Egg cooker as a portable mini steamer

And I specially bought an egg cooker as a small double boiler - at work I warm lunch in it in a dish. There is no microwave at work, they are constantly saving energy (budgetary organization), and the egg cooker is in its drawer ... Heats up in 3 minutes.

[DuNika]

DuNika Cool idea. Whoever faced the problem of the need to discreetly heat food at work will understand you.

[Victoria]

Victoria, indeed, an unexpectedly interesting application of the egg cooker. And maybe even more useful than the main one
But you can't heat a bowl of soup in it, probably?

Yes, for these reasons, I also thought about buying an egg cooker - like a small steamer and a sterilizer.

The theme smoothly turns into "Gadgets that have not been used, reveal their secrets." Something poor list of useless gadgets, although there are some.

It's like advertising. You just don't know how to cook them

[Egg cooker STEBA EK 2 Plus]

Egg cooker STEBA EK 2 Plus
I have this form Egg cookers Egg cooker Steba EK 5 THANKS to the sponsors of the Steba company for the "best recipe of the week"



Dimensions: 15 x 17 x 19 cm
Case: Stainless steel / Black

And what am I like:
- the height of the top cover, a lot of space under the dome, very large eggs are placed freely
- the principle of operation of the egg cooker is not for boiling water, but for the time of cooking eggs (three positions), and after cooking the program turns off, but the water always remains in the container, which does not lead to "boiling" of the bottom of the egg cooker.
- cooks very high quality, as stated "soft-boiled" or "hard-boiled" and it turns out.
- can boil from 1 to 8 eggs or 1-2 eggs in tins.
So far, this is the only egg boiling device that performs its functions, and efficiently.

And a small bowl of food can easily fit under this size cap to warm up

Well, it's time to rename the topic to "Help Club for device addicts". She brushed aside the egg cooker with all her might, but it turns out to be a terribly useful device. What a lovely cube egg cooker from Steb! After all, in rectangular tins, you can make portioned omelette steamed.

Wangyu the disappearance of egg cookers from store shelves throughout the post-Soviet space

For these purposes, I chose an egg cooker in China, there is one with metal, not plastic trays.

[Manna]

Manna, so in fact you can adapt silicone molds.

And why, if you can buy a metal device?

[Manna]

Manna, can you give a reference to a metal device?

I will try to search if I saved it

Here are a few:

But you can't heat a bowl of soup in it, probably?

You can warm up everything. Only use a bowl (pouch) that is the right size - slightly smaller than the bottom of the egg cooker to allow steam to pass through. I use a round enamel boat with a polyethylene lid. I remove the lid before heating.

[Victoria]

Victoria, and what is your model of egg cooker? Recently, the grandson was in the hospital, so there were also problems with heating food.

Bomann EK 3088-515 CB

[Victoria]

Victoria, Thank you.

I have this form of egg cooker Egg cooker Steba EK 5

Tanya, I've only had such an egg cooker for a few days. I still do not understand what kind of water should be poured: cold, hot or no difference?
Cool gadget, I haven't played enough with it yet.

[from filter]

Olya, congratulations on your purchase! Worthy thing

I pour cold water from filter... The water boils very quickly.
The water from the filter is softer, there is no chlorine, which eats into all parts of the device, I already drove this on another model, there the scale constantly accumulated.
Well, maybe hot can be poured, but I don’t do that. If water boils in a container, then you can pour hot water, it will boil faster

I also pour the cold one from the jug. Sometimes you just need to make the eggs faster, so I asked if it could be hot, would it affect cooking. There, too, a certain period is probably calculated. And then you order eggs in a bag, and you get soft-boiled, well, something like that. Somehow I'll try to experiment.
And thanks for the congratulations, I myself am glad of such a trifle

[Bear ZDQ-2191]

I don't know if I brought it here ...
Stumbled upon Tao on this metal-shaped double-deck egg cooker
Bear ZDQ-2191

Right here

Yes, there are quite a lot of such a plan of egg boilers with the ability to make scrambled eggs on the heating element. I was attracted to that by its two-tier and steel pallets (well, I can't cook on plastic). Even on the previous page, I gave links to all-steel (that is, the lid is also made of stainless steel) egg cookers (single-tier). And I put it in this thread, because the purpose of its use will not be in boiling eggs (although this is also sometimes).

