I love my Whirly Pop! It actually makes a batch of popcorn faster than any other kind of popper. You can use less oil than the instructions say, and it'll still work well. You can also put butter and salt into it as soon as the popping stops, and turn the crank to distribute them through the warm popcorn. (You should wash it after that, though.) I've had my Whirley Pop for a long time, and a couple of years ago the plastic gears on the lid broke. I wrote to the company, and they sent me a whole new lid for free!
Sheila F, if you're a big popcorn fan like I am, this is the greatest invention since electric poppers - and it makes better-tasting popcorn than they do.
When I was young we would go buy vegetables every Friday night from a man up the road. He would tell us that on Friday night he would have popcorn and tomato juice for dinner. Every once in awhile when I'm feeling a little low I will have popcorn and tomato juice for dinner on a Friday night. It always makes me feel better.
Great story, love it! Why specifically tomato juice? Sounds like a good combo, but I think I'd go with cream o' tomato soup, instead, made with milk, not water. A little grated cheddar mixed into the soup while it's hot. Hmmm, I think that might be dinner tonight.
You ever watch Wayne's World? That part with the "Suck-Cut" vacuum cleaner hair cutting thing? Emmy's face and black glasses while testing this reminded me of Garth.
I didn't even see his comment when I made mine, apparently hours later. Imagine being that unremarkable while fishing for attention, you may have made his day.
I bought the Whirly Popper a couple of years ago and after a lifetime of using different poppers this is hands down the best I've ever seen. It is quick and easy and leaves almost no unpopped kernels. I bought the stainless model and it is easy to clean up too. Using two tablespoons of popping oil and adding a bit of movie popcorn salt directly to the popper produces great popcorn. Last year at Christmas I gave one to each of our families and they all love them too.
Great review! I read an article somewhere (perhaps Consumer Reports?) about popcorn. It said that the unpopped kernels really had to do with the freshness of the popcorn more than anything else. One might think popcorn could last forever, since it is dried, but it does not. It still contains moisture inside the kernels, which is what makes it pop. It dries out, and then it won't pop. Older packages of popcorn, whether they've been sitting on the grocery store shelves or our own shelves, do not pop as well. Fresher ones do. Thanks for the great video!
Using the Whirley pop really does decrease the number of unpopped kernels. You may well be right about kernels being too dry. But I do know the whirley pop does work.
As an avid popcorn eater, I LOVE the whirley pop!! It''s super fast, every kernel ends up popped, and you save the steps having to slide the pot all around or pick it up and swirl it. Best thing to do is throw salt in at the beginning so it actually sticks and comes out all evenly salted...no butter necessary.
Kara Lee My favourite is to put a bit of seasoning salt in at the start (for the reason you stated) - and yes, no butter needed! So good. The seasoning salt adds a little something extra :)
You can also buy the butter flavor oils from your local grocery store and use that instead of regular cooking oil and put the popcorn salt in it and it will flavor your popcorn while it pops. That's how I always used my whirley pop
I have a spinner popcorn popper and it has made BUCKETS of pop corn. I crank the heat to high and warm the oil first. Then, add the 1/2 cup of kernals. In less than 2 minutes, we have the best popcorn! Salt and butter to taste. It is a uni-tasker. And, one of the few uni-taskers that we own. But, it fits on top of the cupboard and is used frequently. Best of all, it was a gift! Best price ever! Love your vids. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
I have had one that belonged to my mother and I am 74! The popcorn always comes out fluffy and warm. I wouldn't trade my 42 year old one for anything. Marilyn Warren
Miss Karla But he could still use it to roll out dough, pound out a cutlet or knock out a thug trying to break in when he was setting up his late night oatmeal to slow cook and be ready in the morning.....Oh bother!
Craig Chastain, I could also roll dough, flatten a cutlet, or thump a thug with a wine bottle, and I’m far more likely to having one of those in my hand already. ;)
Also, slowly chewed and moved burger away and looked left to right in awkwardness ( wow, rip English, I don't know how else to put it into words 🤦🏻♀️ )
Things I have done since I got my Whirly-Pop: Made clarified butter kettle corn. Used beef tallow as oil (sparingly!) and seasoned with a beef ramen noodle packet. Mixed clarified butter and coconut oil, colored with annatto and seasoned with fine salt. Bacon grease and seasoned with alder smoked salt. Used oil with a touch of chili oil (don't breathe the steam!) and sesame oil, seasoned with Chinese five spice powder. Olive oil, seasoned with parmesan cheese and rosemary. Pop in oil but season with brown butter and Himalayan pink salt. All of these could be done with a pot, sure, but I love the speed and ease of the Whirly-Pop. You never have to wash it unless you make kettle corn in it. You just rinse it with hot water and wipe it out. Anyway, I am a big fan of mine. Your mileage may vary.
These sound like some real popcorn innovations! I have never dreamed of BEEF POPCORN! I happen to have a jar of home-rendered tallow, too. Annato oil or annato lard ("achiotina" in the store) sounds GREAT. Well, a little something to look forward to.
I have a whirly pop, I love it! I got it at a second hand store about 4 or 5 years ago, I've used both butter and oil, I've even emptied one of those microwave popcorn packages in to it when I didn't have a microwave, it popped really good
I have one of these and I enjoy it. They also say not to clean it every time just wipe it out with a paper towel because it'll season the pot over time similar to cast iron. For anyone with an electric stove pre heat the element before you put the pot down, it helps make it go fast. I still wish I could find a decent air popper, the one I had before died and it was great.
Try making a pot dry, no oil. You need to keep it moving or some kernels will toast on one side and not pop, but it works pretty much as well as with oil. The gadget would probably be perfect for dry. Microwave? I don't have many good things to say about it, it's fun to watch, the smell is inviting.
Yeah, no such thing as low-fat oil. I grew up popping corn in a cast iron skillet, with a dome-type lid to give it room to bounce around. We always put the oil in first, with a single kernal. As soon as it popped, we dump in the rest of the corn, and put the lid on. It starts popping very quickly, and we shook the pan the whole time it popped. When popping slowed way down, we stopped and dumped it into a big bowl immediately. Can't let it sit in cast iron, it holds the heat, the corn will burn. I don't use microwave popcorn, they put all kinds of bad crap in it. I do have an air popper that works great, got it for $1 at a thrift store.
jbeargrr, Yeah, the oil/corn together, I didn't get. Sure, I mentioned "dry," but oil or dry, it seems adding popcorn to a hot skillet (etc) works best, dry, oil, no matter.
