Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Egg Cooker. My nephew and his wife turned me on to this gadget. One thing you may not know about me is I LOVE deviled eggs. Like, I am a fiend for them. Well, my nephew and his family have them at almost every gathering. I have been on them for a while to get them to make “avocado deviled eggs,” which is just where you use avocado instead of mayo.

Recently they asked me why I don’t just do it. They know I am a big-time cook and love experimenting with stuff. My response was simply, “Peeling boiled eggs is a pain in the ass, and half of them pull apart.” So my nephew Nick goes under his counter, plops this thing on the table, and says, “Get one of these, and you won’t mind making them at all.” Of all people, my son walks up and goes, “Oh yeah, we have one; those are awesome.” Another person in attendance said the same. Okay, I thought, I will give it a shot.

Well, this Thanksgiving, Nick and his wife Cortney brought over “jalapeño popper deviled eggs,” (here is the place they got their idea from, they did #3 with some extra cheese in the filling) and I was like, “I have got to sort this out and get one”. So I ordered it the next day. Sunday we did our first trial, and of 10 fresh eggs, 9 peeled perfectly. The one failure was a bad egg we missed when candling, so that doesn’t count anyway. So in reality they all peeled perfectly. The yolks were a perfect bright yellow for hard boiling. So if you want perfect boiled eggs, this thing is the BAMF tool you are looking for.

It is cheap, it is compact, and it does up to 14 eggs in one go. The beauty is they peel like a banana—easy. The key is to put them in ice water as soon as they are done, then do not touch them for at least 30 minutes. Put the fat side down when cooking and start peeling from the top after giving the shell a good all-around crack. It will also likely help to use older eggs, but we used eggs picked the day before we cooked them, and they were all fantastic, save for the bad one.

But it is three-in-one. What are the other two cooking methods? Well, one is for “omelets.” It is just a little cup you set in the cooker, and it works perfectly. Additionally, the egg only touches the cup, so it is all you have to clean. The actual heated surface only heats water; it never touches food. The only “downside” to this is any ingredients like sausage, potato, bacon, etc., will need to be cooked prior to making the omelet. But wow, what great omelets—so fluffy from the steam cooking.

Last is it can “poach” two eggs in a different cup that also comes with it. I’ll give it a try, but looking at YouTube vids others have done, it works well. About the only time I poach eggs is for Benedict, so that is likely the only time I will use it for that purpose. What is that you say? No “Eggs Benedict” for keto? How about “Crab Cake Benedict” or “Sausage Patty Benedict” or “Pepper Steak Benedict”? There are many other such options.

So are there any things you should know other than it makes great boiled eggs, omelets, and poached eggs? Oh yes, a couple…

How does the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Egg Cooker know how long to cook any particular item?

This is really cool, actually. It comes with a little cup marked with how much water to use for each thing, like 6 hard-boiled eggs or 4 soft-boiled or 2 poached eggs, etc. As it cooks, the water is steamed off to evaporation. When the water is gone, you are done, and the machine beeps. Food is ready—just turn it off.

Why doesn’t the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Egg Cooker turn off when it is done, and why won’t it turn on/off when I push the power button?

In a world of digital, we get issues when we go analog, I guess. The power button is an old-school mechanical button. To actuate it, you have to push it in all the way until it clicks on or off. It also does not auto shut off, and the beep is just like one “beep,” not a continuous beep. The first time it beeped for me, I wasn’t sure, but about a minute later it beeped again. I turned it off and took the eggs out. A bit of research showed this is how it works. So you do have to be around and pay attention. You need to put your eggs in cold water anyway.

How long does the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Egg Cooker take to cook eggs?

This will vary with the number and type of eggs, but the answer is about 12-18 minutes. So you should use it when you expect to be in or near the kitchen for at least that long. I make coffee every morning, so when I need more eggs, I will cook them at the same time. They can sit in water in the fridge for a day or so with no problem before you do anything with them.

Why does the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Egg Cooker use less water for more eggs?

This one got me at first. I didn’t get it. I thought the dang measuring cup was printed wrong, figuring that more water equals more time equals more eggs. Wrong! The collective wisdom of the internet is as follows: The more eggs (especially out of a fridge), the more water condenses on them and falls back into the basin, meaning it takes longer to use the same amount of water. As a moonshiner myself, I simply said, “Well duh,” when I read that.  Just accept and use it as designed when you make your eggs and know it works as designed.

In any event, this egg cooker is awesome. And I know a ton of you guys keep poultry and are keto/carnivore types. This is a great and inexpensive way to get more out of the eggs you produce and not wait forever to get boiled eggs that peel well.

Here are the avocado and bacon deviled eggs I came up with. Amounts are approximate—I really did it by eye this makes about10 hard-boiled eggs so boil that many or adjust accordingly.

For the filling:

• 3 small fine-diced jalapeños, seeds removed (the ones I had were very small, so one big one is likely enough)
• 3 pieces of fried bacon, chopped fine
• 1 green onion, sliced fine
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 7-8 oz of mashed avocado

Procedure:

Cut the eggs lengthwise in half and remove yolks to a bowl. Mash them along with the avocado until well blended. Now mix in the peppers, onion, salt, and garlic until well mixed. Put the mix in a zip-top bag with a corner cut off and pipe it into the whites. Sprinkle with some paprika, then put a piece of extra bacon on top.
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These were so effing good the wife and I smashed about half of them before I took the picture of them for this article. This got me thinking about variations, and I found this article on 50 different variations of deviled eggs. Check it out for more ideas.

So if you want to really up your egg game with a low-cost item that works perfectly, with almost 2,000 reviews and 4.4 stars overall, check out the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Electric Egg Cooker today. Oh, and at only 20 bucks, they make great gifts too.

P.S. – I picked up this little tool to make a small hole in the eggs, I have not tried it yet so I can’t say if it makes much of a difference, but some similar products come with one, so I decided to give it a shot.  I tried it because it is magnetic so it sticks on the fridge so you won’t lose it and I lose things.  Also very well reviewed.  If you want to try it they are only like 8 bucks but I will report back later on my results.

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