(upbeat music)
- Hey, I'm Alyssia.
- And I'm Christian.
- And welcome back.
This is not Eat The Pizza,
this is a Mind Over Munch video,
but we're filming it Eat The Pizza style
because Christian is helping me out today.
- Don't mind if I do.
- We're testing a bunch of egg gadgets today!
How did this video happen?
I know, this is not our usual video,
but let me tell you what happened.
We were filming an Instant Pot video
where I needed those little sous vide egg-bite molds,
you know? - Yeah.
- And because of the whole COVID thing,
Amazon's shipping times were like a month out
and I guess, sous vide egg bite molds
were not essential items.
Anyway, I couldn't get them anywhere except
for Bed Bath & Beyond and so I got onto the
Bed Bath & Beyond website, and it shows like related items
and also related was this item which I used
to boil all the eggs in the Instant Pot.
This is like really a waste of money.
You don't need it but sometimes,
I like little gadgets that you don't need.
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So I've got this and I had the sous vide egg bites
in my cart and then suddenly,
it was showing me all the egg gadgets
available at Bed Bath & Beyond.
I was like oh my God,
there are so many egg gadgets!
How are there so many?
And I was looking at them all,
and I slowly was just like putting them
in my cart, and then before I knew it,
there was $100 of egg gadgets.
(laughing)
(evil laughing)
And I was like we should just make a video
where we test all these,
because I wonder if any of them actually work.
So-- - I guess we're
gonna find out.
- We're gonna do that today.
What's the first one?
Sorry.
- I dunno baby, let's take a look.
This is the EZCracker. - The EZCracker.
- And the egg cracker/separator.
Effortlessly crack eggs with one simple motion.
(gasping)
Separate eggs whites.
- And it's As Seen On TV, yes.
- You see that? (suspenseful music)
- Okay so, this has a little poke-y, easy scrambler.
Oh, I know what this is!
- What is it?
- This has a little poke-y, you poke the egg,
and then, because it punctures the yoke,
you can scramble the egg up.
- How do you scramble the egg up?
- It just says EZScrambler.
- So hold the unit upright in one hand
and the egg in the other hand.
Hold the egg so the flat end of the egg is down.
(modem starting up)
Are you gonna do it?
- Yeah, I'm gonna do it.
- Place egg on the pin, push to pierce the shell.
(suspenseful music)
- Oh, 'kay.
- You did it, look at that!
While holding the egg loosely with one hand,
turn the unit on by pressing and holding the on/off switch.
Does it have batteries in it?
- Oh no, there's batteries?
- Hold on now, place two double A batteries
into the battery compartment.
Hold on.
Alright, batteries are now in!
- Batteries in! - Alright, let's do it.
(gadget whirring)
- Is it scrambling the egg up in there?
- Probably.
- So what's the benefit-- - To be honest with you--
- of this,
to scramble it inside-- (laughing)
- I guess.
Now I can just crack the egg and I--
- Why-- (enthusiastically shouting)
- Break the egg as you normally do
to use for cooking, baking and more.
Wait, so the scrambler is a different thing--
- Yeah. - Than the cracker?
- Yeah, so that's--
- Are we gonna use the cracker?
- Yeah, yeah, use the cracker.
So you toss the cracker, oh it appears,
it's a scrambled egg!
- Very good.
- So now you don't need to whisk
it up on your own, I guess.
(bell ringing)
- Hold the unit over bowl or directly over a frying pan.
- [Alyssia] That's the separator attachment.
- All right. - Oh, shoot.
That's if you wanna separate the yolk.
So the yolk should fall into there and it should separate.
(gasping) - We're good, ooh!
- [Alyssia] It worked!
- [Christian] Careful, it's gonna fall out.
Oh there you go - That actually worked!
Here's the reason this actually wouldn't work,
because you see all that white in there?
Most recipes that require a yolk,
require the yolk with no white at all,
especially if it's a baked good
and the whites compromises whatever the recipe is.
- Not worth it. - Not worth it.
Alright, we are going to try out a couple
of peeling gadgets next, intended to peel hard boiled eggs.
This is the EggXact Peel.
- This is ezEgg.
Peels up to three eggs in under 10 seconds!
- That is quite a claim.
We're gonna see if they're telling the truth.
I'm gonna actually time how long it takes.
- All it says shake and peel.
- Shake and peel, there you go.
