8 minute timer

A free 8 minute timer with big digits and a progress ring. Keep it open on the kitchen laptop and you never have to unlock a phone with wet hands. Also searched as 8 min timer, timer 8 minutes, 8 minute countdown.

What fits in 8 minutes

• Cooking: dried spaghetti to al dente. Start tasting at the alarm.
• Fitness: eight one-minute jump rope rounds with a few breaths between them.
• Study: outlining an essay, thesis first, three supporting points, conclusion.
• Household: wiping down the stove, backsplash and counters after cooking.
• Kids: a toy-car and block cleanup race against the ring.

The al dente check

Pasta keeps cooking after it leaves the water, especially if it goes into a hot sauce. Pull a strand at the alarm and bite it. A thin pale dot in the center means al dente. No dot means soft. More shapes and times are on the pasta timer page.

Tip: set Sound to Bell. It is lower and longer than the beep and carries better over a range hood. Press 8 to set eight minutes on any page. One minute either way: the 7 minute timer or the 9 minute timer. Any other length goes in the countdown timer.

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