This four-cup egg poacher by John Lewis is a good quality medium sauté pan suitable for gas and induction hobs. Silicone is not the best conductor of heat and both eggs took upwards of 8 minutes despite the accompanying instructions suggesting five.

While they don’t produce that classic poached egg shape, we managed to get a firm white with a jammy yolk with relative ease.In testing, we tried each poacher several times to see whether cooking at different heats or for different times altered the results. We test all the egg poachers on our list, naturally enough, by using them to poach multiple batches of eggs. The poaching cups are non-stick too, but in testing, we found that giving them a light wipe or spray with cooking oil made it easier to coax them out. They’re designed to give you a result that’s closer in shape and texture to classic poaching methods, as the bags sit in the water during cooking.

Made from heat-resistant silicone, its funnel guides the cracked egg through a central hole and into the water to prevent the yolk from breaking. Extend the 36 heat-resistant cables outside the oven or pan and place the alarm unit on the kitchen counter or secure it to the front or top of the oven with its included mag.Its second section contains the egg white whilst allowing water to flow evenly around the whole egg as it cooks.

As long as you keep the water to a low simmer, there’s no risk of egg white leaking into the water and foaming up. So, we tested some of the best egg poachers out there and compared the results to a ‘control egg’, poached to perfection by our food editor Barney Desmazery in a pan of lightly simmering water with a splash of white wine vinegar. It’s easy to overfill the pan with water as there’s no guideline, so we recommend cracking three eggs directly into their cups whilst it's empty, adding water through the remaining hole, then filling the final egg cup. YOUR OWN EGG RECIPES: Our boiled egg cooker includes 6 individual BPA Free, non-stick silicone egg cooking cups, make baking boiled eggs easier than ever!For the convenience of cooking four eggs at a time and the benefit of getting a multi-use sauté pan, this is a great poacher for families. Once placed into hot water these pouches self-seal so you don’t have to worry about egg white leaking into the water.