Cuisinart CEC-7 Egg Cooker

I do A LOT of cooking for family and friends so I DO know how to boil eggs. The issue is saving time, having one less burner on my stove taken up for just boiling eggs AND the inconvenience of having to keep track of everything all at once. The Cuisinart CEC-7 gives me perfect eggs every time and they come with the added convenience of being very easy to peel. Cleaning the contraption is a breeze...requiring only a damp paper towel and the fluid motion of popping it back in a cabinet. Done. The thing works right out of the box. I'm no exception to the cliche' that men don't read directions. You simply determine how many eggs you want, fill the included beaker to the water level indicator line and peirce the large end of the egg with the needle on the bottom end of the beaker. You place the eggs in the rack and turn the switch to "on". That simple. When the thing beeps....turn the switch to off and you have eggs! The CEC-7 does have an automatic off (which is indicated by the lights going out) but you have to turn the switch to the off position when they are done.....or it will start back up again when it cools off. So don't set eggs to cook and then go shopping. Ive read issues about the dome being hot and the escape of steam being a potential risk for burns. That essentially means that the conventional method (pot of boiling water) is without doubt, a more dangerous way to prepare eggs. The CEC-7's dome does get hot (as I would suspect) but like a pan, there are handles which do not. Also, I didn't experience the issue of steam escaping in such a way that would cause harm. Comparing the egg cooker to conventional boiling....the egg cooker is considerably safer if that's a concern. It comes with a rack for 7 eggs and a poaching tray for three eggs, the beaker with needle attached to the underside of a concave surface. Also, directions if you need them. I shopped EVERY egg cooker I could find and chose this one because of the auto turn off feature, Cuisinarts reputation and because it doesn't look cheesy. It consumes a very small footprint on my counter and slips away into a cabinet quickly. I experienced no weird smell while cooking the eggs and it took me all of 30 seconds to clean it afterwards. No pot to wash and I have the luxary of another burner on my stove for something else! I'm happy with my purchase!

Hard boiling eggs at 7,000 feet altitude has been problematic; eggs never cooked thoroughly despite longer cooking time. Used my Cuisinart Egg Cooker for the first time today and achieved PERFECTION. Instructions easy to follow. Placed 1-week old eggs in warm water for 10 minutes before cooking. Chilled eggs in cold water after machine beeped that cooking process was done--the shells peeled easily. The white/yolks cooked thoroughly; good texture. Yolks were yellow; no green ring. Machine was simple to clean. Wiped heating plate with vinegar to remove mineral deposit. This is the BEST investment; would have even paid full price, it worked so well. UPDATE TO PRIOR REVIEW...2 mos, later--still love this machine, but have learned a few things. Skip placing the eggs in warm water before cooking--this step is unnecessary. Make sure you pierce the wide, rounded end of the egg...not the pointy end. Piercing the pointy end resulted in cracked eggs with the whites oozing out, and then the machine beeped prematurely...leaving the hard-boiled eggs only partially cooked. I made this mistake twice...reread the manual, then got it right about piercing the wide end. UPDATE #2--water is now leaking out of the machine and eggs aren't hard-cooking completely. Awaiting arrival of new egg tray since first one warped and I was told by Customer Service rep that this may be the reason for leaking.

I always have to wonder about the polarized reviews you see on products. Are the people that give one star when most people give five stars just chronically angry? Impossible to please? Well, I guess I'm 'that guy' this time. I bought this egg cooker for basically two reasons: it featured auto-shutoff and it was a Cuisinart. Many of the other options are brands I've never even heard of. It's strange to me that there are so few that offer auto-shutoff. If I have to hover over the thing to turn it off when it's done, I might as well boil eggs in a pot of water like a common peasant. Isn't the primary reason for buying a silly small appliance like this for convenience? Anyway...on the maiden voyage, my brand-spanking-new egg cooker beeped when it was done just like it should. The light went out like it should. Apparently, it just didn't shut itself off soon enough. Once the water was boiled off, it proceeded to boil off the non-stick coating as well. I only use the term 'non-stick' because Cuisinart does. It is not what you would find on a frying pan. It's a thin coating of high-temp plastic. Not high enough. So, I'm left with a charred, bubbled mess. Ruined. For what it's worth, the eggs were cooked perfectly. I've read a few of the other less-than-positive reviews on this. I haven't found a similar story. Chalk it up to poor quality control, I s'pose. Seems like that is just the reality we live with--cheap products from countries with cheap labor. I did expect better from Cuisinart...even at $28.00.

