11 Hilariously Unnecessary Egg Gadgets You (Don't) Need Right Now
Cooking eggs is a risky business. There's fire involved. There are pans to clean. There's the risk of—gasp!—an eggshell finding its way into your breakfast. It's time to dedicate serious space in your pantry to the stress-free cooking of nature's most perfect food with these 11 totally necessary, definitely not mindbogglingly useless, egg gadgets.
courtesy EZ Scramble1/11Scrambling!
If you enjoy muffin-shaped scrambled eggs (you do, right?), the microwave EZ Scramble will make your mornings brighter. The easily washable silicone mold (because nonstick pans are just the hardest to clean) has swirled pockets to give your eggs a decidedly scrambled texture, so they don't come out of the microwave a creepily smooth, solid orb. The best part? The nonstick mold means there's absolutely no butter needed! Who wants buttery, fluffy, pan-cooked scrambled eggs, anyway?
Unfortunately, the EZ Scramble is not yet available to the public, but its Kickstarter is forthcoming. Can't wait!
courtesy Crack'Em3/11Cracking!
Cracking eggs is hard. Finding a surface to crack eggs on is also hard. Struggle no more: Introducing the Crack'em, a gadget that looks a lot like a spoon rest that has a tiny speed bump. Simply rap the middle of your egg on that speed bump, and voila! Your egg has been cracked, without compromising your work space or your dignity. (Donate to the Crack'ems Kickstarter if this is something you can get behind.)
courtesy Amazon4/11Flipping!
The fear of trying to flip a delicate blanket of beaten egg and land it perfectly in the middle of a pan the same exact size is crippling. Never face that horror in the kitchen again with this two-sided omelet pan, complete with an adorable handle with an anthropomorphic egg at the tip. Or, you know, you could make an omelet the easier, better way.
courtesy Amazon5/11Slicing!
Why would you ever use a pesky, unwieldy (multipurpose, you-already-have-one) knife when you could slice, wedge, and pierce your eggs with this aptly named Egg Slicer Wedger Piercer? You wouldn't. Or, probably, you would.
courtesy Amazon6/11Poaching!
Sure, you may be telling yourself, "But...but...this doesn't even count as poaching. It's just cooking your eggs in the microwave (minus the swirly shape to make them look less creepy, like EZ Scramble)." You might want to use our egg-poaching trick for easy, real poached eggs. But the Progressive International Four-Egg Poacher comes with a lid that can double as a Frisbee—a $10 value—and they'll throw it in for free!
courtesy Amazon7/11Cracking AND Separating!
This gadget, the as-seen-on-TV EZ Cracker, doesn't just crack your eggs for you—like the plebeian Crack'em— it also comes with a free bonus attachment that separates the whites from the yolks! It's totally worth giving you something else to clean when you could just do all that (and more!) with your own two hands.
courtesy Kitchen Goose8/11More Scrambling!
If you're morally opposed to a whisk (all those weird spokes, what's up with them?), then the Kitchen Goose is your new best friend. It scrambles the egg—inside its own shell. And it's not even motorized! And you can even make a boiled scrambled egg! Mind explosion.
courtesy Amazon9/11Boiling!
I mean, you have an electric kettle, right? This egg boiler is basically the same thing, but for making up to seven (seven?) soft-, medium-, or hard-boiled eggs. Well, the eggs are technically steamed—but no matter. The device knows exactly how long to cook your eggs, just in case you don't have a timer or an iPhone or access to our story on how to boil eggs exactly how you want them. (Real talk: We kind of like that it chirps when your eggs are done.)
courtesy Amazon10/11Peeling!
First, you have to actually cook your eggs (which should be easy with your egg boiler). But then—ugh!—you have to peel them. The worst. This tower-like contraption makes it easy—simply put your egg into the compartment, vigorously press down, and the shell will magically fly off your cooked egg! (Note: Your egg has a 90-percent chance of exploding, according to the device's reviews on Amazon).