Oh my gosh!! Complete flashback. My dad has had a Whirly Pop for at least 30 years. When that thing came down from the highest cupboard my sisters and I would get so excited! I will never forget the first time I actually got to crank the handle! My dad LOVES popcorn and this thing just sits out on his stove now!
I have one of those and love it! My favourite thing to do is melt butter and (cane) sugar in it before adding the popcorn kernels. It makes the most awesome caramel corn 😀
I have made it the way you describe too, but the caramel is a lot thicker and sweeter. It's a completely different taste. When I make it in the kettle, you just get a thin coating and it is just slightly sweetened... You can eat a lot more without getting sick haha. And yes, it can very easily burn. I would be lying if I said I haven't messed up and let it go too long, you really have to stay on top of it the whole time. For me personally it's worth it though, the flavour is incredibly addictive!
I love the last sun glasses, very Hollywood. We have a Whirley Pop, type, for the RV. We use it on the camp fire, no flame, just red hot coals, OVER a grate. So much fun. It does stay out in the RV.
If you are wearing them out then you should probably look at a commercial one like these - www.gmpopcorn.com/products/product-classes.cfm?catid=1&classid=1
Yeah, saw a program about some boutique popcorn farm and all the different ways popcorn can be served (Korean hot oil and chives... who knew)... Anyhoo, Stir Crazy could underwritten the program as they were everywhere. And after getting one, I can see why. Very smartly designed. It may be one-note, but it does that very, very, well.
I'm not young, so I've had a lot of years to wear them out. Plus, given the smaller size and much lower cost I'd rather keep using a Stir Crazy style popper till it dies then buy a new one. I still haven't spent what one of those oversized commercial ones costs (even the smallest one).
I bought one of these at a garage sale that had never been used. I like it fine. The handle gets harder to turn as the popcorn pops but it turns out fine. I use brown butter on my popcorn. Delish!
You look beautiful in the glasses you wear! I, am a Whirley Pop owner and love it. I found that every electric popper I'd tried had a small "gutter" around the top that accumulated gunk--and you can't immerse the electric units. Always frustrated with that single design flaw. Whirley is completely washable, and you can use an old toothbrush to clean the lid's gear mechanism once in a blue moon.
I am one of the cooks that love gadgets but feel anything should have more uses than one to be worth the space and investment it requires. I always try to figure out multiple uses for each gadget. This popper looks so fast and easy that I thought it could be worth the space it takes. Perhaps it could be used also to make croutons, just figure out a right temperature and give the spiced bread cubes whirl every couple of minutes. It would be easier than making them on a baking sheet and opening a hot oven door to toss the cubes around. I am sure there would be other ways to use it also. Emmy, you are the best gadget tester on the net with your fluent language skills and calm voice. It is a pleasure to listened to you, I feel it is almost like ASMR.
Just before I watch it: Emmy, have your heard of the popcornloop? It is a product introduced in the first season of the German version of Shark Tank and got quite successful. But still I wonder if it is really better than just doing it in the standard way.
Now that I've seen the video, the popcorn basically solves the problem you describe in the end. It makes a normal pot into a whirley one whenever you want to make popcorn.
I don't know where I read this and why it hasn't come up elsewhere but if you throw a few test kernels in to pop and then turn off the heat and put the rest of the kernels in and wait 30 seconds before turning the heat on again, it helps the kernels cook more evenly and you won't burn your popcorn and have uncooked kernels. Best tip I've ever heard! Just got a whirly pop so excited to try it!
My grandma gave me one of those when I moved to my first apartment and that works like magic and make popcorn more fluffy and delicious, oil and a lil bit of butter and that will make popcorn just amazing.
I love my whirley pop! Making it in a pot is easy but I like the stirring action of the whirley pop, feels like it keeps the kernal more evenly cooked.
My husbanwaiting and I were sitting here eating popcorn out of our whirly pop kind of pot. So happy you did not give it shame, such a wonderful machine if you eat popcorn like us...we're actually famous in our neighborhood for popcorn, which we make batches and batches of on friday for movie nights!! All out of one pot! (ours is called the "pro popper" but same idea) It's really wonderful! We've had our pot for about 6 year and we bought it at Savers for $3.99! Popcorn lovers unite!!
The Whirley Pop is actually multipurpose like a regular pot....you can take the lid off of the Whirley Pop and use it's pot as a basic pot. Some people roast coffee beans in it, and I because of that I bet it's great at roasting nuts too. You can even make soup/stew in it and use the crank to stir when needed.
Emmy, have you considered doing a DIY Korean Bibimbap? I'd love to see you tackle it! (Also because I'll probably trust the recipe that you choose to do.)
I tried olive oils flavored / infused with different flavors: Chili was the best, enough heat that anyone can tell, but not hot enough to keep them from coming back handful after handful. Bacon grease, a guilty pleasure I need to try.
Hi Emmy, I just love your videos. You are not like most TH-camrs now of days, you give our fans the best experience of what the product is. I just that you should know that!
I generally agree with you about unitaskers, but my air popper is one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. It doesn't require oil and you cannot burn the popcorn, they're pretty inexpensive (usually well under $20), and no bigger than a water jug. It was the first thing I purchased when I had my own kitchen because it's just so much easier than doing it on the stove (or setting it on fire in the microwave).
For those that like the speed of microwave popcorn without all the concern of the chemicals used in fake butter flavoring, you can just take a brown paper sack - like you use for lunch bags - put in a couple tablespoons of oil, a couple tablespoons of popcorn, and a few shakes of whatever flavoring or spices you might like in there, roll down the top of the bag a couple times and secure with a single staple. Shake it up a bit and throw it in your microwave (flat side of staple facing up) for about 1.5 - 2 minutes...timing depends on your microwave wattage. Shake up the bag again before opening. There you have home made microwave popcorn with whatever flavorings you want. For those worrying about the staple in the microwave, the staple is too small and not curved enough to cause arcing in the microwave.I've done hundreds of bags in various microwaves over the years and have never set anything on fire yet.
We have had our whirley pop for years! It's a staple in our kitchen. Three bits of advice. #1 don't wash with anything but water, soapy tasting popcorn isn't good. #2 try coconut oil.. it's even better and healthier!! #3 pour it into a paper bag and add Morton popcorn salt.
Emmy, I love your’ channel. You’re so upbeat and well spoken. Bubbly, lively attitude gives me joy. Love these reviews and comparisons. Keep up the great work!
Cool you tested and liked the popper but what will you do with it, if you're not keeping it? Also I'm a fan of whatever glasses you like. Your glasses gor your face, just be happy and comfortable! 🍿👍😄💚
I grew up with the whirly popper. I LOVED IT! Cant find one here. Was a great time with my dad on movie nights popping paper grocrey bags full of popcorn!
