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These commercial quality machines feature stainless steel food-zones, easy cleaning stainless steel kettles, heated warming decks, old-maid drawers (for un-popped kernels), tempered glass side and back panels and an industry leading 8 ounce kettle operating on 860 watts. With the antique style design, you will be reminiscing about your early days at the ball game, carnival, or the movie theater. We have combined the best of both worlds--not only are you getting today's technology, you get an eclectic design with all the conveniences of the modern era. A couple of conveniences worthy of note include our exclusive old-maid drawer and convenient storage compartment. Our machine was designed with small perforations in the bottom stainless tray to allow the un-popped kernels to fall into the drawer. Simply "rake" the popped corn with a scoop and the "old-maids" disappear. We have also taken the base and added a convenient storage cabinet to store all of your popcorn supplies--it is perfect place to keep your popcorn bags, portion packs, and other supplies. We have sold thousands of these units to churches, schools, businesses, day care centers, varsity/PTA clubs, and more. Of course, our #1 customer is the home owner looking to add a theatrical effect to their home theater. Additional Features: Works on standard 110 volt 860 watts (Commercial Quality) Top Machine is 18"L x 21"W X 25"H Weighs roughly 45 lbs.
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Technical Details
- Deluxe model with 3 position control switch instead of the 2 position; 860 watts instead of 640- Switches include: spot light warmer, stirrer and pot heater; Heated Warming Deck
- Built-in warmer light; Popcorn scoop is included; Reject kernel tray Kernel and oil scoop included
- Heavy-duty powder coated steel and stainless steel construction; Cleans up with water
- Makes roughly 3 gallons of popcorn per batch; Minor assembly is required
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By slb (New Mexico)
This machine was ordered for a non profit group fundraiser; and has worked as expected. We ordered the pre packaged oil/butter/popcorn packets and maybe that has helped as we've had no problem with the popping. The product turns out well and tastes good. Our machine came just fine; no problems of manufacturing.
By Thomas Tomchak (Wheaton, IL USA)
It seems to me that anybody putting a product out in the wild should be proud of what they put out there. Personally I don't feel comfortable putting my work out there if I don't think it's the best I can do.
That being said, it's hard to believe that the people that made this popper would be proud of their work. The fit&finish on this machine is very poor, and you get the impression that it was just slapped together and pushed out the door. What specifically do I mean?
The top is uneven, with two corners bent upwards. It looks like they used a warped piece of metal to seal the top of it.
The tray on the bottom had a shelf missing (there are two metal brackets that the tray slides on). It was clearly a poorly welded piece and had just fallen off.
The front glass doors don't line up al that well, and no amount of adjusting seems to fix it.
The bottom fold out metal panel is WAY TOO TIGHT to be of any use. It takes two hands and a lot of force to move it up or down.
There are plenty of very sharp edges both inside and outside the machine.
And maybe the worse part - the machine came with a healthy amount of metal shavings on pretty much all parts, especially the inside where you would be scooping out the popcorn. This alone is an invitation to be sued. Yes, you would always clean a new machine like this, but having to find all of the metal shavings is beyond what you should expect to do.
All of these problems are not only correctable, but could and should have been found by an inspector prior to leaving their factory. I would be downright embarrassed to send this out with my name on it. It's products like this that give "Made In America" a bad name. It's really too bad.
Does the popper work?
After 2 weeks of experimenting and a lot of trial and error, we finally got the machine to turn out good batches of popcorn. Initially we had about 50% of every batch as un-popped. It's important to use enough oil, and the right type of oil/popcorn. But now it does churn out really good popcorn.
The user manual is barley worth sending at all. If you've ever purchased any Blendtec products, you know how nicely packaged it comes, and how well documented all of their products are. They even include health and diet information along with a handsome recipe book. First rate all the way. This popper would be on the opposite end. There's so much they could do to improve this product, the way it's sold, shipped and presented when you receive it.
Would I buy it again?
Probably not, knowing what I know now. It's good enough that I'm not interested in returning it, but I would rather pay more (and this is NOT cheap) and get a quality product. As somebody who takes great pride in my work at every level, it's deeply disappointing to see how some people just don't care at all.
By MEK (Virginia)
I ordered this popper for Christmas, and, unfortunately, have been unable to get it to work properly without burning the popcorn. I thought it would be great for our high school boys who hang out it the basement. I have been using the prepackaged oil and popcorn recommended for the unit, so that is not the problem.
Once the popcorn holding container (the stainless steel suspended thing in the photo) is heated and the oil is added and then the popcorn -a bar starts spinning the popcorn around within the heating unit. Once the spinning begins, unit begins to bounce around as the popcorn pops. This causes the unit to move away from the cog which is spinning it in a circle (this is bad!), it stops spinning, and the popcorn burns! We have tried several things to prevent this from happening but to no avail. The cog "teeth" are not very deep and don't prevent the motor and the popcorn unit from bouncing away from each other, so they lose contact. The popcorn then just sits in the heating unit while the unit bounces around trying to make contact with the motor that's supposed to spin the kernals so they don't sit in one spot and burn. So the popcorn does not fall out into the container below, and either burns or does not pop. We are sick of fooling with this thing trying to get it to work.
I hope I have made the problem clear. If anyone has a suggestion, I will happily remove or revise this review!
By kakky (Chicago, IL USA)
This machine is really a bargain for the price. It has been reliable so far and the quality is pretty good. There are a few quirks - the doors don't always stay shut (they are held closed by magnets which seems a bit underpowered). Also, on occasion the cable that connects into the bowl sometimes comes loose (also held by magnets). Other than that, I've been happy with this popper and would highly recommend it.
By JM (Sooner Nation, USA)
I have owned this popcorn machine for a few months now and it has performed good. But if you are like me, you always get a little "smarter" after the purchase. For the price this machine is probably good as it gets, add a little more money and you have better made machines to choose from. It works for me right now but I would not expect it to last very long if it was used heavily in a commercial type setting. After I purchased it, I found a popcorn machine dealer here and looked at some other machines including a Paragon machine that was only a little bit more money than this one. The fit and finish and materials on the Paragon was much better and appeared built to handle heavy usage. This one is 860 watts which is good and only requires about 5 or 6 minutes to heat up. One issue I noticed is the 8oz kettle on this machine is not very deep. I saw another 8oz machine with a kettle nearly 1 inch deeper. I think the shallow kettle helps too many kernels to go flying about unpopped and end up in the old maid tray. I watched a commercial popper do its thing and there were hardly any unpopped kernels left. There are a bunch with this machine even with using the pre-portion packs. I even added weight to the flip up kettle doors and that has helped but once the popcorn gets popping good and the doors fly open, the uncooked kernels come a flyin. One other issue I see is how the power cord is attached to the kettle. This one is attached via a magnet and seems to easily pop loose when you turn the kettle up to shake the remainder out. I think there could be a better means of attaching the cord to the kettle. Again some of the other types I have seen have a heavy duty flexible cord permanently attached. My unit was made in China according to the box it came in and I think it is good for the Home Theater and occasional use. My next machine will probably be a different brand from this one. Again it has performed good in my home theater with occasional use, but I have doubts about taking it to a function and cooking popcorn for 200 people.
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