-boil first. The first time I "went for broke" and did the max 10 eggs. I filled the water beaker up to the line specified for 10 hard-boiled eggs and poured it into the base, I punctured the eggs at the "top" like instructed, stacked them all up, put the lid on, switched the lever on and waited for the magic to begin. Well....the magic that I got was what seemed like every drop of water I put into it leaking out all over my counter. So as that batch finished cooking I placed a dish towel on the counter around the base to catch the water and waited. When the beeper sounded alerting me that they were ready I removed the lid and almost all of the eggs had cooked egg whites pouring out of the holes at the top of the egg and the shells had cracked. I also had quite a bit of stuck on, burned egg white in the cooking base. So I removed all of the exterior egg white from the eggs and began trying to peel them. This was not an easy feat and the shape of the hard-boiled eggs was very displeasing to the eye to say the least. They were barely edible but were in no way anything I would ever be able to use for deviled eggs and I was a little skeptical that I would even be able to get my husband to try them. I ended up cutting them up and using them in a tuna salad and they were fine. Later I was determined that I had done something wrong and tried another batch (not quite so many this time just in case). I thought "Well, maybe when I punctured the eggs at the top my hole was not directly in the center and faced directly up while they were cooking, causing the egg white to kind of run out the side??" Sounded vaguely plausible but hey I was determined to figure this out. So I got a few more eggs, poured the correct amount of water in the base and took my time making sure I punctured them all as close to what looked like the center of the top of the egg as I could (thinking "I actually hope this doesn't solve the problem because with the time it's taking to do this I might as well be boiling them on the stove.'). So again I put them in and put the lid on and turned it on and waited for the magic. I also placed a towel underneath it this time just in case. As I watched for a bit to see what it would do I was glad that I did because almost immediately the lid began to raise up and down a little causing water to bubble out of the sides and run down on to the towel. Again most of the water had come out of it and when they were finished I took the lid off and had the same results I had the first time. I decided to get online to see if I could figure out what was going on and if it was actually supposed to give me the results I was getting. Finding very little on the internet other than reviews on Amazon I became even more discouraged. - There are lots of reviews regarding the water leaking issue followed up by people saying they just go ahead and put a towel beneath it and let it do its thing. But I couldn't imagine that Cuisinart actually made an appliance of any sort that was designed to make a huge mess in your kitchen. - There are some saying if you have one that leaks water then you more than likely have a defective one and need to return it to the manufacturer for another. If this was the case, with as many people saying that theirs leaked water all over the place it sounded to me that there are actually very few out there that are not defective. So this didn't sound right either. So I pulled my manual out again thinking maybe there was a step I missed somewhere. I read the instructions for making hard-boiled very carefully, moved on and read the instructions for making poached and the same with omelets. I hadn't missed one step and I had done it exactly how the manual instructed. So unfortunately I decided that it did, in fact, look like Cuisinart had just made a crappy appliance and that I should have read the reviews before I bought it and got all excited about it. Very saddened by this I continued to flip through the manual, daydreaming about what it could have been like had this little sucker actually worked when....I saw something.... Right there on page 5 under "Tip and Hints" 3rd and 4th bullet points!! - The eggs should be in the carton large end up – this will help them stay fresher longer and will keep the yolks centered. This is a suggested method for storing eggs. - ............Always pierce the top of the egg, as in the side of the egg which was facing up when stored in the refrigerator. How did I not know this? The large end of the egg is the TOP?! Seriously? You have got to be kidding me right now! Determined to prove this was not correct I pulled out my carton of eggs, which I just knew ALWAYS had the small end at the top, and you can imagine my complete and utter surprise! The large end was facing up on every single egg. Every one of them! So I immediately grab a few eggs and tried it again. Put the water in, punctured the eggs on the real TOP, stacked them in, turned it on and waited. No water bubbling out at all....not a drop! Beeper went off and I took the lid off and PERFECT!! All of them Perfect!! Started peeling and the shells all but fell off. Oh.....I was so excited you can't even imagine. I couldn't believe that the whole problem was my ignorance of which end of the egg was the top. Unbelievable! So having a few days behind me (because at that point I had more eggs cooked than we could possibly eat) I decided to try my hand at poaching some eggs. Even the reviewers that raved about the hard-boiled eggs flat out said this thing will not make poached eggs, don't even try. But my husband prefers poached to hard-boiled so I had to try as this was a gift for him in the first place. So I tried it according to the directions only I added a little more water than the beaker suggested for poached eggs thinking "If people are having trouble with their poached eggs not being cooked through then the obvious answer is to add more water so that they cook longer, right?". WRONG! Oh they looked great from the top but I started pulling them out and they were nowhere near cooked on the bottom. About a third of the egg was still raw on the bottom. At that point I was just happy that it perfectly hard-boiled my eggs without making a huge mess and that I didn't have the expense of a funeral for the egg cooker that could have been. A few weeks have gone by now and I am loving my Egg Central. I've perfectly hard boiled dozens of eggs and we love them. Still hadn't tried cooking them any other way again until this morning while I was loading the cooker for hard-boiled eggs again and I accidentally crunched one's shell so badly that I didn't think it would be a good idea to put it in to hard-boil. So I decided to try poaching again. I sprayed the poaching tray with a little olive oil but this time I filled the beaker to the level for hard-boiling just to see what happened. When the beeper sounded I took the lid off and they appeared to be cooked, but I'd obviously been fooled once before. So I got a fork and carefully started pulling the edges away from the tray and it looked like they were cooked all the way through this time. So I pulled all of the edges away from the sides of the tray and pulled them out on to a plate. They were all PERFECT! Completely and perfectly cooked all the way through! VERY IMPORTANT: If you have hard water even filtered water will leave a residue in the base after the eggs are cooked. At first I tried a wet paper towel to scrub it out. Then I tried a cleaner and nothing worked. I finally as suggested poured a little water and a little white vinegar and as soon as I poured the vinegar in the stuff on the bottom began lifting off of the bottom. I let it set for a few minutes and using my finger and a paper towel wipe the bottom and then pour the water/vinegar out into the sink. Wipe dry and it looks like I just took it out of the box. So after this very long review I can say that I was very disappointed at first with the performance of the Cuisinart Egg Central but after a little tweaking and learning how to use it properly I am more than happy with it and have decided to purchase more as gifts for others I know who love eggs.