If you're making popcorn using only oil and kernels you don't need a stirring mechanism. You need a stirring mechanism if you're making popcorn like they do at movie theaters, i.e., oil, kernels, and Flavacol (flavored popcorn salt). Without a stirring mechanism the Flavacol mostly just settles on the bottom of the kettle with not much of it ending up on the popped popcorn. Also, so-called "unitaskers" are a good thing; i.e., "the right tool for the job." Take a look at a professional auto mechanic's tools sometime and you'll see tons of so-called "unitaskers." There are special tools for driving in wheel bearing races, for separating ball joints, for compressing strut springs, for compressing valve springs, for expanding exhaust tubing, for flaring brake lines, for bending brake lines, for removing windshield wiper arms, for removing steering wheels, for working windshields into their gaskets, for removing snap rings, for cleaning battery terminals, and so on. I think it's hilarious that Alton Brown has managed to convince so many people to adopt his own bizarre idiosyncrasy.
@@ortzinator You have low standards for what constitutes "great results." Canola oil is practically flavorless, so the only thing you'll taste is salt. In addition to salt, popcorn should also have a butter flavor, which only comes from butter or the chemicals in butter that are responsible for the buttery flavor (diacetyl and acetoin).
You know you're early when you've read the description but have nothing to copy and paste to comment because Emmy hasn't added it yet :v When you were trying out glasses, I've been verbally answering you :x
I love the first pair of glasses on you. I want them. I’m also hungry for popcorn now. I like putting salt, butter, cinnamon, and sugar on my popcorn. One time I did cheese and turmeric. It wasn’t horrible. You should find some cool popcorn recipes to try on here.
Bryce Solar, coconut oil has no flavor, it's the salt and artificial butter flavor that makes movie popcorn taste the way it does. Coconut oil is better for you, but it won't taste like movie corn. I'd rather put real melted butter on mine, anyway.
I love my whirly pop! I also get the popcorn packets with seasoning and oil from a nearby restaurant supply. Tastes just like popcorn at the movie theatre!
MSG makes everything better! In Korean markets they have super salt (which has some MSG in it) and Super Seasoning which is MSG plus the guanylates and the other thing, this is what you actually find in Ramen, and snacks, and seasoned soy sauce and such. You use less of the super seasoning than plain MSG. Called "Miwon" I think, the super Miwon is more expensive than regular MSG of course, but I think it's worth it and you don't use much. People are so funny about MSG. I sometimes say "If you were Japanese, your GREAT GRANDMOTHER might have bought Aji-no-moto BRAND, it's still in the store today! Where was I? Oh, yeah. I'm going to try your suggestion!
It is now 2022 and I just bought the Whirly Pop maker after a friend told me she had one for years and really liked it. Made some Theater Popcorn with the Whirly Popper and worked great, tasted great, and easy to use. Was also easy for me to clean. I now have Theater Popcorn to eat while watching my streaming movies. Note: Before: I was looking at other Amazon Air Poppers and did not like the way they worked plus there were allot of negative reviews on Amazon on the Air Poppers. Also, I hate Microwave Popcorn and was told this kind of popcorn is worse for us cause of the ingredients. Thanks for the video. Note your video: Whether you cook the popcorn in a Pot or the Whirly Popper, the popcorn should taste just the same. it is the same cooking process. The Whirly may keep from burning some of the kernels that sit at the bottom of the pot by moving the kernels around while cooking. I still prefer the Whirly over just using a Pot. But that is your choice. Sure, the Whirly costs more, and I use it just for making popcorn.
Love my Whirly Pop. I’ve had it for years. The gear broke on top and the company sent me a new gear kit free and super easy to replace. Great company. We use coconut oil. Makes a nice subtle coconut flavored popcorn.
We love our whirly pop! it has ruined us for bag popcorn. that stufd no longer has a place in our house :) We do have a larger kitchen, so we don't worry about storing it. for me it isn't about the taste or texture, as it's the same with a pot, for me it's the time! We usually have a lot of people over for movie nights, so it's faster to make multiple bowls and still have them be hot for everyone!
Those types of popcorn pans are fairly common here in Brazil, but they are slightly different. Some are simply normal pans with the crank / mechanism attached to the lid only, so you could use the pan for other things if you want.
I LOVE MY WHIRLEY POP ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am stuck with an electric range, and the Whirley Pop is perfect. I can let it sit stationary on the burner without worrying about burning the popcorn. I get better results starting with the pan hot rather than cold.
These really shine when using flavochal in your oil to cook your popcorn the stirring mechanism really helps coat everything nicely but really only worth the space if you make a lot of popcorn! Like Emy found here I see these in thrift stores all the time for $10 or less. Worth a try for sure especially if ketel corn is your thing
I am currently weaning my son from breastfeeding and this was the only thing to stop his meltdown at bedtime ...this isn't the first time your channel has caught his attention and stopped a meltdown. He watches it without hardly blinking 😊 just thought I'd let you know how you helped a worn out mama and an upset baby. Thanks
I love my Whirley Pop!! It works so fast and you don't have to pick the pan up off the stove and shake it or any thing just stir the handle, awesome !!
My dad has a popper like that (not sure if it’s that brand) but he puts butter in with the kernels and the butter gets browned at toasty with the popcorn and tastes AMAZING. It’s my favorite kind of popcorn.
Can also use this thing to make roasted nuts. I hear it's possible to use it to roast coffee beans on too. Originally bought this to do some coffee bean roasting but never had any luck with it. But now I love it for what it was intended, for popping popcorn.
I remember as a kid mom would buy pre-packaged popcorn pouches. They came with two attached plastic sections. One had the popcorn and salt and the other side had a yellowish gel that looked like butter. Just put them in a pot and go. They were pretty good; the oily stuff gave it a nice buttery flavor.
I feel like you should’ve tested making kettle corn bc the constant turning of the whirly pop would be perfect for that and since it’s hard to recreate that in just a pot, it would have been a better comparison, I think!
For plain or buttered popcorn, I’m more likely to use my usual saucepan, because it’s handy and it works. But when I make kettle corn, I definitely dig in the back of the cabinet for my Whirlypop. A regular pot burns the sugar, but the Whirlypop stirs everything constantly so it doesn’t burn.
If you like plain popcorn, nothing can beat red or blue "gourmet'' popcorn. So much more flavor than regular popcorn and not much more cost. It's great w/o butter, just salt and pepper. I'd like to see a video devoted to different types of popcorn and flavors. I use an air popper most often and you lose a lot of kernels that way, but it's easy and quick w/o much clean up. Gourmet popcorn is better on the stove as you lose fewer kernels than an air popper. I have a Whirley Pop I got on clearance many years ago and it's fun for kettle corn and easy for my nieces and nephew to use when they stay over. I can't see them managing shaking a pot without a problem, so the space loss is fine for me in my tiny kitchen. It's on a high shelf out of the way until needed.
