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Quote: The float test! Better for determining age, than good or bad. I use a plastic dishpan, filled with slightly warm water. Say, 100-105F. Put the eggs in- if it floats to the top, get rid of it. Too old. If it stands up on the bottom, big end up? Use it fast, baking is best, but it's...

Quote: Smell, any off colors or weird things. But especially smell! I use one of those little Pyrex custard bowls and crack each one in it, dump and crack the next egg. Smell, visual inspection seems to work. In 20 years I have never gotten a bad egg. Sheesh, I have something like 14 dozen...

Rather than float test them, I recommend breaking one by one into a separate bowl just before using. Floating before refrigerating will wash the bloom off and they may not last as long after that.