Everyone has their own rule of thumb they follow when it comes to cooking pasta because, let's face it, although it's filling and delicious in all of its forms, there's nothing worse than overcooked pasta. Add a bit of charm to your kitchen, lets the 5 best pasta timers do their job and you will have perfect pasta!
Chef Al Dente Singing Pasta Timer by Smart Touch
Are you ready for to Meet Al Dente! It is a fun way to get the perfect pasta and it plays a melody to let you know when your pasta is 'al dente' ! Place Chef Al Dente right in the pot with your pasta. At 215 (boiling) 2 beeps as timer starts. After 8 minutes melody plays (looping). After 10 minutes melody stops, then beeps 3 times. Rinsing in cold water resets timer and stops the melody. High Temperature polycarbonate plastic.
PROS:
- 1. Entertaining, fun and comedic
- 2. It works well within a certain time frame (some types of pasta)
- 3. A great cute gift for cooking pasta lover
CONS:
- 1. The singing is soft
- 2. Beeps super loud, doesn't seem like it is singing
- 3. Does not work all the time
- 4. It doesn't work well on most pasta types
The Singing Floating Pasta Timer by Brainstream
It doesn't matter if Al Dente is put together with spaghetti, bavette or tagliatelle! Accessorize your kitchen with the Al Dente singing and floating pasta timer - a functional and humorous kitchen utensil that everyone loves!
PROS:
- 1. It "sings" at the correct time interval
- 2. A great collector of weird kitchen gadgets
- 3. Fun and entertaining
CONS:
- 1. Cheap plastic, easily fall apart
- 2. Much smaller than expected
- 3. The volume output is too low
Burton Perfect Pasta Reusable Color-Changing Timer
Burton’s Perfect Pasta Timer makes it easy to cook pasta to perfection. No more guessing! Visibly changing colors with clearly marked indicators show when pasta has reached its ideal tenderness and is cooked to perfection, ready to enjoy. It’s the perfect easy read thermometer for cooking spaghetti, lasagna, angel hair, and more.Easy to use. Simply float the Perfect Pasta Timer in the pot while the pasta cooks and watch the color indicator change, from red to black. Once black reaches the clearly marked line, it’s dinnertime. Carefully remove the Perfect Pasta Timer, drain the pasta, and serve. Made from BPA-free and FDA-approved poly resin, Perfect Pasta Timer will last for years of use. It cools and resets to red in seconds for quick reuse.
PROS:
- 1. Heat sensitive pasta timer, no battery is required
- 2. Dishwasher safe
CONS:
- 1. It does get darker as stated but not fully circled darken. It darkens partially and not quite to the exact line on timer.
Polder Digital Egg and Pasta Timer
The Digital Egg & Pasta Timer takes the guesswork out of cooking eggs and pasta and does the timing for you. Programmable presets for 11 kinds of pasta are cooked al dente and include: Angel Hair, Macaroni/Rotini, Rigati/Medium Shells, Spaghetti/Linguini, Penne/Farfalle, and Rigatoni/Fettuccini. It's easy to select between 3 different temperatures with the intuitive, toggle wheel and touch screen control to cook eggs just the way you like it: Soft, medium, and hard boiled. The overtime alarm alerts when the time has been reached so cooking pasta and eggs to perfection has never been easier.
PROS:
- 1. Easy to use, everything is pre-programmed
- 2. Easy to set
- 3. It's more compact than other ordinary kitchen timers, its made specifically for eggs and pasta
CONS:
- 1. Some suggest that they are not able to figure the time out
- 2. Some suggest that it does not work for them
Barilla Pasta Easy Bucket Timer
Are you a big fans of Barilla pasta? If it's a big yes, Barilla Pasta Bucket time is definitely your choice! Imagine when you're boiling Barilla pasta, and dip the Barilla bucket timer into the pot, how cool would it be? It's easy to operate, just need to turn it clockwise to 60, then turn counter-clockwise to the number of minutes you required. A bell will ring when all the minutes have elapsed. Your pasta is ready!
PROS:
- 1. Easy to operate mechanically (no battery is required)
- 2. Easy to use
- 3. Cute bucket design - Barilla pasta brand's lover
CONS:
- 1. Need to adjust the timer manually
