Original Whirley Pop Popcorn Maker- Silver 6 Qt Aluminum Popcorn Maker with Metal Gear, Wabash Family Farms, With Included Good Time Guide

I have been a Whirley-Pop owner for a while now, and if you like popcorn I'd say it's a must have. I used to do the Alton Brown technique of tinfoil over a big mixing bowl on the stove, but it was a lot of work, was time consuming, and used up a lot of foil, so I gave the Whirly-Pop a try and I've never looked back. The results are superior to an air popper with very few dud kernals, and that's one less electrical gizmo I have to keep in the kitchen. Sadly I do not have a gas stove so I do not get the advertised "popcorn in 3 minutes," but making popcorn with it is still easy and faster than any other stovetop method I've tried. One thing to consider is since it's made of aluminum, take good care of yours and don't go dropping it on the floor or cramming it into an overcrowded cabinet. It's not too difficult to straighten out if you have an accident though. Mine has gotten a few dings in it but nothing that keeps it from working correctly. Just about any time I have a movie night these days I bring out the Whirley-pop and start making popcorn. My personal recommended kernels are Orville Redenbacher because they pop big, give me very few duds and have great flavor-- I've yet to find any other kernels that pop quite as nicely. For popping oil I use Kernel Season's, although whatever your favorite oil is it will work fine, though I recommend always using something butter-flavored! My favorite topping is home-made ghee and salt, hands down.

This was my quarantine guilty pleasure. I’ve used this countless times and it makes amazing popcorn each time. It’s best to buy the mushroom style kernels. It’s very easy to use and hard to burn the popcorn. It’s also really easy to make kettle corn using regular sugar or flavored sugar. Gold Medal makes some really great popcorn sugar with different flavors. Coconut oil works best. I’ve purchased a few of these as gifts and would never go back to microwaved popcorn again.

I’ve had one of these popcorn makers for many years. I love it. It really makes popcorn exactly like the ones in the movie theater do. It’s the same premise, it’s just that you do it on your stove top and you have to do the cranking. Anyhow, I recently bought this for one of my best friends for Christmas and she is absolutely delighted. She said it makes the best homemade popcorn yet! It heats up very quickly and your popcorn is done within two minutes. Also, this pan you don’t wash every time you use this. You take it apart and wipe it down with paper towels because they say the inside gets seasoned and you’re not really supposed to be washing it. They are right when they say that because really does end up making popcorn that taste delicious! You can buy pre-measured packets from the same company with different flavors. So far the only one that I’ve ever bought is the movie theater popcorn one. It’s delicious. They are kind of expensive for these kits, but worth it because I don’t eat popcorn every single day and a five pack of the popcorn kits last me for a couple of months anyway. You can also use your own popcorn and oil and still have delicious popcorn. I have invested in butter flavored coconut oil and Flavocol popcorn salt, along with a jar of Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn. The results are very much like a movie theater.

My wife and I have popcorn every Friday night. For years we made microwave popcorn. About a year ago we started making on the stove in a large heavy pot. The popcorn tasted so much better cooked fresh but it was always hard to cook all the kernels before the popcorn started to burn. It also took a while for the pot and oil to come up to temperature. My daughter told me about the Whirley-pop popcorn kettle and had heard that it made great popcorn. When I saw how inexpensive it was I bought it immediately. I was not disappointed. It makes awesome popcorn every time. The pot is very thin aluminum and feels cheap but I believe this thin metal allows the pot and oil to come up to temperature quickly (within not much more than a minute) and able to cook a half cup of kernels in about another minute and a half. There are almost no uncooked kernels when it is finished. While our favorite seasoning is garlic salt, we now have a second favorite and that is kettle corn. Just throw in a 1/4 cup of sugar with the kernels once the oil is hot and pop as normal. One bit of advice. 1. I recommend the metal gear 2. When poping popcorn, as soon as it becomes hard to turn the handle, because of the popped corn, stop turning take off the heat and let the last kernels pop before pouring out the awesomeness. 3. If making multiple kettles of popcorn, wipe out the bits or kernel between batches otherwise they may burn when cooking the following batch. 4. If making multiple kettles of kettle corn be sure to wash the pot which becomes coated with sugar. If you do not there is a good chance the remaining sugar will burn. We really love this kettle and know you will too.

Great popcorn maker, I have used many kinds, and this style is the best!

Love it!! It’s made from very thin aluminium (the base and the top), however it feels very well made, I’m guessing the material is so thin to help pop the popcorn quicker. This will not work with an induction cooktop, however Makes amazing popcorn! 🍿😍

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After using the stovetop method and a silicone microwaveable bowl for years, I bought this for my wife this Christmas. It works very well. Easy to clean, easy to use. The popcorn has an excellent texture, and when combined with some Flavacol it gives you the authentic movie theater popcorn you always want at home. Recipe: 1-2 tablespoons coconut oil 1/2-3/4 teaspoon Flavacol 1/2 cup of kernels 1. Heat the oil until it melts in the pan and covers the bottom 2. Add the flavacol salt / seasoning to the pan and swirl it around a bit to mix 3. Add the kernels (warm pan but not hot) and toss and swirl a bit to coat 4. Periodically swirl to keep coating the kernels until it starts popping ( a few minutes while it heats up ) 5. Once it starts popping, steadily swirl the popcorn until you encounter resistance, do not force the swirling handle. Done and delicious!

love love love it! I'm pretty sure this will be my number one favorite product purchase of 2018. I would not normally buy aluminum cookware, but choose the aluminum version after reading comments by people who had problems with the stainless steel. If you like popcorn, this is a fantastic product, and it makes amazing kettle corn (I used the recipe from the Martha Stewart video on YouTube: 5 tablespoons oil, 1/4 cup sugar, and sprinkle with salt only AFTER popcorn is finished and has been poured into the bowl). It helps to have a really huge bowl to shake up your popcorn after it's cooked. I also ordered the Flavacol at the same time which gives the popcorn great salty flavour, but go easy, it's very salty.