Hard-boiled eggs couldn't be easier in this egg cooker. You can't miss with this machine. Just use the measuring cup that comes with it to add water, the amount of water for the number of eggs you are making is conveniently printed on the measuring cup, pierce the large end of the egg, place it in the egg tray, pierced end up, put the cover on and turn the switch. That's it! You will hear a tone when they are done so you can't over cook them or make a mistake. I don't understand reviewers that complain about appliances that beep etc when what you are cooking is done. The sound the appliance makes enables you to multi task, clean, cook something else, fold laundry, whatever you want to do. Anyway, after you hear the tone, just remove the cover and lift the egg tray out, run them under cold water and you are done! Perfect eggs! And, both the cover and the tray has handles that stay nice and cool so it is safe and easy to remove them. The cleanup is almost too easy, everything except the base is dishwasher safe. The tiny bit of egg residue on the base can easily be cleaned with some white vinegar. It will cook 7 eggs at a time but is very compact and easy to store, you can put the measuring cup, trays etc under the domed cover to keep everything together and the cord can be wrapped around the base to keep it tidy. It is an excellent egg cooker at a great price. Definitely worth buying! Highly recommended! A+A+A+

As long as I can remember, my mother had a Sears Sunbeam automatic egg cooker which she also purchased for me as an adult. I've used it faithfully until its recent demise. So, looking for a replacement became more difficult than I imagined. But, I finally decided on the Cuisinart. It does do what it says: cooks eggs, but it's the process/operation that is leading me to donate it to someone else and purchase an Oster (which replaced the Sunbeam). The Cuisinart is automatic but only relating to the cooking and not turning off the unit entirely. So, it alerts you that it's done but you still must manually turn it off. I've been too spoiled I guess. Also, I've found the piercing tool is a bit tentative and sometimes the water leaks while it's cooking. My husband particularly dislikes the water measuring device. For people who have never had the luxury of an automatic egg cooker - this isn't bad. But for me, who has experienced the height of luxury with egg cookers, I'll be purchasing the Oster and sending the Cuisinart to my daughter in college.

I promised myself that I wasn't going to buy any more kitchen appliances. I have too many already. However, my boiled eggs have always been overcooked and rubbery, and I just knew that there must be a way to avoid that. When I read the description and reviews on this device, I bought one. It came today and I immediately gave it a try. I had three Eggland's Best eggs that I wanted to hard boil for dinner. The operation is intuitive. I used the measuring cup mark for water for three hard cooked eggs, pierced the large end of the eggs and placed them in the holder (pierced end up), put the domed lid on and flipped the switch to ON. About 17 minutes later, the soft beeping sound notified me of the completion of the cooking. I removed the lid, using the handles, and placed the eggs in a bowl of icewater using tongs. There was no problem of live steam hitting my hands, as mentioned in another review here. In fact, at the point when the completion alarm rings, there is no steam at all because the water is cooked away before the alarm sounds. At that point, all of the steam has escaped through the vent. Although I will usually only cook 2 or 3 eggs at a time, having a capacity to cook 7 of them will be handy when it comes time to make egg salad or tuna salad. There is a slight, unusual smell that comes from the unit when the eggs are done. I have no recollection of ever smelling it before. It isn't unpleasant, but it is unidentifiable to me. I suspect that it comes from some egg/water residue left behind when the water evaporates. I have to wipe the heating surface with a wet towel after I remove the eggs because an easy-to-remove residue appears. I suspect that the residue might become hard-to-remove if I don't wipe it away quickly. I have never had more perfectly cooked hard-boiled eggs before. Mine have always been rubbery, with the green-tinted yolks. These were a perfect consistency, with yellow yolks. I am quite pleased with this purchase. I will probably buy more for gifts. Hard boiled eggs are often a part of my lunch and my breakfast. Now, I don't have to watch them boil and risk overcooking.

I recently starting raising my own chickens. I have 15 beautiful friendly hens and am getting about a dozen eggs a day. I needed an easy way to cook eggs in a variety of ways. This item fits the bill. I love the Cuisinart CEC-7 Egg Cooker that I purchased. It works better than I imagined. Super easy to operate. The auto-off is a bit miss leading. It does actually automatically shut off. However, if you don’t manually shift the switch to off it will turn back on once the unit has cooled off. If you read the instructions it does state this. So, you can go about your business around the house. But just like anything that you cook, you must keep an eye on it. As I write this I am cooking eggs. The buzzer just went off. It is still going off. So no chance of missing it while out of the room for quite a while. I can easily hear it upstairs in my office. It is nice and loud but not unpleasant. This product takes ALL the guess work out of cooking eggs. My husband loves poached eggs. I am looking forward to cooking them that way tomorrow for breakfast.

This works okay, but I liked my old Oster better. There are too many loose parts to keep track of that fall all over the place when you take the lid off. Oster's piercing pin was built right into the base so you are not in danger of poking yourself as much as with the beaker you are using to measure water on this Cuisinart model. I like egg cookers with the measuring lines in the base of the unit; it eliminates the need for a beaker altogether. The eggs cook okay yet inconsistently from one time to the next. I'm going with another brand next time.