Cooking eggs the way you like them is not witchcraft. Either you cook the eggs in a special way egg cookeror if used in the traditional way on the stovebe cooked, an exact timer for determining the cooking time. Another name for egg timers is a timer. With most short timers or egg timers A time span of up to 60 minutes can be measured. egg timers are available in two versions. These are the classic ones on the one hand egg timers with a mechanical clockworkwhich is powered by a spring and electronic egg timers with a battery powered clockwork.

Mechanical egg clocks

Egg clocks have been used with a mechanical spring movement since Grandmother’s time. The structure of these egg timer is simple. The housing usually consists of two mutually rotatable parts with a minute scale on the circumference. Inside are the clockwork and a small bell. To start the clock, one half of the case is twisted to the desired time and then released. When the end of the set time has been reached, the bell rings. A disadvantage of mechanical watches is the relatively large inaccuracies in short times. The reason is that when a short time is set, the spring of the movement is only slightly tensioned. The stored energy in the spring is then sufficient for some egg clocks of this kind just to run the clock completely and to activate the bell. If longer times are set, the spring force is always higher in relation to the set time and is more than sufficient. In addition, there is the aging of the spring, that is, a general decrease in the spring force over time.
Mechanical egg clocks are very often offered in the form of eggs. But also many other forms of Mini cookerto Hamburg are possible. Most mechanical egg clocks are made of plastic. Rare and not necessarily higher quality are egg timer made of metal.

The egg timer made of stainless steel by Joovi has a maximum running time of 60 minutes. The matt shimmering case has the typical egg shape with a flattened bottom for a secure state of the egg timer.

Electronic egg clocks

If you like it absolutely exactly, you better use an electronic egg timer when making breakfast eggs. The digital movements work very precisely and the remaining cooking time is clearly legible on a large LCD display. Another advantage of the electronic egg timer is the ease of use. The cooking time can be set to the second using push buttons and activated, if necessary. The measurable period is 24 hours for many of these egg clocks. As a result, electronic egg clocks can also be used for the exact determination of the times when frying and baking. With different models it is possible to activate several timers at the same time. This feature is useful when you need to prepare different foods with different cooking times at the same time. The electronic egg clocks are made with commercial ones batteriesoperated. The power consumption of the clocks is so low that the runtime depending on the model can be up to several years before new batteries must be used.

The digital short-term alarm clock KT300 from Technoline is a so-called countdown timer for periods up to 20 hours. 3 timers can be used simultaneously with this egg timer. The egg timer can be set up, attached with a magnet or hung on an eyelet.

When buying an egg timer is not much to pay attention. Which model is chosen depends primarily on personal preferences. The range of different designed mechanical egg timer is very large, so that can be found for every style of furnishing the right clock. On the other hand, the electronic egg clocks offer more applications and precise timekeeping.