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4.5
Overall, I am very pleased with this product. My water supply is a community well and we have high iron and manganese mineral content (well within safety regulations, but I'm not worried about anemia while I live here). I've been making hard cooked eggs for years, but since moving here, the eggs I make using the traditional stovetop method (even using filtered water) have mixed results and peeling the eggs is terrible -- the whites stick to the shell and sometimes the yolk is all that is salvageable. Hence my search for an alternative way of making hard cooked eggs.I've been using the EggGenie for several months now and I'm very pleased with the quality and consistency of the hard cooked eggs. They are cooked properly and almost pop out of the shell, the top two criteria I was looking for. I can make presentable deviled eggs again!For store-bought white shelled eggs, the instructions are spot-on. During the spring/summer, I buy homegrown eggs from a local farmer and the shells and inner membranes are a bit thicker. I've made some adjustments for the differences that work well for me. My tips for cooking this type of egg are: 1) let the eggs "age" in the refrigerator for several days before hard cooking. 2) Leave the eggs out for 15 min or so to take the chill off before starting the cooking process. 3) Add ½ eggs worth of water (you'll know what I mean when you see the water-measuring cup that comes with the EggGenie). 4) Let the eggs sit for 15 min after the cooking cycle ends before moving to a cold-water bath to stop the cooking.If an egg "leaks" during the cooking process, I let the unit cool down and add a dribble of white vinegar to clean the metal reservoir to its original shine.The EggGenie does exactly what it is supposed to do, and I like the quality of hard cooked eggs I am getting from this unit. The product is well priced for what it does, which is a plus in my book.I dropped a star from my review because of the buzzer. At best, the buzzer is very wimpy and unless I'm standing next to the cooker chances are good I won't hear it. On occasion, the buzzer doesn't make an audible sound at all, but I notice the cooker vibrating slightly on the counter, indicating the cooking cycle is over. I expect that in the near future the buzzer will fail completely at which point I will have to decide if I want to manually time the cooker, or replace it with a more expensive/reliable brand.