That's the instructions.
Lemme get the stopwatch.
(eggs wobbling)
- All right, here we go. - Start in three, two, one.
(lively music)
(bell dings) 10!
- Not looking so hot here! (laughing)
- Okay, so it seems like one of them burst open,
and the other one did not peel.
It's still edible. - Yeah, yeah,
it's still edible. - I'll still eat it.
I love boiled eggs.
- [Christian] This one's broken open
and all the shell's inside.
- Okay, well get this shell out!
So I would say, now I have to do dishes,
that's what I'm thinking.
- Yeah. - I'm gonna say...
- Pass? - Yeah, I'm gonna say no.
What about this one though, the EggXact Peel?
Easily remove stubborn shells from soft or hard boiled eggs.
Plastic blade makes a clean crack before peeling.
A clean crack?
You crack it?
Oh, this is a cracker.
(gasping) It popped!
- [Christian] All right, all right,
something's happening here.
And? - Eh.
(wheels turning)
I don't know.
I just think it's easier to peel it,
but I would not buy these things.
Would you buy these things?
- No, I certainly wouldn't.
- Okay, let's test another one.
Okay, so we have two products that require a stove top,
so we're gonna do both of those next.
The first is this Egglettes hard boiled eggs,
without the shell! - Oh!
- So you crack the eggs
into these little egglette containers,
and then boil them in water.
I don't really get the point of this, I guess,
because then you have to peel the egg,
which we just saw, is not that hard.
So these are the little egglette containers.
You can also add like vegetables and meat and stuff
to make like little egglettes. - Okay.
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- And then, what's that one?
- This is the Eggy.
It's a little thing that you put in the pan. right,
and then, you crack it in there and
it makes a perfectly circular egg.
- I always spray for eggs.
It doesn't matter if it's non-stick or not.
And I always spray inside of this,
because you don't want it to get stuck in there.
(wildly clucking) So the idea is
this will make like a perfect little patty.
(sizzling)
I might have pulled it 20 seconds too soon.
It's a patty though for a sandwich,
but our yolk has gone all the way to the side
and it's about to burst.
But this is a perfect size little patty
and it looks great on that side.
- Yeah. - Final call on the Eggy?
(dramatic music) - Thumb's up.
- Okay, don't mind the steam.
The water's boiling. - All right.
- We're gonna get these egglettes going.
So we're gonna do one soft boiled,
one medium boiled, and one scrambled.
Use that EZScrambler to scramble up that egg.
Just pierce it carefully.
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- Okay, it's been pierced.
- And then hold it on, and then scramble it up.
I'm gonna fill, this was one of the eggs we already cracked.
For a soft boiled, a large egg is 8.75 minutes,
a medium boiled is 11.3 minutes,
and a scrambled is 14 minutes.
Let's get them in there.
In 8.75 minutes, we'll see if it is boiled.
Okay so we're just taking out, which one, soft boiled?
When cooked, remove egglette cup with tongs.
Place in cold water to cool.
We don't have any-- (yelling)
We didn't get any cold water ready.
- We didn't know, we didn't know!
- Oh my god, okay, it's happening.
Everybody stay calm!
- [Alyssia] Soft boiled egg, ready?
Uh-oh, uh-oh. - Oh no, oh no.
That's really soft.
- Okay wait, ready? (suspenseful music)
Uh, that looks disgusting.
- [Christian] It sure does.
- 11:20, go next.
All right let's do it.
This is medium boiled.
I mean, the thing is, it does look medium boiled in there.
- [Christian] Yeah, I'll dump it out and see.
- [Alyssia] But it's not easy to get it out.
- [Christian] Squishy.
Oh, oh, up, oh.
- [Alyssia] That is not, I don't know if that's,
uh, that's medium. - That is medium, but--
- And there's still stuff in the bottom.
That is not gonna be fun to clean.
Okay, here we go.
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- [Joe] Maybe you're supposed to spray it down inside.
- Oh, Joe's right.
It says when egglette cups have been sufficiently oiled.
- (laughing) Oops.
- Which we did not do. - Oops, folks.
- Okay, so maybe that would've helped.
- It probably would've helped,
but that is still not done, sorry.
- Yeah, that is still not done, that's true.
So we didn't read the directions again.
That's a scrambled egg, ugh.
[Christain]- Still got a yolk in the middle.
- I am not about that.
