Good Grips 2-Piece Silicone Egg Poacher Set

There are some negative reviews on here which I just don’t understand. These poachers totally transformed my ability to make poached eggs. They’re easy to clean, work every time, fold up for storage, and two do fit in a bigger pan. Some people talk about the egg white escaping - not fresh enough eggs. I never EVER write reviews but I felt like this product is actually excellent so wanted to support it. Highly recommended.

They are okay, not perfect as a lot of the egg whites escape from the holes so end up with a much smaller poached egg than expected. The area to hold the egg whilst it cooks is also oversized, could probably fit 2 eggs inside but then it might be cooked through and my eggs are definitely not small ones. I will no doubt revert back to the cling film way of doing it as no egg escapes and the egg is a perfect shape.

At last an egg poacher that really works. Perfect poached eggs every time. Brilliant

They do work providing you use loads of water in a saucepan as frying pans aren't deep enough and would also require a large saucepan if more than 1 is required. For me having to use so much water and heat that water to a simmer takes a lot of electricity, too much. Therefore not cost effective to poach a couple eggs. They are too large and this is not necessary as a more shallow bottom section would be plenty big enough for very large eggs. I also think for what they are and do, much too expensive for a product that is good in theory but not practice. Now sit in a kitchen drawer.

These certainly do help with the whole poaching thing. Granted, you don't get a perfectly formed poached egg, but you do get a good one that hasn't turned into a cloud being chased by the Sun. Straightforward enough to use. Best in a saucepan that's got a little more room than needed to stand them both in water up to the neck of the poacher. Easy to clean when finished, Silicone is pretty robust and should last if not subjected to dishwasher detergent.

These poachers are huge, requiring a massive saucepan to reach the required fill level, which then in turn takes ages to reach a simmer due to the volume of water. They are also poorly designed, the holes are too big which allows the egg white to seep through into the saucepan. Finally, the hole through which the egg sinks into the perforated basket easily becomes clogged with egg white, which means the air bubbles from the simmering water create an air pocket and tip the whole thing over. I normally love OXO Good Grips products, I have many of their utensils, but this egg poaching set is absolutely useless.

Took me a while to work out a system. First effort I used both poachers. This meant I had to find a saucepan much wider than I'd usually use, turned out I'd never before used my widest pan. I was really not happy about how much water I had to heat up. The poachers were touching, this is probably why one of them tipped over, this was actually a happy accident, as I learned that with this gadget, the egg is set enough, way before it is cooked. Was never going to use such a big pan again. Luckily an idea popped in to my head. Basically, I set up a poached egg assembly line, for cooking multiple eggs. As long as the heated water is still, there is no need to add water to the fill line, I add water to exactly the top of the holes. I heat the water to just less than moving/rippling/bubbling, if you see a shimmer, then that is perfect. I've played with different timers, at the moment I use 1m15s. Place a bowl with cold tap water in it nearby, don't bother with that ice bath nonsense. Get the water to shimmer. Crack an egg into the poucher and set the timer. As the timer goes off, release the egg, crack in the next egg, start the timer. This time when the timer goes off, transfer the released egg to the bowl of water. Release the poacher contained egg. Crack in the next egg, start the timer etc Just remember, that for the last egg, there is no need to release, just start the timer again. I've realised that a difficult to guage amount of time is used up faffing and dithering, timings will be down to an individuals skill, state of concentration and who knows what? This morning I cooked 3 eggs, I served the 3rd egg as soon as cooked, then I placed the two cold water bowl eggs back in the hot water for a few seconds, to heat, without further cooking. Last time I cooked 6 eggs, ate 2, saved 4 for later - that is when I found out that cold poached eggs are perfectly fine for me. I'm adding a photo of today's 3 eggs, on a piece of rye sourdough, there is black pepper and small amount of jar stored hollandaise on top - I like to enjoy my eggs, not have a bowl of hollandaise soup. Enjoy. 2nd photo shows a duck and hen egg

Only tried these a couple of times so far. They work well. They are bigger than I expected though so I ended up using a bigger pan and boiling more water than seemed necessary. The second time I used a smaller pan and just one poacher - but I put in two eggs together. This worked OK. I prefer these to the 'floating cup' style of silicone poachers. They give a result just like a free-water poach that has worked properly.

Encore un super ustensile d'OXO. Les oeufs pochés sont iratable, plus besoin de vinaigre ou autre, il suffit de les faire glisser à l'interieur quand l'eau commence à frémir, quelques minutes plus tard, le tour est joué. Repliés sur eux même, et l'un dans l'autre, ils prennent peu de place. Un basique de nombreuses salades ou tartines aux oeufs pochés dans ma cuisine qui m'a largement simplifié la vie !

Funciona muy bien, solo hay que bajarle al fuego para que no se muevan con el agua hirviendo

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Utilissimi per preparare uova in camicia ed eggs benedict, senza errori e senza grassi. Utile anche che i pezzi siano due per le famiglie numerose. Si lavano sciacquandoli, oppure in lavastoviglie e si piegano per occupare poco spazio nei cassetti della cucina. Consigliatissimi.

These things are magical!! Poached eggs are by far my favorite, I have a Dash steamer and although it makes amazing hard boiled eggs the poached (steamed in this case) is just so-so. I don’t have the knack for dropping the egg directly in the water as it tends to fall apart on me. I love these because I don’t have to separate the loose egg white, I can drop the whole egg in and it’s perfect every time. They are bigger than I expected, but that does not bother me at all.