[Unit USC-143]

Unit USC-143



From the manufacturer
Simple and easy to use, the Unit USC-143 steamer will help you save time and cook several dishes at the same time, and thanks to the timer, it will turn off at the right time. With the help of micro-perforated grids, steam penetration into the prepared food will be maximized.

Volume for water - 1 l
Power - 450 W
Volume - 450 ml + 80 ml
Security - Auto Power Off
Water level indicator - Yes
Timer - 40 min
Additionally
2 transparent bowls
Removable micro-perforated grilles
Auto shut off function when there is no water
Drip tray
2 bowls for rice / dishes
Removable egg rack
Measuring cup
Warranty - 1 year

Cost 1110 rubles

CONSUMER ANALYSIS

A very convenient thing for preparing food for a small child. Takes up a minimum of space and gives the maximum expected result. It is convenient to cook vegetables and fruits on it for a baby, from which then puree is simply and quickly made.

QUALITY OF WORK: in a double boiler you can cook not only meat, fish and vegetables, but even an omelet, as well as boil pasta or eggs. The bottom of all the tiers is removable, thanks to which, by placing bowls without a bottom on top of each other, you can cook a voluminous dish, such as chicken. The inter-deck grids have small oval holes along the entire surface for free steam access to the food.

Steaming is not only healthy but also very easy. After turning on the device, the water heats up to the maximum temperature, and after about a minute, vaporization begins.

This model is equipped with a mechanical control (timer for 40 minutes).

CONVENIENCE OF OPERATION: the device consists of a body with a heating element and a water tank, three removable bowls, a bowl for rice and a lid. The body itself, the tray and the rice bowl are made of white, and the lid, bowls and grates are made of transparent plastic.

The steamer is equipped with an automatic shutdown system when there is no water in the tank.

Water level indication is marked on a special small window of the tank. When the water in the tank runs out, it can be topped up without interrupting the operation of the device and without removing the bowl, through special funnels on the body. Condensation formed on the walls of the steamer flows into a special container for collecting drops.

When the preset cooking time has elapsed, an audible signal sounds and the appliance switches off automatically. The steamer does not have a function to keep warm, so it is advisable to remove the food immediately after cooking, while it is still warm.

FEATURES: timer for 40 minutes; automatic shutdown; water level indication; adding water through special holes; drip tray; protection against switching on without water; removable lattice bowls.

SUMMARY

ADVANTAGES: simple and convenient operation, function of protection against switching on without water. Small size, price.

LIMITATIONS: no keep warm function.Although the company is Austrian, but the plant is in China. The egg timer is not set correctly. It is necessary to monitor the water level - when it boils away, it does not always turn off.

GENERAL EVALUATION: compact and handy double boiler.

[Admin]

Admin, I understand that this is a double boiler with the ability to boil eggs, and not an egg cooker as such. Something I have not found its dimensions anywhere.

[Manna]

Yes, Manna - so, egg cooker + double boiler. I didn't see the sizes, look here carefully, or you need to make a request to the Internet

Inserted above add. info on consume properties

the principle of operation of the egg cooker is not for boiling water, but for the time of cooking eggs (three positions), and after cooking the program turns off, but the water always remains in the container, which does not lead to "boiling" of the bottom of the egg cooker.
- cooks very high quality, as stated "soft-boiled" or "hard-boiled" and it turns out. More details: https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/in...on=com_smf&topic=359034.0

Tatiana, tell me. Your Steba egg cooker has three egg ready positions. But the time for boiling the 1st and 8th eggs should be different. It turns out and the degree of readiness will be different?
Indeed, in egg cookers that cook according to the principle of the amount of liquid, the moment and the number of eggs are taken into account.
I am before choosing which model Shteba to take.

