TIMER

Kitchen Timer

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Press “Lap” to record splits

Cooking times for common foods

Timings shift with size, starting temperature and pan, so treat these as a starting point and adjust the second time you cook something. Press any timing to load it into the timer above.

Egg, soft-boiled · from the fridge
Egg, medium-boiled
Egg, hard-boiled
Pasta, al dente
White rice, simmered
Broccoli florets
Green beans
Steak, 2 cm thick · medium rare
Roast chicken · about 1.5 kg
Black tea

The two timings people forget

Resting and proving are the steps most often skipped, because both look like doing nothing — and both are much easier to get right with a timer than with a glance at the wall clock.

Rest meat after the heat · before carving
Bread, first rise · until doubled
Bread, second rise · once shaped
How do I set a kitchen timer?

Press the timing you want in the table below and it starts counting down immediately, or set the hours, minutes and seconds by hand with the steppers. If you want a reminder of what is cooking, give the timer a name — it appears under the digits and in the browser tab.

Will it still ring if I switch to another tab?

Yes. The countdown follows wall-clock time rather than animation frames, so switching tabs — or closing the laptop and opening it again — still ends at the right moment. Keep the tab open and the volume up: the alert is played by this page, not by a system alarm.

Can I run two timers at once?

No, one timer runs at a time. For two countdowns at once — a roast in the oven and rice on the hob — open this page in a second browser tab; each tab keeps its own independent timer.

Do I need to install an app?

No. It runs in the browser, needs no account, and keeps working after the page has loaded even if the connection drops.