I love this Egg Cooker! I’ve only used the hard boiled egg component. It makes the eggs perfectly. Just add distilled water, poke the eggs with the provided component on the bottom of the measuring cup, put the eggs in place, cover, turn on and wait for the beep. Rinse eggs with cold water. That’s it. Perfectly cooked every time and easy to peel.

I love this. My husband likes deviled eggs--a lot. He eats at least a dozen every time I make them (I don't know how he doesn't get sick, but that's another story). I usually make 18 at a time. Getting them perfectly cooked is time consuming. I decided to look around for an egg-cooker. There are quite a few on the market. Mostly, they're pretty inexpensive, with a few name brands that are on the higher side. It seemed to me that an egg cooker is an egg cooker. The one I bought was priced in the middle. I liked that it said it could do 7 eggs at a time and that it was cute, with a retro look. When I tried it out, I could only cook 4 eggs at a time. More than that, and the lid would not close. It wasn't a big deal though, I just wish they have specified that it can cook 7 small/mediums eggs. The actual cooking involved several steps that required strict timing. Again, I didn't mind.tg deal. When the eggs were ready--the eggs--oh-- they were horrible. . .and not just the first time I used it, but every single time.The eggs never came out the same. Some had runny yolks; others were so overcooked they were gray. Not only that, and I've no idea how this worked, but the eggs' shape was always distorted. It's hard to fill a deviled egg when you're working with mangled egg whites. A few days ago, my husband asked for deviled eggs. I should have cooked them in a pot on the stove, but I wanted to try the egg-maker one more time. They were so bad, I threw them out. The egg whites were hard and gray. The yolks were either runny or grainy and overcooked. I threw the egg cooker in the trash. That night, I found the Cuisinart Egg Cooker. It's a little expensive for an egg cooker, but I really wanted to see if price and brand would make a difference. They did. For anyone who cares what it looks like, it's compact and cute. It hardly takes any space on the counter. It's incredibly easy to use: plug it in, make a hole on the fat end of the egg (the hole maker is included), put it in the egg cooker tray, add water (a measuring cup is included), cover, push the button--when the egg cooker beeps the eggs are done. Lift of the top and remove the eggs. It hardly took any time. I didn't time it, but I am sure it wasn't more than 5 or 10 minutes. The cooker was quiet while doing it's job, but the buzzer is loud. When the beeper went off, I just lifted the whole tray out and put the whole thing in a in a bowl, under running water. I suggest that if you buy this device that you do the same thing. If you allow the eggs to sit and cool off naturally or in the fridge, the resident heat will continue to cook them and they may overcook. I was skeptical when I peeled the first egg. I expected the egg to look like a monstrosity and be as bad as the first egg cooker. Well, the eggs were perfect--and I mean "perfect". Each and every egg was cooked to the very best point. The yolks were so creamy--I really have never seen or tasted such beautiful egg cookery. The yolk was light and airy. The egg white was luscious and it held its shape. I thought it might have been a fluke, so I did another batch this morning. Perfection again. I'd buy another in a heartbeat. I recommend it to anyone who eats eggs. I bought is specifically to make hard boiled eggs, but it comes with attachments to make soft/medium boiled eggs, poached eggs, and omelets. Even if you think an egg cooker is silly and just another appliance to clutter the kitchen. The nice thing about Amazon is that you can buy something, try it, and easily get a full refund if you don't like it--but you won't want to return it. I'm so impressed with this little appliance, I give it 5 stars. The Cuisinart CEC-10 Egg Cooker is an outstanding product. It's well-made, easy to use easy to clean (a little vinegar makes the stainless heating element sparkle), and worth every penny.

