The advantage here is clearly that you don't have to be standing at the stove the entire time and can go do whatever chores you need to do for about 30 minutes, come back and put the eggs in ice water and go about your business for another 10 minutes. Hardboiling eggs in a pot comes out different on every stove top. A…

Why is everyone so hateful to this egg dude? Jeez guys. Grab a life or something. It's how a dude likes to make an egg.

I've been hard baking my eggs since August 2009 when I first read the tip on your site. I hard boil 2 dozen about every two weeks and I personally find this method so much easier with very consistent results and far less cracked shells. And I've had much better luck with very easy peeling..! To each his own, I guess,…

I've been an avid reader of Lifehacker for many years now, but this tip has truly been of great help, and I kind of feel obligated to post this. I'm disabled in both my arms, with very limited range of motion. Typically, I can't hard-boil eggs because of risk of burn and the inability to reach over a countertop. …