How long to hard-boil an egg depends more on your elevation than the egg's size — the higher up you are, the longer it takes.
Gently lower your egg into the boiling water — using a spoon works well. Start the timer for how you like them, then cool in ice water the moment it rings. Add time if:
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Pick how you like your egg — poached, soft, medium or hard — and the time above the egg updates to that cook time. Bring a pan of water to a rolling boil, gently lower the egg in with a spoon, then press Start. A rooster crows when the egg is done — tap Stop alarm to silence it.
Running a little behind? Tap +30 Sec to add time, or Reset to clear it back to your chosen time. The cook times assume roughly sea level — add time at higher elevations (tap More instructions above for how much).
Want a plain countdown timer instead? Use the timer, or time something with the stopwatch.