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Tommy Hawes' Crack Egg Separator

By Rain Noe - August 9, 2012

in Flotspotting

The short-order cook at the diner I frequent is always busy, so when a gym rat comes in and asks for an egg-whites-only omelette, I know he gets pissed. Those of you who have separated an egg the old-fashioned-way know why.

What Antonio needs is an egg separator, like the one designed by Toronto-based Tommy Hawes. We spotted Hawes' Crack concept on Coroflot, and he makes the process as simple as possible: You insert an entire egg into the device, shell and all; you cap it and twist it, which causes a camera-shutter-like aperture to slice the shell open at the top; you ditch the shell top; then you invert the entire thing, allowing the white to drain through the strainer, which traps that bodybuilder-unfriendly yolk within.

What's that, you say, you can't make out the text in the photo above? Well then maybe you should click on over to our awesome new Coroflot, and check out the large image in all its high-res glory!

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tim

12 years ago

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ah i dont know about this one, there seems to be a huge disconnect these days between people who do actual work in a kitchen, and people who design objects for the kitchen.

anyone who cooks knows the fastest and easiest way to separate an egg is to just use your fingers.
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Michael Junge

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I agree, it would not take any time out of my cooking but if it could do 4-6 eggs at a time ...
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SPN

12 years ago

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Lazy Humans....
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Bryan Johnson

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In the time it would take to dig this thing out of whatever drawer I stuck it in...I have separated and cooked my eggs already. People that eat egg whites and work out like myself are on the go and dont want to fiddle with with stuff to make a simple breakfast. If its that big an issue the works been done for you as Ryan said, buy them in a carton. Just the cleaning and maintenance would be enough to drive you insane. it takes two dishwashings and hand scrubbing just to get eggs off of my spatula.
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Aaron

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Got to agree here. Nice renders but I think it's designing for a fabricated need. If this thing was quicker and easier than using your hands maybe, but to me it looks more cumbersome.

If it could do 20 eggs at once then maybe, but all I see here is 3D modelling and rendering practice.
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theperfectnose

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Looks like a b*tch to clean and really environmentally un-friendly to boot. Professional cooks can separate eggs one handed (heck regular people can too) and if that's a problem use two hands. Lots of videos on youtube to learn from. + everything the commentators above have said. C'mon guys you used to feature some really innovative stuff here...
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Ryan

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Geez, is this really necessary? A whole multi-piece product to separate eggs? The only thing more obnoxious than having to separate an egg in your hands is washing this thing for two eggs. That's got to be $100k in molds and development. Wasteful. Buy egg whites in the carton.
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Luke

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I can't see this working terribly well. Separating egg yolks is not a hard thing to do, especially not for a short order cook.

I'm personally not a fan of gadgets that try to compensate for a lack of skill, especially not ones that are complex and serve just one purpose. They clutter up a kitchen, they're prone to breaking, and they're really hard to keep clean.

Toss in eggs, and you're just begging for salmonellosis. On the issue of food safety alone, I doubt this would even be allowed in a diner.
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