Egg Timer Presets
Ready-made timer presets for boiling eggs to your preferred doneness.
The right time for your egg
Boiling an egg to a particular doneness — soft, medium or hard — is entirely a matter of timing, and a minute makes a real difference. This offers ready presets for each level of doneness, so you can start the right timer with a tap rather than guessing or looking it up.
Pick your doneness and start the timer.
Why egg timing is finicky
Eggs are unforgiving because the difference between a runny soft yolk and a firm hard one is only a few minutes, so precise timing genuinely matters — this is exactly the kind of task a timer is made for, freeing you to do something else while it counts down. A few things affect the ideal time: the size of the eggs, how cold they were to start, and even altitude, since water boils cooler higher up, so the presets are a reliable starting point you can nudge to your taste once you learn your preference. Starting the timer the moment the eggs go in, and having the right duration ready rather than estimating, is the simple secret to consistently getting the egg you actually wanted rather than a disappointing surprise.
Egg Timer Presets FAQ
Why does egg timing matter so much?
Because only a few minutes separate a runny soft yolk from a firm hard one, so precise timing is what gets you the egg you actually wanted.
What affects the ideal boiling time?
Egg size, how cold they started, and altitude — since water boils cooler higher up — so the presets are a starting point to nudge to your taste.
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