Use and Care Manual

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Understanding the Chef’sChoice
™
Gourmet Egg Cooker
The Chef’sChoice
™
Egg Cooker consists of four main components; the base, lid, black egg rack and white egg poaching
tray (see fig 1, below).
The egg cooker can cook in one batch up to seven eggs to your taste; soft, medium or hard boiled. A poaching tray with
elliptical-sharped cavities, in the tradition of Julia Child, quickly and conveniently poaches up to 3 eggs at a time. In
addition, the cooker’s novel Vari-Cook™ feature allows you to segment the cooking so you can soft boil some of the
eggs, medium cook some and hard boil the rest all in the same batch.
USING THE EGG COOKER
To cook soft, medium or hard boiled.
Place the Egg Cooker on a flat, level surface and remove the stainless lid and the egg rack from the base unit. Pour
about 3/4 cup of water into the gray non-stick coated water pan to the “fill marks” at top of the base (see fig. 1 and
fig. 2). Do not add water above the fill marks. This amount of water is more than enough for cooking 7 eggs to your
choice. Wash or rinse the eggs and load them (can be refrigerated, or room temperature eggs of any common size)
onto the black egg rack. Place the rack of eggs on the base (see fig. 3). (Make certain there is water in the water pan),
replace the stainless lid and set the black slide control arm to “soft”, “medium” (med) or “hard” according to your
choice. Press “ON” the power switch on base unit and wait as the water boils and the eggs cook. A beeper will alert
you when the eggs are done. At the sound of the beeper, turn the switch “OFF,” which stops the beeper and stops the
cooking. Remove the stainless lid, lift the tray of eggs and enjoy!
As you remove the lid use caution, the lid is hot and steam will rise from under the lid. Be careful to avoid the steam
which can scald you. Hold the lid, as shown in Figure 4, by the handle. Tilt the other end up as shown and remove it in
such a way that you avoid coming into contact with the rising steam. Carefully take out the egg rack by its handle. Dip
or rinse the eggs in cold water to stop the cooking, cool the shell and make them easier to handle.
Poaching Eggs
If you wish to prepare poached eggs, remove the black egg rack and prepare to use the white poaching tray (see
fig. 5). Add 3/4 cup of water to water pan (to the fill marks). Use a little non-stick spray or butter on the tray cavities to
avoid sticking. Crack and drop the shelled raw eggs into the three (3) poaching cavities. Place the tray on the base,
Handle, Lid
Water Pan
Fill Marks
Handle, Base
Power Switch and ON Light
Cooking Time (in minutes)
Power Cord
Vari-Cook™ Settings
Cooking-Time Slide Control
Figure 2. Fill the water pan to the “Fill Marks”
with water. Do not overfill.
Figure 1. Chef’sChoice
™
Gourmet Egg Cooker.
Figure 3. Insert the egg rack and cover with the lid.
Lid
Poaching Tray
3 positions
Egg Rack
7 positions (for Soft, Medium, or Hard)
Base