Al Dente Red - The Singing Floating Pasta Timer: Will Sing Different Tunes When Pasta is Ready at 3, 7, 9, and 11 Minutes, to be Boiled with Any Pasta in The Pot, Floats in Cold & Hot Boiling Water

This actually works really well and was a hit at our family's White Elephant gift exchange! After opening, we immediately put a pot of water to boil on the stove. Sure enough, it started singing its song! If you leave it in long enough, it will actually go through all the songs. Time stated for each song was accurate according to package. Young son and fiancé will be fine tuning their "al dente" pasta as they are experimenting with cooking Italian!

bought this as a gift for my (italian) dad and we use it every time we make pasta. its cute and fun and the timer on it is legit. hoping theres a way to replace the battery if it ever dies out because we love using this

Really funny! It definitely does work, although the volume is a bit low. A fun gift!

In 2023 I was purchasing kitchen articles for a "Family Night Italian Dinner" church raffle basket and found this "Al Dente" pasta timer. It was a fun and unusual addition to our basket and I decided to get one for myself later. I was very surprised to find that it actually worked. I put it in the pot with the water and spaghetti noodles and after about 10 minutes we heard it playing the "Godfather" movie theme. The pasta was al-dente at that point. We listened to the music a little longer and suddenly the tune switched to "That's Amore". The pasta was done perfectly. The only reason I couldn't give it 5 stars is that we had to be in the kitchen to hear the timer music. My daughter could not hear it in the next room. I tried to purchase another timer for my son but it was no longer available. I was pleased to find it again this year and purchased it for him. This is a great timer to use when family or friends are socializing in the kitchen while the pasta is being cooked. It works well, but stay in close proximity to it or you will miss the music. Update: Used Al-Dente pasta timer again last night with a thicker pasta (Rigatoni). The timer played the Godfather theme when the pasta was just barely aldente. It rang again later playing the Tarantella (not That's Amore) & at that point it was truely aldente. We continued to cook the pasta and a third melody (a chorus from Verdi's opera Nabucco) played and the pasta was done. Gotta love this Al-Dente timer!

I very impressed with the little Al Dente red man pasta timer who sings as the pasta boils with the timing of the cooking and delivers the 4 Italian songs. I couldn't believe it, but my pasta was cooked perfectly 10-11 minutes. The little man was even singing out of the water, hilarious.

Not at all worth the price, this should be 10 bucks, max!!! At 4.5 inches tall, this little guy needs a lot of water to "sing" in, requiring a larger pot than I usually use for pasta. Heavier on the bottom because of the music player; but for some reason, it only floats face down. You can still hear the tinny music and the songs are definitely recognizable. But the times are off for all of them. I had my water at a good boil as instructed and all of the times were a minute+ short though. Maybe if I only had it at a simmer it would have been on time? Also, I wonder if you salt your pasta water, would it degrade the instrument over time? Would work well as a White Elephant/ Dirty Santa gift, but I don't think anyone would really use it to time cooking pasta. It would be need to be lower priced though (I'm seeing it at $25!)

My husband loved this, getting it for Christmas. However it’s very disappointing that you can just about the music. I agree with other reviewers that it isn’t worth the amount of money paid if you can’t hear the music. Disappointed.

Gave as a gift and she loved it!

Nicht nur eine witzige Idee und optisch ansprechend, sondern auch funktional. Es war ein Geschenk und kam hervorragend an. Ich werde mir selbst ebenfalls noch eines zulegen.

Me gusta la comida italiana, pero reconozco que el punto al dente me es algo complicado entre mi concepto y el de mi esposo. Con este mafioso al agua es una precision única y muy simpatica. La música es muy clara y de un volumen moderado así que es necesario estar cerca de la olla o sin ruidos alrededor. Gracias

Works perfectly and makes a good gag gift.

It’s been more than a year that we had this and we are so happy to hear the music to know how long the pasta and the eggs are cooking. It made life so easy that we don’t need to be checking every moment but can work on the other room and hear the music to come to lower the heat.. The customer service was excellent and we would definitely bite again.

Hillarious gift for my chef daughter