I’m glad to have this, but it could be so much better. The cord is insanely short, 24 inches, - steam can reach cabinets. (And did - and did affect the maple wood). Handles on lid & egg or omelet pan are too small - also for safety. As designed one needs to remove both at same time to avoid burns. I come armed with mitt potholders so I don’t get steam burns. The metal pan perhaps too thin. Suggestion from Cuisinart to only use distilled water is impractical for space & money & convenience reasons. Water stains on one half only after every use - I guess the heat element is on one side? And finally hate cheap plastic cooking containers for health & environmental reasons, and very flimsy/precarious way the top, middle and bottom connect together. Makes me wish I was into engineering product design. For the price this should be better - who likes square poached eggs? - I would pay more for a properly designed product. But - I do use it daily and it makes a good omelette & tasty semi square poached eggs, & looks ok on the counter. I now keep a spray bottle of vinegar under sink - to get rid of stains after every use. As far as I know this is the best one available in the US. I just added a star, because it does such a good job steaming the eggs !

We've had various egg-cookers in the past as well as on-the-stove conventional hardboiling methods. Easy to use, lets you do a sizable portion of eggs at one time if needed, and the results are consistent. Follow the directions. You may find yourself slightly vary9ing this or that, but overall, stick to the directions. It works well, cleans well, the eggs also peel pretty easily....without using the pin to prick the top of the eggs- that's the one variation we take on the instructions. Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV). I find myself usually having a challenge in peeling hardboiled eggs, and these usually peel pretty easily for even me. My wife REALLY likes this Egg Cooker. It cooks silently (aside from the DONE beeper/chime, which isn't loud, mind you), seems to be made pretty well, and made of good materials. It's also of relatively small size for the amt of eggs you can hardboil in one batch. We've tried no variations of cooking with this machine that it's capable of (like poaching) as ll we use it for is hard boiling.So there is indeed some versatility here.

This is the best thing since an egg slicer. I have turned at least five friends on to it and they all love it. It is a fool proof way to cook eggs and takes the guesswork out of it. At first I was poking the hole in the end of the egg like recommended but the noise it makes when doing that is like nails on a chalkboard. So I stopped and it made no difference in the peeling. Still easy.

This egg cooker is rated as the best in at least 3 outside- of -Amazon reviews of best egg cookers. Mea culpa, the metal needle IS under a protective cover, if you read the manual. Be sure to keep track of the little plastic tube cover! Ours arrived with the metal needle that is supposed to protrude from the water measuring cup, with which you can pierce the egg to prevent it cracking and leaking during cooking, broken, though you could see metal in the plastic tube. Be aware it SHOULD be there. (it IS). We had tried to pierce the egg with just the protruding plastic, unaware it was missing, which does not work very well. A woman would have designed it with the needle inside the cup, which would protect the needle and the users. The measuring cup will not sit flat on the counter even without the needle there, so I imagine with the needle, this questionable design would be worse. When I called Cuisinart, as Amazon directs you to do, to send a replacement piercer, I was upset upon being told I must return it to Amazon, and get a replacement, instead of them just sending us this part. I was afraid we wouldn't get the $13.73 off coupon price for the replacement, and wouldn't have it to use while waiting for a replacement. We have chickens, who produce many eggs, and use the cooker several times a week. Fortunately, Amazon is already processing the order to arrive in three days, without our returning the other one first, so we can wait until the other one arrives to return it! So despite being inconvenienced for a problem that is their fault, the inconvenience is much less than I feared. I was only going to give a one-star rating if we would have had to pay more for the cooker, because it is not worth it. We don't like that poached eggs and omelets have to be cooked in plastic containers, but this seems to be true of all egg cookers which have this feature, until Instant Pot makes one. It would be a stretch to fit 3 eggs in the omelette cooker, as claimed capacity, especially if you add veggies, but perhaps if you use quail eggs you can. ;-) . This fact is noted in the more astute outside reviews, But overall, this is a great cooker, which handles everything well. My partner somewhere got a stainless still dome from an older version of this same cooker, and it is much thicker and heavier metal, so it is good for the environment and for their bottom line that less metal is being used, especially with the tariffs on steel.

