let eggs come to room temp, put tons of salt in the water and a dash of vinegar. When water comes to a boil, turn off pot and let sit for 10 min with lid on. Drain, shake gently to crack the shells and run cold water over them. and let sit. The salt really helps, the vinegar helps if you get a crack in your egg, instead of having this runny stuff all thru the water, it gels the egg and stops it from running so much.The cracking and cold water allows the water to get under the egg shell and losen it up. Plus this technique helps get rid of that dark green circle around the yolk