Reply #1: Stick the eggs in a pot of water (1/2 inch above eggs), turn up the heat. [View All]

[alittlelark]

When the water starts boiling check the clock. Wait 12 minutes, take them off the heat, dump about 1/2 the water, and fill w/ cold water. Dump most of that water after 5 minutes or so, and replace w/ cold. Dump that in 5-10 minutes and replace w/ cold water and ice (1/2 and 1/2). They'll be ready when the ice melts.

That's the quickest way I know of that almost always keeps the shells intact.