Sunbeam Item

[polkanut]

Ralph,

A couple of years ago at an estate auction I received an Oster egg cooker in a box I was bidding on.  I grumbled about it at first when I brought it home, but after trying it (instruction booklet was included) I've really come to love it.  It makes poaching and boiling eggs so much simpler.  You simply add as much or as little water to the unit as what you want your eggs done.  Mine has a 4 section metal Teflon coated poaching tray.  I do give each section a light spritz of cooking spray to ensure they don't stick.  When filled to the line you desire, your eggs will be cooked to perfection which ever way you prefer.  Makes preparing deviled eggs a breeze.  Simply pierce the bottom of each shell and place in the holes.  You can leave the 8th egg right on the needle. 

 

[norgeway]

This one !

Is one gadget I would never use!..You couldnt PAY me to eat an egg...and especially not a deviled or boiled one!!LOL

 

[danemodsandy]

Whaddya Know!

I've seen those glass inserts many, many times in thrifts, and always assumed they were an inexpensive divided candy dish.

Now that I know what they are, I'll never see one again, of course!

 

[gansky1]

Living better electrically!

I've found a couple of these at estate sales and given them to cooked egg fans, my sister loves hers.  Jon (jetcone) uses his several times a week or more, too.

 

[polkanut]

Greg,

I know I would be lost without mine now.  Love it so much!  I think I got the entire box of stuff for $1.00.  There also was a West Bend percolator in the box date stamped 1957.  It also works fine.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

We use ours all the time; I don't know how anyone gets by without one of these egg cookers! A hard-boiled egg out of an egg cooker peels very easily. It sort-of changed my life, actually. Every now and then if there's a small crack in the egg, there will be an "egg-splosion" - egg white sort of bleeds out of the egg, and covers everything (it gets cooked and just peels away). Not a huge deal.

Yes, the lid is what you use to measure the water, depending on how you want the eggs cooked. We also found a glass poacher tray at a sale. It gets a healthy shot of PAM, and perfectly poached eggs are delivered, and can be thrown in the dishwasher. It can be a bit tricky getting the eggs out of the poacher attachment, it's quite hot when the cooker turns off, I usually grab the "handle" with a folded up paper towel, and pop the poached eggs out with a spoon.

 

I took ours apart, when we first got it and gave it a good cleaning and polish.  I'll have to try the cream of tartar though, to shine up the inside. 

Congrats!  If you like eggs, I think you're going to love it!

 

Side note -- Terry had come up to Minneapolis for a visit, also to help Robert and I prepare for our 2010 wash-in... we decided to serve devlied eggs at the party.  So we went to Costco and got what seemed like a bazillion eggs (at least 4 dozen).  Terry always got up pretty early, and by the time Robert and I woke up the morning of the wash-in, he had hard boiled damn near every egg we bought in our egg cooker... he sure did love using small appliances.  I have such a wonderful memory of mixing the yolks with Terry in our KitchenAid - working to get the "filling" perfectly seasoned, then putting it in a piping bag and filling the eggs.  Seriously labor intensive, but well worth it.  The deviled eggs did not last very long! 

 

[rp2813]

Thanks to all for the testimonials, and to Fred for that great wash-in story as well. 

 

I'm going to try it with hard boiled first, but for sure will be on the hunt for the poaching insert. 

 

How could anyone -- well, anyone who likes eggs -- not be thrilled to have them cooked to perfection, automatically?

 

[revvinkevin]

The deviled eggs did not last very long!

 

 

Because they were just DELICIOUS!     I helped myself to 2 or 3 (or 4 or 5....).  

 

Fred, you and Terry (Robert, Greg, everyone) did a fantastic job with the deviled eggs... and ALL the food that day!  

 

Wonderful memories and a wonderfully amazing time at my first Wash-In!

 

Kevin

 

P.S... sorry for the thread detour Ralph!

 

[cadman]

Egg-cellent

I'm with Fred, I love my Sunbeam. I notice this one will cook 7, which seems much more reasonable than the older models like mine that will only hold 5 (seriously, why not 6?). Perfect when you have that craving for egg-salad. -Cory

(Can that pic really be from 2010?!)

 

[revvinkevin]

Can that pic really be from 2010?!

 

 

Yes Cory it is and I'm the one that took it! 

 

To get somewhat back on track... Ralph your Sunbeam egg cooker is pretty dang cool!   I don't eat that many eggs, but I could imagine it being a VERY handy unitasker!

 

Awesome find Ralph, CONGRATS! 

 

Kevin

 

[chachp]

Not the best scan

Here is one side.

 

[chachp]

Here is the other

I didn't know if we would want these with the other appliance docs or not so I posted here. I love mine too. It is the best way to make eggs. They come out perfect every time.

 

[rp2813]

Thanks for posting the instructions.  The scan is sharp enough for me!

 

[polkanut]

The rack that came with Ralph's cooker will hold 8 eggs.  Just leave the 8th one on the needle in the center.

 

Fred, I hard boil my eggs the same way as Terry did.  By the time I have the first batch peeled, the next ones are done.  I won't do them on the stove anymore.  To get my poached eggs out of the tray I use a narrow spatula, and slide them right onto the slices of toast.

 

[rp2813]

I think I could manage removing poached eggs, but is there a trick to removing the soft or hard cooked ones from their rack?

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Just lift it out and crack it open... Isn't there some sort of tool that is available to chop open an egg?

Yes, there is. Google says so!

 

[rp2813]

Well, I tried it out with hard cooked eggs.  I did eight of them.  It shut off way too early.  The one egg I checked was soft cooked to perfection, though . . .

 

I let it cool, added more cold water and ran it again, it shut off early, so I repeated the process once more to produce hard cooked eggs.

 

I wonder if maybe my cooker was retired because it wasn't functioning properly anymore.  The nut on the bottom was loose, so someone may have tried to mess with it.  I'll open it up and take a look when I have some time to spend on it.

 

I can tell I'd like the results if I can get the thermostatic mechanism to function properly.

 

[philr]

It should shut off by itself once the water completely evaporated. Have you tried adding more water? I assume you use it with the lid closed? Otherwise, it wouldn't work!

 

I have one with the white cover, I also use it almost everyday. the poacher is made of aluminum and has a brown coating in mine.

 

[tolivac]

Use a different Sunbeam machine to prepare my eggs-my Sunbeam mixer!!Only way I like my eggs is scrambled or incorporated into pancake,waffle,or French Toast batter.

 

[chachp]

"It shuts off early"

Is there still water in it when it shuts off or is all the water evaporating?