HIC Kitchen Non-Stick Egg and Pancake Cooking Rings, Heart Shaped, Non-Stick Carbon Steel; PFOA and BPA Free, Set of 4

This works like a charm. I smear butter in the cups for extra tasty eggs.1) Bring half inch of water to boil in small fry pan.2) Smear butter in cups and crack eggs into them.3) Use fork as a handle (see video in listing) and set tray in boiling water. Eggs will stay dry above the water.4) Tightly cover with lid (glass preferred for easy viewing). See note.5) Set timer to 3 min. (you'll adjust your timing with practice).6) Remove tray using fork and tip out eggs. They should slide out easily. I like to tip a soft boiled egg onto buttered toast.Note: The key is to have a tight fitting lid. If the lid has a vent hole, plug it. Or buy a lid that has a rubber rim specially designed for trapping steam. If the lid is not hot to your touch, something is wrong: either the water is not boiling hard enough or the lid is leaking too much steam. You need hot steam trapped above the eggs.Some reviewers say the cups are too small, but I have used with many brands of eggs and large eggs always fit nicely for me. Some say the eggs stick, but if you coat the cups generously with oil, cooking spray, or butter (my favorite), the eggs won't stick.This is an awesome little kitchen tool that will deliver perfect soft boiled eggs every time.

Does just what it says, poaches or bastes. I use with lid on and less water in a shallow pan. Recommends that you use a little oil, and I do as eggs can stick a little. If you prefer not to, a small spatula can easily help remove the egg from the cup.

My previous poacher worked great (it came with it's own pan), but the non-stick stuff had become nonexistent (it was very old). I couldn't find the exact thing I wanted (pan-poacher unit, non-stick, NOT individual cups, reasonable price), so I tried this. I was not immediately impressed. While it sat down in the old pan nicely and has the little feet so that the cups aren't touching the pan, I oiled it per the instructions, but the sticking was dreadful! There was nothing non-stick about it! But wait - the next time I used cooking spray and it worked great! The next week the handle broke off my old pan! Weird, huh? So, I really committed to trying this gadget in a different pan, and I'm glad I did! I've used it several times with great results. Be aware - I would NOT use this in a non-stick pan. I'm thinking the little metal feet would damage the pan. Anyway, it works well and because I have a pan that works with it, it's a great price.UPDATE: The cups are small. We buy large size eggs, and they are really too big for the cups. It is nearly impossible to get this device in the pan without spilling some of the egg. If you buy medium eggs, it would be fine. If you buy extra large, forget about it.

I bought these when I discovered a recipe for the sandwich... nay! Sammich of ultimate Glory! A nice soft roll made slightly toasty on a warming rack over the griddle plate, with hashbrown, bacon, sausage, egg and American cheese. Is your mouth watering? Well, you take the bacon grease from the griddle plate and drip it all over the hash browns.Anyway, these are necessary. You drop an egg white onto a griddle plate and it flows all over the place. These do allow for some of the white to spill out but do a great job, mostly, of keeping it all in one place until it solidifies so you can put it in the sammich. What I loved about them is that finger saving wee bit of cork on the top. This keeps you from being burned by the hot metal but it also lets you move them around if you need to. They are very easy to clean and so far, after an entire summer of using them, they havent stained.If I had one tiny complaint it is that once the eggs are cooked, I drop a slice of American cheese on them, and what tends to happen is the whole thing sticks to the metal ring, and you have to pry it off with a fork. Maybe that situation can be saved with some cooking spray but I usually forget. So something non stick, if thats possible, might have been better. But that doesn't take anything away from how much I love these

Eggs are $13 a dozen and timed it the with the egg cooker. The combo work great.