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egg/boiled

How long to boil egg

Four things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.

Your time 6:00

How do you start them?

This changes the timing more than anything else here.

How big are your eggs?

Whatever the carton says is close enough.

Straight from the fridge?

How do you want the yolk?

Sensei times to the yolk, not the white.

How to tell without a timer

Into cold water now to stop the cooking.

A runny yolk is not pasteurised. That is how most people eat eggs and have done for generations, but if you are pregnant, very young, elderly or immunocompromised, use pasteurised eggs or pick a firmer yolk.

How it goes

  1. Lower the eggs into water at a rolling boil.
Every combination, as a table
How do you start them?How big are your eggs?Straight from the fridge?How do you want the yolk?Time
Lowered into boiling water Small From the fridge Runny 3:45
Lowered into boiling water Small From the fridge Jammy 4:55
Lowered into boiling water Small From the fridge Just set 6:45
Lowered into boiling water Small From the fridge Firm all the way 8:45
Lowered into boiling water Small Room temperature Runny 2:40
Lowered into boiling water Small Room temperature Jammy 3:50
Lowered into boiling water Small Room temperature Just set 5:30
Lowered into boiling water Small Room temperature Firm all the way 7:45
Lowered into boiling water Medium From the fridge Runny 4:10
Lowered into boiling water Medium From the fridge Jammy 5:30
Lowered into boiling water Medium From the fridge Just set 7:15
Lowered into boiling water Medium From the fridge Firm all the way 9:45
Lowered into boiling water Medium Room temperature Runny 3:00
Lowered into boiling water Medium Room temperature Jammy 4:15
Lowered into boiling water Medium Room temperature Just set 6:15
Lowered into boiling water Medium Room temperature Firm all the way 8:30
Lowered into boiling water Large From the fridge Runny 4:30
Lowered into boiling water Large From the fridge Jammy 6:00
Lowered into boiling water Large From the fridge Just set 8:00
Lowered into boiling water Large From the fridge Firm all the way 10:30
Lowered into boiling water Large Room temperature Runny 3:15
Lowered into boiling water Large Room temperature Jammy 4:40
Lowered into boiling water Large Room temperature Just set 6:45
Lowered into boiling water Large Room temperature Firm all the way 9:15
Lowered into boiling water Extra large From the fridge Runny 4:55
Lowered into boiling water Extra large From the fridge Jammy 6:30
Lowered into boiling water Extra large From the fridge Just set 8:45
Lowered into boiling water Extra large From the fridge Firm all the way 11:30
Lowered into boiling water Extra large Room temperature Runny 3:30
Lowered into boiling water Extra large Room temperature Jammy 5:00
Lowered into boiling water Extra large Room temperature Just set 7:15
Lowered into boiling water Extra large Room temperature Firm all the way 10:00
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo From the fridge Runny 5:15
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo From the fridge Jammy 6:45
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo From the fridge Just set 9:15
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo From the fridge Firm all the way 12:15
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo Room temperature Runny 3:45
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo Room temperature Jammy 5:15
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo Room temperature Just set 7:45
Lowered into boiling water Jumbo Room temperature Firm all the way 10:45
Started in cold water Small From the fridge Runny 2:30
Started in cold water Small From the fridge Jammy 3:40
Started in cold water Small From the fridge Just set 5:30
Started in cold water Small From the fridge Firm all the way 7:30
Started in cold water Small Room temperature Runny 1:35
Started in cold water Small Room temperature Jammy 2:35
Started in cold water Small Room temperature Just set 4:20
Started in cold water Small Room temperature Firm all the way 6:30
Started in cold water Medium From the fridge Runny 2:55
Started in cold water Medium From the fridge Jammy 4:10
Started in cold water Medium From the fridge Just set 6:00
Started in cold water Medium From the fridge Firm all the way 8:30
Started in cold water Medium Room temperature Runny 1:45
Started in cold water Medium Room temperature Jammy 3:00
Started in cold water Medium Room temperature Just set 4:55
Started in cold water Medium Room temperature Firm all the way 7:15
Started in cold water Large From the fridge Runny 3:15
Started in cold water Large From the fridge Jammy 4:40
Started in cold water Large From the fridge Just set 6:45
Started in cold water Large From the fridge Firm all the way 9:15
Started in cold water Large Room temperature Runny 2:00
Started in cold water Large Room temperature Jammy 3:20
Started in cold water Large Room temperature Just set 5:30
Started in cold water Large Room temperature Firm all the way 8:00
Started in cold water Extra large From the fridge Runny 3:40
Started in cold water Extra large From the fridge Jammy 5:15
Started in cold water Extra large From the fridge Just set 7:30
Started in cold water Extra large From the fridge Firm all the way 10:15
Started in cold water Extra large Room temperature Runny 2:15
Started in cold water Extra large Room temperature Jammy 3:45
Started in cold water Extra large Room temperature Just set 6:00
Started in cold water Extra large Room temperature Firm all the way 8:45
Started in cold water Jumbo From the fridge Runny 4:00
Started in cold water Jumbo From the fridge Jammy 5:30
Started in cold water Jumbo From the fridge Just set 8:00
Started in cold water Jumbo From the fridge Firm all the way 11:00
Started in cold water Jumbo Room temperature Runny 2:30
Started in cold water Jumbo Room temperature Jammy 4:05
Started in cold water Jumbo Room temperature Just set 6:30
Started in cold water Jumbo Room temperature Firm all the way 9:30

The app does this, then learns

The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.

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