Hello from Texas! My hubby and I love our Whirly. Pop we have had ours now for a full year ! Got it at Bed Bath and beyond . It makes great popcorn 🍿 and yes I still use a pot when I don't feel like using the other. Love all the styles of your glasses! I wear them myself.
The crank popper worked good during the winter. We use to heat with wood in a cooking cabin stove. The kids loved to fix their own popcorn this way. We also made a lotta sweet kettle corn. We found out that after it is full of sweet stuff stuck inside that if you leave it in a shed the rats will clean the insides for you👍🤪. After that it simply became a dish to feed chicken from. They are excellent to take on camp trips. Or just kids in general and the kids who are pushing 50 years old.
I have had one for about 20 years and I love it. We love popcorn around here but we do not all the salt and oil and 7 other things they adulterate the corn kernels soak up. It takes less than 5 minutes between stove and mouth. Wouldn't .be without it. I add the salt with the oil. Sometimes I add sugar to the oil and get sweet and salty.
I make a lot of popcorn and have really enjoyed my Whirley Pop for the past 5 years. The lid can be a little bit of a pain to clean if you pop with coconut oil like they use at the theaters though. People also use them for roasting coffee beans.
When I was a kid, my parents were in an RV camping club. One of the guys had a huge stock pot with a custom lid that was basically the same idea as the whirly pop. He used a seasoned, orange colored solid fat that left the popcorn yellow and tasty. This generally made enough popcorn for about 30-40 people.
My Whirley-pop is also used as a sous-vide bath for when I'm using my sous-vide stick. I also use it for no kneed bread doughs to be mixed and to rise in over night.
I like to add salt and sugar to the popcorn so it's got a tendancy to stick or burn before it's popped. The metal piece in the bottom of that pan would really help with keeping the pieces off the heat so I'd probably make use of it.
I feel like the first one, the whirly thing, just looks aesthetically better. More round and puffy. And I agree with some others, any but the white ones. But you look great Emmy!
I have a Whirley Popper snd I love it. I also have a very small kitchen and I think it's totally worth the space it takes up. It's fast and almost every time it pops all of the kernels. So worth it!
I love my Whirly Pop! It actually makes a batch of popcorn faster than any other kind of popper. You can use less oil than the instructions say, and it'll still work well. You can also put butter and salt into it as soon as the popping stops, and turn the crank to distribute them through the warm popcorn. (You should wash it after that, though.)
I've had my Whirley Pop for a long time, and a couple of years ago the plastic gears on the lid broke. I wrote to the company, and they sent me a whole new lid for free!
Nice!
I love mine too. Had it for years.
Ben Lundy, they come with a warranty. Always read the warranty!
Ace Lightning my brother bought me one of those years ago and it really does work great I must admit
Sheila F, if you're a big popcorn fan like I am, this is the greatest invention since electric poppers - and it makes better-tasting popcorn than they do.
When I was young we would go buy vegetables every Friday night from a man up the road. He would tell us that on Friday night he would have popcorn and tomato juice for dinner. Every once in awhile when I'm feeling a little low I will have popcorn and tomato juice for dinner on a Friday night. It always makes me feel better.
IndigenousPotliquor awwww that so sweet
Aw, I loved this little story! Thanks for sharing!
Great story, love it!
Why specifically tomato juice? Sounds like a good combo, but I think I'd go with cream o' tomato soup, instead, made with milk, not water. A little grated cheddar mixed into the soup while it's hot. Hmmm, I think that might be dinner tonight.
I am feeling just that way today. No tomato juice, but a Blackberry Izze. Bon Appetit.
I love this
Thanks for all of your glasses opinions and the Whirley Pop love.
you should pin your own comments
You ever watch Wayne's World? That part with the "Suck-Cut" vacuum cleaner hair cutting thing?
Emmy's face and black glasses while testing this reminded me of Garth.
Irvin Martinez really, dude. if you gotta ask...the answer is ALWAYS NO. Be gone, little boy troll
I didn't even see his comment when I made mine, apparently hours later. Imagine being that unremarkable while fishing for attention, you may have made his day.
You don't wear glasses on your videos though. Do you only use them for like reading??
I bought the Whirly Popper a couple of years ago and after a lifetime of using different poppers this is hands down the best I've ever seen. It is quick and easy and leaves almost no unpopped kernels. I bought the stainless model and it is easy to clean up too. Using two tablespoons of popping oil and adding a bit of movie popcorn salt directly to the popper produces great popcorn. Last year at Christmas I gave one to each of our families and they all love them too.
No taste Difference, No look Different. As far a the glasses go... skip the white frame ones. Cheers.
Myles Yoshimoto I agree, all of the rest of the glasses looked great except for the white ones
I agree on the white frames, they make her face look washed out. She really needs something that stands up against her skintone.
Oliver Peoples or gtfo fellow eyeglass compatriots
Agreed, the rest looked great but the white ones were the wrong shape and colour to compliment Emmy's features, far too close together as well!
White glasses=Elton John, lol
Great review! I read an article somewhere (perhaps Consumer Reports?) about popcorn. It said that the unpopped kernels really had to do with the freshness of the popcorn more than anything else. One might think popcorn could last forever, since it is dried, but it does not. It still contains moisture inside the kernels, which is what makes it pop. It dries out, and then it won't pop. Older packages of popcorn, whether they've been sitting on the grocery store shelves or our own shelves, do not pop as well. Fresher ones do. Thanks for the great video!
Erin Uber
Wow. I did not know that!
I keep mine in the fridge. That keeps it far fresher.
Using the Whirley pop really does decrease the number of unpopped kernels. You may well be right about kernels being too dry. But I do know the whirley pop does work.
As an avid popcorn eater, I LOVE the whirley pop!! It''s super fast, every kernel ends up popped, and you save the steps having to slide the pot all around or pick it up and swirl it. Best thing to do is throw salt in at the beginning so it actually sticks and comes out all evenly salted...no butter necessary.
Ooo...good tip.
Kara Lee My favourite is to put a bit of seasoning salt in at the start (for the reason you stated) - and yes, no butter needed! So good. The seasoning salt adds a little something extra :)
I use flavacol to get the movie theater like taste! So yummy
I agree definitely! Putting the salt in with the kernels at the beginning is the best way. I find I don't even bother with butter this way.
