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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Digital_egg_timer.jpg/120px-Digital_egg_timer.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Digital_egg_timer.jpg/180px-Digital_egg_timer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Digital_egg_timer.jpg/240px-Digital_egg_timer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Digital egg timer with animated falling sand</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:62px;max-width:62px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Egg_timer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Egg_timer.jpg/60px-Egg_timer.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Egg_timer.jpg/90px-Egg_timer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Egg_timer.jpg/120px-Egg_timer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="1410" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Egg timer of the traditional hourglass type</div></div></div></div></div> <p>An <b>egg timer</b> or <b>kitchen timer</b> is a device whose primary function is to assist in timing during cooking; the name comes from the first timers initially being used for the timing of cooking <a href="/wiki/Egg_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (food)">eggs</a>. Early designs simply counted down for a specific period of time. Some modern designs can time more accurately by depending on water temperature rather than an absolute time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Egg_timer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traditionally egg timers were small <a href="/wiki/Hourglass" title="Hourglass">hourglasses</a><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_prince_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph_prince-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the name has come to be synonymous with this form. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As technology progressed <a href="/wiki/Clockwork" title="Clockwork">mechanical</a> countdown timers were developed which had an adjustable dial and could be applied to a wide range of timed cooking tasks. Most recently <a href="/wiki/Timer#Digital_Timers" title="Timer">digital timers</a> have also been manufactured and a wide selection of software is available to perform this task on a computer or mobile phone. The task is simple to perform on most microwaves and oven timers. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:188px;max-width:188px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:92px;max-width:92px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Egg_timer_digital.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Egg_timer_digital.jpg/90px-Egg_timer_digital.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Egg_timer_digital.jpg/135px-Egg_timer_digital.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Egg_timer_digital.jpg/180px-Egg_timer_digital.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Digital egg timer</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:92px;max-width:92px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kitchen_timer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kitchen_timer.jpg/90px-Kitchen_timer.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kitchen_timer.jpg/135px-Kitchen_timer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kitchen_timer.jpg/180px-Kitchen_timer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1328" data-file-height="1824" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Mechanical clockwork egg or kitchen timer</div></div></div></div></div> <p>New products have been developed which potentially allow for better egg timing; these use the temperature of the water in which the eggs are being cooked to indicate the cooking state of the eggs. This kind of timer has the potential to more accurately indicate the state of the egg while it is being cooked as they do not rely on certain conditions (water hardness, hob temperature, atmospheric pressure). </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg/120px-Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg/180px-Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg/240px-Mechanical_egg_timer_internals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2067" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Clockwork mechanism of a mechanical egg timer</figcaption></figure> <p>One such product is made of translucent plastic with a heat-sensitive coloured disc in the middle which changes colour at 80 <a href="/wiki/Celsius" title="Celsius">°C</a> (176 °F). The plastic around the disc changes temperature relatively steadily and gradually from the outside to the inside of the plastic mimicking how an egg heats up while cooking. This allows an observer to see the colour creep inwards through the disc and stop the boiling at the stage required. As it mimics the boiling of an egg, it will be accurate even if the boiling process is disrupted, a lower temperature is used and regardless of the quantity of eggs being cooked.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other similar products use electronics to sense the water temperature and play a certain tune or series of beeps to indicate the state of the eggs.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Egg_boiling">Egg boiling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Egg_timer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Egg boiling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:124px;max-width:124px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Electronic-eggtimer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Electronic-eggtimer.jpg/120px-Electronic-eggtimer.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Electronic-eggtimer.jpg/180px-Electronic-eggtimer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Electronic-eggtimer.jpg/240px-Electronic-eggtimer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="817" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A musical electronic egg timer</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eggtimer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Eggtimer.jpg/120px-Eggtimer.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Eggtimer.jpg/180px-Eggtimer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Eggtimer.jpg/240px-Eggtimer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">A colour-changing egg timer</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Eggs consist of <a href="/wiki/Ovalbumin" title="Ovalbumin">proteins</a> which <a href="/wiki/Denaturation_(biochemistry)" title="Denaturation (biochemistry)">denature</a> when heat is applied. They lose their shape and become long strands rather than tight masses. They then tangle with each other causing the liquid of the egg to become more and more <a href="/wiki/Viscosity" title="Viscosity">viscous</a>. </p><p>Most traditional egg timers have a set time of about three minutes, that being the approximate time it takes to <a href="/wiki/Cooking" title="Cooking">cook</a> an average sized <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">hen's</a> <a href="/wiki/Egg_(food)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (food)">egg</a> in water. Hard-boiled eggs take longer to cook. The three minute egg timer is for soft-<a href="/wiki/Boiled_eggs" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiled eggs">boiled eggs</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-Herbst_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herbst-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The egg changes rapidly during the first few minutes of cooking. The changes cannot be seen through the <a href="/wiki/Eggshell" title="Eggshell">eggshell</a>, so timing is important. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_timers">Other timers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Egg_timer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other timers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Timer" title="Timer">Timer</a></div><p><span class="anchor" id="Memo_Park_timer"></span> </p><p>Countdown timers not specifically for eggs are also available for general kitchen and timing use. For example, the clockwork Memo Park timer had a countdown of up to sixty minutes and was sold attached to a <a href="/wiki/Keyring" class="mw-redirect" title="Keyring">keyring</a>, its original purpose being to remind motorists when their <a href="/wiki/Parking_meter" title="Parking meter">parking meter</a> was due to expire.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Egg_timer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-telegraph_prince-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-telegraph_prince_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPrince" class="citation news cs1">Prince, Rose. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkpicturegalleries/6709505/Christmas-wish-lists-Hamish-Anderson-Richard-Corrigan-Skye-Gyngell-Rose-Prince-Sophie-Dahl-Sir-Terence-Conran-Sam-and-Sam-Clark-and-Yotam-Ottolenghi.html?image=3">"Christmas wish lists: Hamish Anderson, Richard Corrigan, Skye Gyngell, Rose Prince, Sophie Dahl, Sir Terence Conran, Sam and Sam Clark and Yotam Ottolenghi"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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