Oster 4716 Egg Cooker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Oster 4716 Egg Cooker
Customer Review: Wonderful, And Then Combustible
Summary: 1 Stars
This egg cooker was a true delight for several months, and was used about every other week. It was highly efficient, made eggs perfectly, and was reasonably easy to clean. Its use was as recommended by the manual.
Then, two days ago the house filled with the stench of melting plastic. When it was traced back to the egg cooker, it appeared switched off but was in fact burning into overdrive. The plastic canopy had melted like Dali's clocks, and begun to sag over some hard boiled eggs left from the night before. I unplugged the cooker, and discovered that the canopy had melted into the base and was fastened tight.
Not only was it completely ruined, but if this had happened when no one was at home, it might have even burned down the house!
In spite of all of this device's very positive qualities, this is clearly a fatal flaw and cannot be recommended. Oster should recall this model and overhaul the design for safety purposes.
Customer Review: eggs cooked perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I just got this egg cooker for the office. Yeah we used to get eggs free here at the office now they charge us. Anyway, we (the other ladies here in the office and I) decided on this brand because of the name and the other reviews we saw here.
So far we have used it every day for a week, once a day in the morning and it has cooked our eggs PERFECTLY. We have only done hard boiled eggs, not pouched or soft eggs. It sits on my desk and I watch when the light goes off and it clicks. I don't need any more bells and whistles to alert me.
One thing to be careful about is not to puncture the eggs twice...else it will leaks some yoke but still the eggs came out perfect the yoke thing was a first time trial mistake. Enjoy!!
p.s. i bought an oster blender too ....bout to put a review that now too. I think I love this name brand!
Lastly only 4 stars because I need to see how it works in a month or so, but so far I am pleased
Customer Review: Another one melts!
Summary: 1 Stars
I too am the victim of a this egg cooker which did not shut off and melted the top which fused to the machine. I was making eggs for Easter dinner and when I came in from outside the smell was horrible. I tossed the entire egg cooker in the trash as I could not even pry it open. I never thought about contacting them until I was going to order a new one and read other reviews where this appears to be a serious problem with this cooker. I purchased mine in late 2005 and only use it 2-3 times a year.....so this makes about the 10th time it has been used. I sent a inquiry to Oster and there response back to me was that it has a 1 year warrenty and since I can not produce the product there is nothing they will do. I can tell you I will not make the same mistake by buying this product again. Up until it melted, I would have highly recommended it as it made perfect hard boiled eggs. I recommended to Oster that there needs to be a safety recall on this product!Customer Review: a fair purchase... BUT..... not again.
Summary: 3 Stars
Had a different brand egg cooker for about 8 years. When it died, I bought this Oster.
Pros: cooks 8 eggs at at time, piercing pin is part of the boiling ring, so you don't have to store it, etc.
Cons: not easy to clean- even scrubbing with steel pad did not get it clean, both tray and base unit simply look dirty from the first use. Looks rusty after a few months. No audible signal upon completion of cooking cycle.
and the WORST: yesterday the auto shut-off failed, and the base unit overheated, melting the plastic top onto the base and creating a horrid burnt plastic odor and smoke in the kitchen.
Although it functioned fairly well for a while, I think that overall I will not be replacing this one with the same product- the old one I had was better, even though it cooked fewer eggs. That one simply died after many years of faithful use, with nary a "bad egg" in the process.
Customer Review: Doesn't Last!
Summary: 1 Stars
My family loves hard boiled eggs. Based on favorable reviews, I bought an Oster Egg Cooker in April 2007. It's my first egg cooker and we loved the perfect hard boiled eggs. It's very easy to use -- just fill the unit with water to the line, pierce the eggs (piercer is on the holder), place the eggs in the holder, put the lid on and press the start button. The Oster also cooks soft boiled and poached eggs but unfortunately never got around to trying other eggs as the unit malfunctioned and melted the cover after only 6 months! I followed the directions to the T and the automatic shut off should have averted any overheating. My entire house stunk with the smell of melted plastic. Extremely dissatisfied with the poor service life of this appliance (used approx 3 times per month - which means it malfunctioned after less than 20 uses!). I plan to buy another egg cooker, but it definitely won't be an Oster!