Original Whirley Pop Popcorn Maker - Wabash Valley Farms Gourmet Popcorn Popper, Aluminum Pot With Nylon Gears, 3-Minute Stove Top Popper, Home Movie Night (Silver)

This makes the easiest tastiest popcorn fairly quickly from a handful of kernels and brings about a Nostalgia I don't understand but am grateful for. Initially I liked the copper but went with the red with wood habdles (plastic that looks like wood? _nit metal_) and I think it was the right call. The first batch I burned. The 2nd batch I lifted off the flame after it started popping and avoided burning any. Then I drizzled dark chocolate over a batch of buttered and salted popcorn. I don't put butter or salt into the qhirly pop, instea dalways transferring the popcorn out intoa bif flat tupperware with lid to add butter n salt and shake together. If you add the chocolate do it after this part so you get the sweet and salty. Pop it on a baking tray on parchment paper then drizzle the choclate and put that pan in the fridge for 5 minutes. Amazing! I think I have white corn kernels I'll try next.

I have been on a quest for the perfect popcorn popper for years.I’ve found a couple of electric poppers that have generally worked well. They feature a spinning mechanism that keeps the kernels and popped corn moving. Most of the popcorn pops, but they are often a hassle to clean. They claim to be designed to flip over and use the plastic cover as a bowl, but the plastic disk that goes over the top never stays on, causing any toppings to end up in your lap if you use the cover as a bowl. Nonetheless, they produce the best-tasting popcorn (and I know the ingredients). However, my latest electric popper randomly stopped working, which seems to be a trend. One day, it’s fine, and the next, you turn it on, and nothing happens.Due to the cleaning issue, I’ve been using microwave popcorn for the past year or so. There’s no mess to clean up other than the bowl I empty the bag into. However, it doesn't taste as good, and as we all know, microwave popcorn is linked to cancer due to its ingredients.I recently bought an air popper, thinking it would be less messy than my electric popper and wouldn’t require oil to pop. However, the air popper leaves about half the kernels unpopped and sends popcorn flying everywhere—across the counter and onto the floor, with some landing in the bowl. I crafted a tube out of aluminum foil to direct the popcorn closer to the bowl, reducing mess, and it does help more seeds to pop. But I still need two bowls: one to pop into and another to transfer the popped popcorn into so I can collect the unpopped kernels and return them to the popper for another attempt, which still yields many unpopped seeds and overheats the machine, causing it to shut off.But I finally found the perfect popcorn popper. It pops on the stove. You add oil and kernels, crank the handle, and within a few minutes, you have popcorn—AND EVERY KERNEL POPPED! It is also easy to clean. Thus, my seemingly lifelong quest for the perfect popcorn popper has ended. The Whirley Pop popcorn popper is the best popper I have ever used.

Works very well. Using oil definitely makes for better popcorn. Everything seems to be in order. The item is heavier than I thought because of the bottom plate. Good built. I don't recommend holding item on side and start shaking real hard because the top could dislodge. I like this product.

After years of disappointing popcorn from our air popper, I decided to give the Whirley Pop popcorn maker a try. I went with the stainless steel model for the thicker base that works better for kettle corn and is also equipped with metal gears for durability. Following the included directions, I seasoned the pot and proceeded to make our first batch with the included all-in-one popcorn packet. After a short period of time the wonderful sound and smell of movie theater popcorn was in the air. The Whirley Pop worked wonderfully and produced great popcorn with only a few kernels left unpopped. The next batch, I decided to try my hand at kettle corn, using a simple recipe of 1/4 cup neutral oil, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup Amish XL popcorn. Setting the stove heat level to medium, I added the oil and three kernels, when those popped, I added the rest of the popcorn and waited until I heard those kernels start to pop before adding the sugar. After dumping into a bowl, I added a little salt and tossed to harden the sugar which produced a delicious kettle corn, just like you get at the fair! The Whirley Pop is a great product, it is simple to use, cleans up easily and spinning the handle is quite interactive and fun! I would highly recommend the Whirley Pop as a gift to family, friends and especially yourself. Get one, you won't be sorry!

I have been using a Whirly pop popper for many years. I had the aluminum one, next the red aluminum popper. The stainless steel popper is the best. The layers on the bottom retain the heat and it’s all done in 3-4 minutes. I don’t have any old maids either. I’m so pleased you now have the stainless popper.