I say no. - Yup.
- The next batch of gadgets we're gonna test
are for the microwave.
- [Christian] This is the Good Grips microwave egg cooker.
- And it makes like a patty. - Right.
- [Alyssia] This, is a microwave egg poacher.
I love poached eggs. - Yeah, you do.
- [Alyssia] I don't think they're gonna
be done in a microwave.
And this is a microwave omelet, which,
we've done a microwave omelet in a video before.
- Not with this, though. - Not with this, though.
So you love to make like an egg sandwich
- I do, I love a good egg sandwich.
- If this works, would you use it?
What's your-- - I'd be more likely
to use the Eggy, but let's see.
Maybe if it works, if it's very convenient, then yes.
- I'm reading the instructions from now on.
- All right.
- This has a stay cool handle for easy removal,
a wide opening for whisking directly into the cooker
and a curved bottom that helps center
the yolk for fried eggs.
- That is awesome. - So it shouldn't go
on the side?
Let's see if it happens.
Crack an egg in there.
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Oh, it's in the center!
Oxo, I have had good experiences with this brand.
I want to believe that they wouldn't put this out if it--
- I also wanna believe that, I like Oxo.
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- Oops, open lid and spray inside
with non-stick cooking spray.
- [Christian] I'm reading the instructions this time.
- [Alyssia] Now, take two.
And it's still in the middle. - Still stays in the center.
- All right, all right. - Starting with 25 seconds.
(lively music)
(gasping)
- There's no way. - That looks like a,
actually, pretty good.
(lively music)
- I'm impressed - Hey, I'm impressed.
- Oxo's Good Grips microwave egg cooker.
(dramatic music)
All right, microwave egg poacher by Salt is next.
This is a reversible lid which functions
as a heating surface for breakfast meats.
- Let's do it. - Okay, this does
not say to spray it.
So we are not going to spray it.
One egg going into each side for a poached egg.
Do we add water?
- [Christian] Yes, so it says.
Lets read the instructions:
Crack one egg into each one of the egg poacher pockets,
pierce each egg yolk with a fork and--
- What, why do you wanna pierce the yolk?
I want the yolk to be perfect in a poached egg.
- Well, let's try not doing it.
Let's do one.
Why don't we just try one? - Okay, let's do one.
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- [Christian] Poked, done.
Now we gotta add a half teaspoon of water to each one.
- Okay, then do we close it?
- Two eggs, one minute and 15 seconds
to one minute 25 seconds. - Do we close it?
It literally does not say. - It doesn't say.
- It does not say if we're supposed
to close this or open it.
- [Christian] They gotta be thinking no dummies
are gonna think one way or another.
- All right, screw this, let's go.
- [Christian] One minute, fifteen seconds.
(lively music)
- How's it? - Oh!
- [Christian] Do you see it popping?
(excitedly shouting)
- It literally popped open in the microwave.
The lid popped off.
Oh my god.
There is egg all over the microwave.
That is not a poached egg.
Do we need to try this again with it open?
I need to know if it works.
- [Christian] All right, let's try it again.
- [Alyssia] We'll add one teaspoon
of water. - I gotta add the water.
- I'm gonna poke it as well
because I'm gonna follow the directions.
- Which means we also need to fill the side with water.
- Okay. - Just says fill it up.
(excitedly shouting)
It's fine, let's just see how it goes here.
- [Alyssia] Okay, this time we're leaving it open, right?
(laughing) - Yeah.
- [Alyssia] That is a little soft and the yolk,
the whites are a little soft,
but it is better.
- So maybe it does need-- - So it definitely needs--
- To be open. - To be open.
- I think sideways because it did technically work.
- Yeah, it worked, but the directions were terrible.
- Bad directions; they get a notch down 45 degrees.
- But, you don't have to spray it,
but look at all-- - Woop, they're back up
to middle. - Look at all these ridges
to clean.
Is it dishwasher safe?
It is top rack dishwasher safe.
- Back up. - It's right in the middle.
- That's right, in the middle.
All right, this is the Egg & Omelet Wave.
- [Alyssia] This is the last egg cooking thing of the day.
It cooks an omelet, but it looks like it also cooks--
- Poached eggs. - Poached eggs.
We should try the omelet first.
- All right, so-- - Two eggs.
- I know, but we gotta divide it evenly
between the two sides.
