Cuisinart CEC-7 Egg Cooker - 7 Egg Capacity Electric Egg Cooker with Auto Shut-Off Feature

Shane: 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...

United States on Jul 04, 2013

Carrie W: 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.

United States on Jan 12, 2013

wineguy: My cousin had one of these and was telling me about it. I like a couple of hardboiled eggs for breakfast because it's quick and easy. I got on Amazon and ordered one right away. It is very cool. You can do seven eggs at a time (or less if you want). Perfect hard boiled eggs every time...it doesn't take up allot of room so you can leave it on the counter......looks good......very easy to clean after use. I am planning to buy a bunch for Christmas presents. You will probably need to experiment a bit for soft/med boiled eggs to get them cooked the way you like them. In fact I time my hard boiled eggs for 15 minutes at times because I like them just past juicy. It's amazing how easy it is to boil eggs, no hassle at all.....in fact it's kind of fun. Remember to turn it off after the buzzer goes off because it will turn back on after it cools down.....that's in the directions. I don't mean to "egg" you on, but I think you will like this cooker.

United States on Apr 25, 2012

Barry: 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...

United States on Jul 29, 2011