I could see it being used for some other things too, maybe sauces or custards, or toasting Sesame seeds, or other seeds or nuts.
Or a recipe that says continues stirring....like the no bake chocolate oatmeal "cow pies" cookies
You can also buy the butter flavor oils from your local grocery store and use that instead of regular cooking oil and put the popcorn salt in it and it will flavor your popcorn while it pops. That's how I always used my whirley pop
I have a spinner popcorn popper and it has made BUCKETS of pop corn. I crank the heat to high and warm the oil first. Then, add the 1/2 cup of kernals. In less than 2 minutes, we have the best popcorn! Salt and butter to taste. It is a uni-tasker. And, one of the few uni-taskers that we own. But, it fits on top of the cupboard and is used frequently. Best of all, it was a gift! Best price ever! Love your vids. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
I’ve had my Whirly Pop for about 5 years now and still use it whenever I’m craving popcorn! I love it!!
I have had one that belonged to my mother and I am 74! The popcorn always comes out fluffy and warm. I wouldn't trade my 42 year old one for anything.
Marilyn Warren
With this kind of popper is so much easy to do sweet popcorn without burn it.
The only unitasker in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher, and I’ve never needed to use it.
Miss Karla Someone's an Alton disciple.
Leah Laushway, and you are as well, since you noticed it. And yes, I enjoy Alton Brown’s work also and saw his live show a couple of years ago.
Miss Karla
But he could still use it to roll out dough, pound out a cutlet or knock out a thug trying to break in when he was setting up his late night oatmeal to slow cook and be ready in the morning.....Oh bother!
Craig Chastain, I could also roll dough, flatten a cutlet, or thump a thug with a wine bottle, and I’m far more likely to having one of those in my hand already. ;)
Miss Karla
Ha Ha! Do doubt.
Always feel a bit awkward when emmy says greeting beautiful lovelys......when im face deep in a bag of cheetos...... :3
While I was face deep biting into a burger
KevinEatsAll no shame! Lol
I was tokin a fat bowl 🙃
KevinEatsAll LOL!!
Also, slowly chewed and moved burger away and looked left to right in awkwardness
( wow, rip English, I don't know how else to put it into words 🤦🏻♀️ )
Things I have done since I got my Whirly-Pop:
Made clarified butter kettle corn.
Used beef tallow as oil (sparingly!) and seasoned with a beef ramen noodle packet.
Mixed clarified butter and coconut oil, colored with annatto and seasoned with fine salt.
Bacon grease and seasoned with alder smoked salt.
Used oil with a touch of chili oil (don't breathe the steam!) and sesame oil, seasoned with Chinese five spice powder.
Olive oil, seasoned with parmesan cheese and rosemary.
Pop in oil but season with brown butter and Himalayan pink salt.
All of these could be done with a pot, sure, but I love the speed and ease of the Whirly-Pop. You never have to wash it unless you make kettle corn in it. You just rinse it with hot water and wipe it out. Anyway, I am a big fan of mine. Your mileage may vary.
These sound like some real popcorn innovations! I have never dreamed of BEEF POPCORN! I happen to have a jar of home-rendered tallow, too. Annato oil or annato lard ("achiotina" in the store) sounds GREAT. Well, a little something to look forward to.
Emmy...my friend told me that Sonic has a pickle juice slushie - feeling adventurous?
Yes Emmy go for it!!!
Sounds good Ive had a pickle sickle before. It was weird but alright.
Sounds yum!
Yes! I've seen this advertised here as well. I'd love to see Emmy try one!
Pickle juice??? 🤢🤮
I have a whirly pop, I love it! I got it at a second hand store about 4 or 5 years ago, I've used both butter and oil, I've even emptied one of those microwave popcorn packages in to it when I didn't have a microwave, it popped really good
I have one of these and I enjoy it. They also say not to clean it every time just wipe it out with a paper towel because it'll season the pot over time similar to cast iron. For anyone with an electric stove pre heat the element before you put the pot down, it helps make it go fast. I still wish I could find a decent air popper, the one I had before died and it was great.
Kenneth Rose I love air poppers too I have a miniature one that looks like the Popcorn Poppers in movie theaters love it
Kenneth Rose I have an Orville R. microwave air-popper from Walmart. Got about 12 yrs. Tastes like regular air-popped popcorn
"We cook our popcorn in this thing. And this is called a pot." Savage 😏
The only problem is she used one of those things called a pot in her video too.
popcorn made on the stove like that is so much better than microwave or a popcorn popper!!!😋💕
Brian Landers oh I know, it tastes so much more corny, and real butter and salt and sometimes a little Parmesan cheese-the salt, yummy!!!
Try making a pot dry, no oil. You need to keep it moving or some kernels will toast on one side and not pop, but it works pretty much as well as with oil. The gadget would probably be perfect for dry.
Microwave? I don't have many good things to say about it, it's fun to watch, the smell is inviting.
Brian Landers what in the world is low-fat oil? 😂
Yeah, no such thing as low-fat oil.
I grew up popping corn in a cast iron skillet, with a dome-type lid to give it room to bounce around. We always put the oil in first, with a single kernal. As soon as it popped, we dump in the rest of the corn, and put the lid on. It starts popping very quickly, and we shook the pan the whole time it popped. When popping slowed way down, we stopped and dumped it into a big bowl immediately. Can't let it sit in cast iron, it holds the heat, the corn will burn.
I don't use microwave popcorn, they put all kinds of bad crap in it. I do have an air popper that works great, got it for $1 at a thrift store.
jbeargrr, Yeah, the oil/corn together, I didn't get.
Sure, I mentioned "dry," but oil or dry, it seems adding popcorn to a hot skillet (etc) works best, dry, oil, no matter.
Oh my gosh!! Complete flashback. My dad has had a Whirly Pop for at least 30 years. When that thing came down from the highest cupboard my sisters and I would get so excited! I will never forget the first time I actually got to crank the handle! My dad LOVES popcorn and this thing just sits out on his stove now!
I have one of those and love it! My favourite thing to do is melt butter and (cane) sugar in it before adding the popcorn kernels. It makes the most awesome caramel corn 😀
I have made it the way you describe too, but the caramel is a lot thicker and sweeter. It's a completely different taste. When I make it in the kettle, you just get a thin coating and it is just slightly sweetened... You can eat a lot more without getting sick haha. And yes, it can very easily burn. I would be lying if I said I haven't messed up and let it go too long, you really have to stay on top of it the whole time. For me personally it's worth it though, the flavour is incredibly addictive!
I don't like one-function kitchen gadgets either, but I *love* my air popper.
