Kitchen timers for home cooks

A fast, clean timer for the busy part of cooking — no ads, no account, no clutter. Set a countdown in two taps and get back to your pan.

A fast timer for every dish

The online timer opens instantly in any browser — phone, tablet, or laptop on the kitchen counter. Type the minutes you need, hit start, and the countdown fills your screen. Quick presets cover the most common cooking times:

• 5-minute timer — soft-boiled eggs (large egg, room temperature), blanching green vegetables, blooming spices in a dry pan.
• 10-minute timer — pasta (most dried shapes), steaming broccoli or fish, resting a chicken breast after cooking.

For other times, type any duration directly in the timer. Your last setting is remembered, so you don't have to retype it when you're cooking the same recipe again tomorrow.

Common boil, bake, and steep times

Knowing the right time matters as much as having a timer. Here are reliable starting points for common kitchen tasks — adjust to your stove, oven, or altitude:

• Pasta (dried): 8–12 minutes depending on shape and thickness. Check the packet, then taste 1–2 minutes early.
• Rice (white, absorption method): 18 minutes covered, then 5 minutes off-heat to steam.
• Hard-boiled eggs: 12 minutes from a cold-water start, then ice bath to stop cooking.
• Soft-boiled eggs (runny yolk): 6–7 minutes from boiling water.
• Roast chicken thighs: 35–40 minutes at 200 °C / 400 °F as a starting point; confirm poultry reaches 74 °C / 165 °F with a thermometer.
• Baked potatoes: 50–60 minutes at 200 °C / 400 °F for medium-large.
• Tea steeping: 3 minutes for black tea, 2 minutes for green, 4–5 minutes for herbal.
• French press coffee: 4 minutes before pressing.

For a deeper dive into timing by cooking method, see the cooking timer times guide or browse the recipes and timing guides.

An alarm for long bakes you cannot watch

A countdown is ideal when you can stay nearby. But for long bakes — a slow-roasted pork shoulder, a loaf of sourdough, a braise that needs 90 minutes — you want an alarm that fires at a specific wall-clock time, so you can leave the kitchen entirely.

The alarm clock does exactly this. Set it to ring at, say, 14:45, and it fires once at that moment regardless of when you started. No countdown to keep watching, no re-entering the time. Allow browser notifications for an extra cue if you move to another room, and keep the browser tab open.

Running two dishes at the same time

Use the multi-timer when several dishes need separate countdowns in one place. Name each timer for the food, choose parallel mode, and start the setup. If you want browser-level separation, you can still open the timer in separate tabs. For a fixed finish time, use the alarm clock instead of another countdown.

No ads, no sign-up — safe for the kitchen

The timer screen shows the countdown and controls. There are no banner ads that flash or play sound while you're concentrating on a sauce reduction. No pop-up asking you to create an account. Clockfresh can work offline after the page is cached, so a bad Wi-Fi signal does not have to interrupt your timer mid-boil. You can install it as an app on your phone for one-tap access from the home screen.

Questions

Can I run two timers at once for two dishes?

Yes. Use the multi-timer to run named cooking timers in one tab, or open separate timer tabs if you prefer each dish isolated.

Will the alarm still sound if my phone screen locks?

Clockfresh computes the remaining time from the real system clock rather than counting ticks, so it catches up when the browser resumes. For the sound cue, keep the tab open and allow notifications; locked-screen behavior varies by browser and device, especially on iOS.

Is Clockfresh free and does it require an account?

Yes, completely free — no account, no subscription, no ads on the timer screen. Open the page, set your time, and start cooking. Nothing else is required.