But we are not preparing one large egg by weight (Eight in one), but there are eight ordinary eggs on the wire rack, each in its own hole. Therefore, additional cooking time is not needed as in a conventional egg cooker.
Only the cooking principle is somewhat different: the cooking time of one egg in different versions is taken as a basis. Water is poured into a measuring cup, and it always remains not completely boiled away, which keeps the bottom from burning out. With such a setting, water can be poured in any container, it does not play a role in the cooking time.

As long as the egg cooker was not wrong, the quality of cooking corresponds to the declared

Thanks for the comfort. I believe you cook well with varying amounts of eggs.
But all the same it is not clear. It should not be. After all, egg cookers have the following principle by volume of water - the more eggs, the less water you need to pour.
Similarly, in a simple double boiler - the more food, the more time it takes to cook.
It is the same in the microwave - the more food, the more time it takes. After all, the time for heating one or eight eggs is very different. It cannot be alone. This is exactly how it is - to cook one egg or an egg 8 times larger, just not oval, but kind of flat-flattened.
Okay, I'll probably take Shtebu-EK 5 too.

What's wrong?
The appliance is not programmed for the amount of water, but for the duration of the cooking. Water is poured with a reserve, it will never boil away during this time.
Question: which will cook faster in 20 minutes - 500 grams of meat in one piece, or 8 pieces of 60 grams each? Here's the answer - it's obvious to me

And if you pour a lot of water into a saucepan and put 8 eggs - when will they be ready? After 20 minutes, they will be ready hard-boiled, and the water will not completely boil away if the eggs were completely covered with it.

Come on - the main thing is to cook well.
But still not so.
The choice is not as you said: which is faster to cook 500g in one piece or 8 pieces of 60g each. Of course it's the same. This is not a valid example.
We say: which will cook faster - one egg (piece) 60g or 8 eggs (pieces) 60g each (total 480g). The difference is huge. It is the TOTAL mass that differs by 8 times! This means that the time for cooking is different.

While drinking tea-doper what's the matter.
I just wrote earlier - we cook not one big egg, but a kind of flattened one. This is a big difference. Our eggs are located not in a heap, but side by side, in one layer.
Therefore, it is necessary to compare as follows: which will cook faster - one piece of meat 500 g or one piece of 60 g but of the SAME THICKNESS.
Now, if we took a piece of 500g thick, then it's another matter.
And so all the excess steam from the "empty" cells will simply pass by.
Understood, It is when cooking eggs that the time will be the same for 1 and 8 eggs.
I decided on the choice of an egg cooker without fear.

Another question for those whose readiness is determined by a measuring cup.
Do you need to pour more water to cook 1 egg than for 6-8 or vice versa - less?

The smaller the number of eggs, the more water you need.

Thank you for the clarification. Everything is correct then I thought.
The fewer the eggs, the more empty cells are left through which the liquid is evaporated.
The more cells are filled with eggs, the less "voids" and the slower the liquid evaporates

I'm here (on Tao)
🔗
I ordered myself with a metal pallet for 24 yuan ... I'm waiting (the rate is up to 6.7 for 1 yuan) and I'll pick it up when I'm passing through in China
Hands are already itching to play

I have a Steba EK 3 + for 6 eggs with a measuring cup. I cook - 6, 4, 2, and sometimes 8 (if the eggs are small, then I add 2 more) - water according to a measuring cup (that is, no more and no less). The result is the same for two or 8 eggs.

Mini steamer comparable in size to an egg cooker.

Egg cooker Steba EK 5 - it is possible to improve the application - for example, make scrambled eggs not in its plastic trays (which are included in the kit), but in a flat pharmacy Petri dish (it is more convenient to wash - it does not have right angles) and boil a lot of quail eggs in a saucer from under tea or, again, heat the cutlet in a saucer, and so on. Egg casseroles can be made with ground nutmeg or other options - for example, pour a piece of sausage with an egg and boil, etc. the difference with a double boiler - in the amount of energy consumption - this egg cooker takes half the energy.