I love the last sun glasses, very Hollywood. We have a Whirley Pop, type, for the RV. We use it on the camp fire, no flame, just red hot coals, OVER a grate. So much fun. It does stay out in the RV.
I use one at least once a week. We always use Flavacol and more oil than you think you need.
I like my West Bend Stir Crazy popcorn maker. To make movie theatre popcorn you need Flavacol butter popcorn salt.
I have worn out more Stir Crazy style popcorn makers than I want to admit (including at least 2 real ones).
If you are wearing them out then you should probably look at a commercial one like these - www.gmpopcorn.com/products/product-classes.cfm?catid=1&classid=1
Yeah, saw a program about some boutique popcorn farm and all the different ways popcorn can be served (Korean hot oil and chives... who knew)...
Anyhoo, Stir Crazy could underwritten the program as they were everywhere. And after getting one, I can see why. Very smartly designed. It may be one-note, but it does that very, very, well.
quintessenceSL oh yum...
I'm not young, so I've had a lot of years to wear them out. Plus, given the smaller size and much lower cost I'd rather keep using a Stir Crazy style popper till it dies then buy a new one. I still haven't spent what one of those oversized commercial ones costs (even the smallest one).
I bought one of these at a garage sale that had never been used. I like it fine. The handle gets harder to turn as the popcorn pops but it turns out fine. I use brown butter on my popcorn. Delish!
Emmy: I’m not a fan of unitaskers.
Me: I know Alton
You look beautiful in the glasses you wear! I, am a Whirley Pop owner and love it. I found that every electric popper I'd tried had a small "gutter" around the top that accumulated gunk--and you can't immerse the electric units. Always frustrated with that single design flaw. Whirley is completely washable, and you can use an old toothbrush to clean the lid's gear mechanism once in a blue moon.
Emmy please demonstrate how to make homemade kettlecorn.
I just add sugar to the butter.
Start with a little extra oil, dump a 1/4 cup of sugar and a teaspoon of salt in the pot as soon as it starts to pop and spin away. So yummy and easy!
I am one of the cooks that love gadgets but feel anything should have more uses than one to be worth the space and investment it requires. I always try to figure out multiple uses for each gadget. This popper looks so fast and easy that I thought it could be worth the space it takes. Perhaps it could be used also to make croutons, just figure out a right temperature and give the spiced bread cubes whirl every couple of minutes. It would be easier than making them on a baking sheet and opening a hot oven door to toss the cubes around. I am sure there would be other ways to use it also.
Emmy, you are the best gadget tester on the net with your fluent language skills and calm voice. It is a pleasure to listened to you, I feel it is almost like ASMR.
Just before I watch it: Emmy, have your heard of the popcornloop? It is a product introduced in the first season of the German version of Shark Tank and got quite successful. But still I wonder if it is really better than just doing it in the standard way.
Now that I've seen the video, the popcorn basically solves the problem you describe in the end. It makes a normal pot into a whirley one whenever you want to make popcorn.
I don't know where I read this and why it hasn't come up elsewhere but if you throw a few test kernels in to pop and then turn off the heat and put the rest of the kernels in and wait 30 seconds before turning the heat on again, it helps the kernels cook more evenly and you won't burn your popcorn and have uncooked kernels. Best tip I've ever heard! Just got a whirly pop so excited to try it!
My grandma gave me one of those when I moved to my first apartment and that works like magic and make popcorn more fluffy and delicious, oil and a lil bit of butter and that will make popcorn just amazing.
I love fresh popcorn. My favourite way of serving is to sprinkle black pepper over when it's still hot from the pot.
Do you think you could make praline candy in the whirly pot? I know it calls for constant stirring
calamitasCorvus bummer...thanks for the response 🤗
I love my whirley pop! Making it in a pot is easy but I like the stirring action of the whirley pop, feels like it keeps the kernal more evenly cooked.
My husbanwaiting and I were sitting here eating popcorn out of our whirly pop kind of pot. So happy you did not give it shame, such a wonderful machine if you eat popcorn like us...we're actually famous in our neighborhood for popcorn, which we make batches and batches of on friday for movie nights!! All out of one pot! (ours is called the "pro popper" but same idea) It's really wonderful! We've had our pot for about 6 year and we bought it at Savers for $3.99! Popcorn lovers unite!!
Yes!!!
The Whirley Pop is actually multipurpose like a regular pot....you can take the lid off of the Whirley Pop and use it's pot as a basic pot. Some people roast coffee beans in it, and I because of that I bet it's great at roasting nuts too. You can even make soup/stew in it and use the crank to stir when needed.
Emmy, have you considered doing a DIY Korean Bibimbap? I'd love to see you tackle it! (Also because I'll probably trust the recipe that you choose to do.)
I love my Whirley Pop! One of the secrets over the regular pot is the vent to let steam out.
Try popping your corn in bacon grease😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋
Oh, my. I've never tried that...sounds delicious. 🤗
Bacon flavored popcorn is Delicious!! :D
I tried olive oils flavored / infused with different flavors: Chili was the best, enough heat that anyone can tell, but not hot enough to keep them from coming back handful after handful. Bacon grease, a guilty pleasure I need to try.
It's also good popped in clarified butter, which has a higher smoke point than most cooking fats. Popcorn cooked IN butter. 2 birds 1 stone.
Victoria Leitch
I tried it. It's good but a bit too heavy. Try Olive oil instead of butter. It's DELICIOUS
Hi Emmy, I just love your videos.
You are not like most TH-camrs now of days, you give our fans the best experience of what the product is.
I just that you should know that!
Emmy! You can roast coffee in that too!! Guildbrook farms did it :)
💡Brilliant!
Oh, I never thought of that! I've roasted my own coffee before, in the oven.
Or peanuts?
Pop, pop, pop!! Yummy, I love fresh popped popcorn too! That thing was faster than microwave popcorn too!
My mom had one of those and it was a pain in the bleep. Cleaning it sucked. Good ol' air pop is the best.
You're only supposed to wipe it down with a paper towel.
GamingInvader yes that's what my brother does and he's been using his for years and he loves it
I generally agree with you about unitaskers, but my air popper is one of my favorite kitchen gadgets. It doesn't require oil and you cannot burn the popcorn, they're pretty inexpensive (usually well under $20), and no bigger than a water jug. It was the first thing I purchased when I had my own kitchen because it's just so much easier than doing it on the stove (or setting it on fire in the microwave).
I love the round tortoise shell ones!
This is exactly what I wanted to see, in a demo between the WHIRLEY POP and a regular pot, thanks! 😃
Emmy, did you leave the label on that popper when it was on the burner? Looks a little singed at the end.