So I'm gonna do one egg at a time.
And then once it's almost cooked,
you flip it and cook it some more.
- What? - Yeah.
- That is awful. - That's what you do.
Close the unit two fold omelet together
and cook for an additional 15 to 30 seconds.
- With the top in it. (lively music)
Oo, to be honest, this is not looking good.
- It sure is not!
- That's like shriveled and gross looking.
Okay, cheese. - It says it's supposed
to be a little liquid-y still here.
Close the unit so that half pf the filling is on the bottom.
- Go? - Go!
(lively music)
- [Alyssia] Okay, it's not too hot to handle.
- [Christian] What do we got?
- The big reveal.
You know, to be honest,
I am a really good omelet maker.
- Yeah. - And this was actually
less stressful than that.
Can we try this actually? - Yeah.
- I mean, it does look okay on a plate.
The texture is too dry.
Let's try the poached one.
I'm curious about the poached one.
This is our last egg, so.
- [Christian] Break each egg into each cavity
- Can you just do one?
(modem starting up)
Add half one teaspoon of water.
Cook high 30 seconds, rest for 30 seconds,
microwave another 15 seconds
with another 30 second rest period.
Then check to see if they're done, and if not,
repeat 15 second cooking with 30 second rest period.
- All right, got it.
Memorized the process.
(lively music)
- Moment of truth, moment of truth, moment of truth.
Ready? (lively music)
Okay, that looks a little better.
Okay, so that's poached a little harder
than I'd like for my eggs benedicts.
Yeah, I'd still say that's not,
I actually think the other poached egg was better.
- All right, so I gotta give this one the same deal
as the other one 'cause it did technically work,
it technically made an omelet.
- Well we've got one more. - Now one more.
- So let's test the last one.
- The last one we've got.
Oxo Good Grips egg slicer.
- I like Oxo. - I like Oxo, too.
- So this is supposed to slice eggs for like a salad?
- That's right! - All right.
Shall we? - You have the honors.
- Okay, cool. (lively music)
- (gasping) Holy crap!
Holy crap, that was so satisfying!
I mean, I didn't even do it, just watching it.
- Yeah, it was. - That is so cool!
Look at that, that is cool!
I have to try it.
(lively music)
- Yeah, look at that. - Like, is it worth it
for putting on a salad? - If you needed them
to be perfectly cut.
- Still I think it's super cool.
Okay, let's rate all the products/
- All right. - Okay.
Our final rundown, we're gonna go worst to best.
- Yeah. - Number one worst thing,
this cracker
Number two, these egglettes.
Okay next, omelet thing,
- [Christian] Egg omelet extreme Egg And Omelet Wave.
- Yeah, this thing, you cook the two sides and flip it.
It did cook the omelet and it looked okay.
but didn't taste great, it was dry.
This one did do the poached eggs a little bit better,
although the directions were terrible.
- Bad. - We had to kind
of figure out how it worked.
- Yup. - And then once we
figured it out, it only sort of worked.
- This is the-- - Peeler, cracker.
- EggXact Peel. - Oh yeah.
- This thing, okay, it did work actually.
- Yeah, it worked-- - It cracked--
- To crack the egg. - It cracked eggs
and it separated. but would I ever pull it out to use it?
Would I ever want to wash it?
That's like such a thing here.
Do I wanna wash any of these things?
It's just more work.
- The Eggy! - The Eggy!
This is the first thing that actually,
I think worked pretty well. - Yeah.
This, boiled egg slicer.
Admittedly only serves one purpose,
and it's a very specific purpose.
I don't know if I need a bunch
of stuff in my kitchen. - I don't know if I'd need it,
but it was so cool!
And number one-- - This thing.
- [Alyssia] Oxo, I don't remember what it's called,
but it's the thing where you fry an egg
and it worked really well.
Yeah, microwave egg cooker, I would use that again.
- I would, too. - And that's the one thing,
I'm surprised it worked and I would recommend it.
- I'm gonna use it.
- I don't have any discount codes for you
and I don't have anything.
- Not sponsored. - It's not sponsored.
If you wanna see more videos with Christian and I
and if you want us to test anything out,
let us know what you wanna see in the comments below,
and we'll get it to ya. - Yup.
- All right, we hope you have a great day!
- And remember, it's all a matter of Mind Over Munch.
- All right, you want eggs for dinner?
- Uh, looks like it.