Update after several more tries: So you can make medium boiled eggs with yolk soft like jelly without much liquid oozing out. For me (using XL to jumbo size eggs) the sweat spot on the water measuring cup is just a hair under the "90 (1-10 eggs)" line (see picture). I've included a picture in case you use jumbo eggs and like the yolks soft but not runny. I still can't give it more than 3 stars though because of how flimsy the stainless top is compared to the price. But I'll give it one more star because it will cook eggs the way you want after enough experimenting. This electric egg cooker is considerably more expensive than similar models. I thought paying more for a name brand would mean a better device with consistent results. Wrong on both accounts. First off the design is good. The idea of making the dome top taller and adding a shelf so you can cook a few more eggs is smart and works great. I can fit 10 jumbo sized eggs all at once and the lid still closes completely after fidgeting a bit with the arrangement of the eggs. Good job Cuisinart! Also it does achieve cooking the eggs, ok well done. But: The stainless steel dome lid is made of such incredibly thin material that it's a couple gauge short of being stainless steel foil.. I could literally wad this top up into a ball with one hand. It's so thin that if you dropped in on the floor it would crease. I'm not exaggerating either. It's about as crush resistant as the plastic blister packaging your toothbrush came in. It's a ticking time bomb of inevitable structural failure that will render the device useless at slightest provocation. Of they are going to go this cheap with materials, you may as well make it out of plastic. It's pathetic. Also I'm my 4 sessions of making eggs so far, it will not make anything less than hard boiled. Period. I don't know if it's because they used the temperature protection of the water boiling dry as a timer, or if they went cheap on that too. I use only jumbo sized eggs and typically make 6 at a time. First run I filled the provided water measuring cup to half way between hard boiled and medium boiled and the eggs turned out hard boiled. Ok I did leave them in the cooker for a few minutes after I turned it off when it beeped because I was busy cooking dinner. The next try I used the same amount of water but this time I used gloves to remove the eggs and put them in a cold water bath immediately when it beeped. Still hard boiled. The next time I filled the measuring cup to medium boiled, the eggs are still hard boiled. The next time I loaded it with with the max of 10 eggs (all jumbo size) and filled the measuring cup to halfway between medium and soft boiled. All the eggs are still hard boiled. I always used could eggs straight out of my 37°F fridge just like it says but it doesn't seem to matter. Using the overheat boil-dry protection as a timer just doesn't work with this device. At some point it's just easier and faster to use my 1,500 watt water boiler to preheat water and then boil the eggs in a pot for 8.5 minutes than to good with this thing and then wash all the parts. The boiler plate always collects minerals from the steam dripping off of the eggs and burns into a brown crust so you'll have to scrub that too with steel wool. By the way, it doesn't actually shut off... Ever... It only beeps when it boils dry so you can flip the switch yourself. I wouldn't leave this thing unattended because I'm not sure it ever shuts off at all. Of you're ok with cooking 6 or 7 eggs then just get one of the plastic ones for less than half the price of this one. If you might cook more than that I recommend trying one of the rectangular machines maybe, still ten bucks cheaper than this.

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Great product!

Used today first time, until I started second batch of eggs, worked for around 30 seconds then packed up… no heat only blue on light ! £114- later empty pocket no item.. Doesn’t always pay to buy expensive!! Avoid!!!

Extraordinario producto. Práctico, certero y limpio. No debe faltar en una cocina moderna.

Product looked as described however it was a 2 pin plug and not suitable for the UK.