For those that like the speed of microwave popcorn without all the concern of the chemicals used in fake butter flavoring, you can just take a brown paper sack - like you use for lunch bags - put in a couple tablespoons of oil, a couple tablespoons of popcorn, and a few shakes of whatever flavoring or spices you might like in there, roll down the top of the bag a couple times and secure with a single staple. Shake it up a bit and throw it in your microwave (flat side of staple facing up) for about 1.5 - 2 minutes...timing depends on your microwave wattage. Shake up the bag again before opening. There you have home made microwave popcorn with whatever flavorings you want. For those worrying about the staple in the microwave, the staple is too small and not curved enough to cause arcing in the microwave.I've done hundreds of bags in various microwaves over the years and have never set anything on fire yet.
anyone else like eating those half popped kernels?
Ben Apples with a passion!
I think you can buy cans of those. They're called PopNots.
Ben Apples
Yes. They are so good! I thought I was a weirdo (well I am) but I'm glad to know other people like them. They remind me of Corn Nuts.
Yeah. There is another brand called Halfpops too. I think they have a larger distribution chain (Target, Whole Foods)
My parrot loves them!!
We have had our whirley pop for years! It's a staple in our kitchen. Three bits of advice. #1 don't wash with anything but water, soapy tasting popcorn isn't good. #2 try coconut oil.. it's even better and healthier!! #3 pour it into a paper bag and add Morton popcorn salt.
I want one of those, works well for the Amish.
Out of curiosity, what is your profile pic?
It is a pentagram with 2 faries
If you're Amish... How are you on TH-cam???
Great Value Bleach, read the comment again, I never said I was Amish. I said it WORKS WELL for the Amish.
The Amish grow some darn good popcorn, too. They have a variety that only pops in balls. Tastes just as good as O. Reddenbacher.
Emmy, I love your’ channel. You’re so upbeat and well spoken. Bubbly, lively attitude gives me joy. Love these reviews and comparisons. Keep up the great work!
Thank you!
Cool you tested and liked the popper but what will you do with it, if you're not keeping it? Also I'm a fan of whatever glasses you like. Your glasses gor your face, just be happy and comfortable! 🍿👍😄💚
I'll be giving the popper (like all the gadgets I test) away on my social media.
emmymadeinjapan very cool! Thanks for responding. I'm glad it will go to some one who will enjoy it 👍😄
I grew up with the whirly popper. I LOVED IT! Cant find one here. Was a great time with my dad on movie nights popping paper grocrey bags full of popcorn!
I like pot
I mean.. the stainless steel pot..
Lmao
If you're making popcorn using only oil and kernels you don't need a stirring mechanism. You need a stirring mechanism if you're making popcorn like they do at movie theaters, i.e., oil, kernels, and Flavacol (flavored popcorn salt). Without a stirring mechanism the Flavacol mostly just settles on the bottom of the kettle with not much of it ending up on the popped popcorn.
Also, so-called "unitaskers" are a good thing; i.e., "the right tool for the job." Take a look at a professional auto mechanic's tools sometime and you'll see tons of so-called "unitaskers." There are special tools for driving in wheel bearing races, for separating ball joints, for compressing strut springs, for compressing valve springs, for expanding exhaust tubing, for flaring brake lines, for bending brake lines, for removing windshield wiper arms, for removing steering wheels, for working windshields into their gaskets, for removing snap rings, for cleaning battery terminals, and so on. I think it's hilarious that Alton Brown has managed to convince so many people to adopt his own bizarre idiosyncrasy.
Popcorn always tastes the same when there's no flavouring on it... :P
The oil is the flavoring. I've had great results with just canola oil and salt.
@@ortzinator You have low standards for what constitutes "great results." Canola oil is practically flavorless, so the only thing you'll taste is salt. In addition to salt, popcorn should also have a butter flavor, which only comes from butter or the chemicals in butter that are responsible for the buttery flavor (diacetyl and acetoin).
I cook mine with ghee. No need for butter after, just salt. It keeps really well and tastes great!
Oh, that sounds premium!
You know you're early when you've read the description but have nothing to copy and paste to comment because Emmy hasn't added it yet :v
When you were trying out glasses, I've been verbally answering you :x
I love the first pair of glasses on you. I want them. I’m also hungry for popcorn now. I like putting salt, butter, cinnamon, and sugar on my popcorn. One time I did cheese and turmeric. It wasn’t horrible. You should find some cool popcorn recipes to try on here.
the only way to make fresh popcorn is in a big pot on the stove! I know what I'm doing tonight!
Me too.
I love popcorn.
Is also great at roasting nuts for the holidays.
The theaters use coconut oil to pop their popcorn gives it that signature movie theater popcorn flavor
Bryce Solar, coconut oil has no flavor, it's the salt and artificial butter flavor that makes movie popcorn taste the way it does.
Coconut oil is better for you, but it won't taste like movie corn.
I'd rather put real melted butter on mine, anyway.
They also use Flavacol.
They use peanut oil
I love my whirly pop! I also get the popcorn packets with seasoning and oil from a nearby restaurant supply. Tastes just like popcorn at the movie theatre!
Yummy que rico 😉👍
I’m obsessed with popcorn with Parmesan, loads of white pepper and a bit of msg 🤤
MSG makes everything better! In Korean markets they have super salt (which has some MSG in it) and Super Seasoning which is MSG plus the guanylates and the other thing, this is what you actually find in Ramen, and snacks, and seasoned soy sauce and such. You use less of the super seasoning than plain MSG. Called "Miwon" I think, the super Miwon is more expensive than regular MSG of course, but I think it's worth it and you don't use much. People are so funny about MSG. I sometimes say "If you were Japanese, your GREAT GRANDMOTHER might have bought Aji-no-moto BRAND, it's still in the store today! Where was I? Oh, yeah. I'm going to try your suggestion!
Pop the corn and feed the children!
It is now 2022 and I just bought the Whirly Pop maker after a friend told me she had one for years and really liked it. Made some Theater Popcorn with the Whirly Popper and worked great, tasted great, and easy to use. Was also easy for me to clean. I now have Theater Popcorn to eat while watching my streaming movies.
Note: Before: I was looking at other Amazon Air Poppers and did not like the way they worked plus there were allot of negative reviews on Amazon on the Air Poppers. Also, I hate Microwave Popcorn and was told this kind of popcorn is worse for us cause of the ingredients.
Thanks for the video.
Note your video: Whether you cook the popcorn in a Pot or the Whirly Popper, the popcorn should taste just the same. it is the same cooking process. The Whirly may keep from burning some of the kernels that sit at the bottom of the pot by moving the kernels around while cooking. I still prefer the Whirly over just using a Pot. But that is your choice. Sure, the Whirly costs more, and I use it just for making popcorn.
