Dash Deluxe Egg Cooker, 12 Hard Boiled Eggs, Black

Why it's worth it

It boils a dozen eggs, poaches seven, or cooks one omelet, then shuts itself off and tells you it's done. If you meal-prep, pack lunches, or just want the shells to slide off for once, this is the Dash that earns its counter space on weekday mornings instead of novelty.

This is the rare gadget that removes a chore instead of adding one. A built-in thermal sensor decides when the eggs are done, so you're not hovering over a pot and guessing. PCMag's review found it turned out consistent hard-boiled eggs that peeled cleanly, though it took a few runs to land on the doneness they wanted. Expect the same from yours. Your first batch is really a calibration batch.

The capacity is the part people underrate. Twelve eggs in one cycle means Sunday meal prep is a single run, not three. If you eat eggs for protein most days, or you're packing lunches for a couple of kids, you fill the tray once and walk away. Smaller cookers make you repeat the whole process, and that's exactly the friction that sends an appliance to the back of the cabinet.

From our review of 8 dash mini appliances

What we like

• +This is the rare gadget that removes a chore instead of adding one
• +The capacity is the part people underrate
• +It's not only a boiler, either
• +Cleanup is where it beats almost everything else Dash makes

What to know

• –The water measurement is the whole ballgame, and it's fussy at first
• –It's also one of the larger things here, so it's not a drawer appliance