I SOLD THAT TO YOU!!!!!!!!
Natalia Miller
That's cool!
Love my Whirly Pop. I’ve had it for years. The gear broke on top and the company sent me a new gear kit free and super easy to replace. Great company. We use coconut oil. Makes a nice subtle coconut flavored popcorn.
OK 4 views 7 comments. TH-cam math confuses me
Ray Walters same people commented several times
I think the view count lags behind the actual view number sometimes.
We love our whirly pop! it has ruined us for bag popcorn. that stufd no longer has a place in our house :) We do have a larger kitchen, so we don't worry about storing it. for me it isn't about the taste or texture, as it's the same with a pot, for me it's the time! We usually have a lot of people over for movie nights, so it's faster to make multiple bowls and still have them be hot for everyone!
Ray Walters maybe there are Patreon backers whose comments are added but views aren’t counted when they are early? Just guessing.
Those types of popcorn pans are fairly common here in Brazil, but they are slightly different. Some are simply normal pans with the crank / mechanism attached to the lid only, so you could use the pan for other things if you want.
I LOVE MY WHIRLEY POP ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am stuck with an electric range, and the Whirley Pop is perfect. I can let it sit stationary on the burner without worrying about burning the popcorn. I get better results starting with the pan hot rather than cold.
My wife got me this popper about 8 years ago and it is the greatest way in the world to make popcorn. I absolutely LOVE IT.
These really shine when using flavochal in your oil to cook your popcorn the stirring mechanism really helps coat everything nicely but really only worth the space if you make a lot of popcorn! Like Emy found here I see these in thrift stores all the time for $10 or less. Worth a try for sure especially if ketel corn is your thing
I am currently weaning my son from breastfeeding and this was the only thing to stop his meltdown at bedtime ...this isn't the first time your channel has caught his attention and stopped a meltdown. He watches it without hardly blinking 😊 just thought I'd let you know how you helped a worn out mama and an upset baby. Thanks
I love my Whirley Pop!! It works so fast and you don't have to pick the pan up off the stove and shake it or any thing just stir the handle, awesome !!
My dad has a popper like that (not sure if it’s that brand) but he puts butter in with the kernels and the butter gets browned at toasty with the popcorn and tastes AMAZING. It’s my favorite kind of popcorn.
Can also use this thing to make roasted nuts. I hear it's possible to use it to roast coffee beans on too. Originally bought this to do some coffee bean roasting but never had any luck with it. But now I love it for what it was intended, for popping popcorn.
I remember as a kid mom would buy pre-packaged popcorn pouches. They came with two attached plastic sections. One had the popcorn and salt and the other side had a yellowish gel that looked like butter. Just put them in a pot and go. They were pretty good; the oily stuff gave it a nice buttery flavor.
I feel like you should’ve tested making kettle corn bc the constant turning of the whirly pop would be perfect for that and since it’s hard to recreate that in just a pot, it would have been a better comparison, I think!
For plain or buttered popcorn, I’m more likely to use my usual saucepan, because it’s handy and it works. But when I make kettle corn, I definitely dig in the back of the cabinet for my Whirlypop. A regular pot burns the sugar, but the Whirlypop stirs everything constantly so it doesn’t burn.
An advantage of whirly pot is making kettle corn, which must be stirred during popping to get a good glaze on the popped corn.
My grandma gave me a whirley pop when I moved away for university and I love it! It makes good popcorn and is pretty easy to clean c:
I used to drive by the local movie theatre just to buy popcorn on the way home from work. “Pop, pop, pop!”
If you like plain popcorn, nothing can beat red or blue "gourmet'' popcorn. So much more flavor than regular popcorn and not much more cost. It's great w/o butter, just salt and pepper. I'd like to see a video devoted to different types of popcorn and flavors.
I use an air popper most often and you lose a lot of kernels that way, but it's easy and quick w/o much clean up. Gourmet popcorn is better on the stove as you lose fewer kernels than an air popper. I have a Whirley Pop I got on clearance many years ago and it's fun for kettle corn and easy for my nieces and nephew to use when they stay over. I can't see them managing shaking a pot without a problem, so the space loss is fine for me in my tiny kitchen. It's on a high shelf out of the way until needed.
Hello from Texas! My hubby and I love our Whirly. Pop we have had ours now for a full year ! Got it at Bed Bath and beyond . It makes great popcorn 🍿 and yes I still use a pot when I don't feel like using the other. Love all the styles of your glasses! I wear them myself.
The crank popper worked good during the winter. We use to heat with wood in a cooking cabin stove. The kids loved to fix their own popcorn this way. We also made a lotta sweet kettle corn. We found out that after it is full of sweet stuff stuck inside that if you leave it in a shed the rats will clean the insides for you👍🤪. After that it simply became a dish to feed chicken from.
They are excellent to take on camp trips. Or just kids in general and the kids who are pushing 50 years old.
Homemade popcorn and movie night at home is like one of life's simple pleasures. I love it so much!
I have had one for about 20 years and I love it. We love popcorn around here but we do not all the salt and oil and 7 other things they adulterate the corn kernels soak up. It takes less than 5 minutes between stove and mouth. Wouldn't .be without it. I add the salt with the oil. Sometimes I add sugar to the oil and get sweet and salty.
I make a lot of popcorn and have really enjoyed my Whirley Pop for the past 5 years. The lid can be a little bit of a pain to clean if you pop with coconut oil like they use at the theaters though. People also use them for roasting coffee beans.
I loved my Whirley Pop. It made the best popcorn. I'd experiment with seasonings sometimes. It was so easy.
When I was a kid, my parents were in an RV camping club. One of the guys had a huge stock pot with a custom lid that was basically the same idea as the whirly pop. He used a seasoned, orange colored solid fat that left the popcorn yellow and tasty. This generally made enough popcorn for about 30-40 people.
My Whirley-pop is also used as a sous-vide bath for when I'm using my sous-vide stick. I also use it for no kneed bread doughs to be mixed and to rise in over night.
I like to add salt and sugar to the popcorn so it's got a tendancy to stick or burn before it's popped. The metal piece in the bottom of that pan would really help with keeping the pieces off the heat so I'd probably make use of it.
I feel like the first one, the whirly thing, just looks aesthetically better. More round and puffy. And I agree with some others, any but the white ones. But you look great Emmy!
I have a Whirley Popper snd I love it. I also have a very small kitchen and I think it's totally worth the space it takes up. It's fast and almost every time it pops all of the kernels. So worth it!