When I saw him in a bomb suit, I nearly died laughing. This type of popcorn machine was very popular a few decades ago in China. (You probably won't see it these days). It was used on the streets and attracted a lot of kids around it. Even though it made load sounds, it was very safe. So many kids played nearby, and I hadn't never seen anybody got hurt. A sack was wrapped around the neck of the cooker before it was opened, so that the popcorn could be collected when they popped out.
That made no sense because they are two different concepts. Lets say two people are traveling from the same location, far enough that a plane to New York would make sense, there's multiple reasons why you could still drive out of preference. Cooking popcorn only produces one result, popping. The speed of travel and the speed of cooking popcorn are of different result. The only reason we may be boring, is because you're too slow to keep up.
Don't try this at home? I have one. With a safety valve. Yes you need to be cautious, it's hot. But when directed in a bag. It's so fun, and the popcorn are sooooooooooo much tastier. You never tasted popcorn if you didn't prepared like that.
although i have seen this machine working for hundreds of times back home in China, is is the first time i see it shooting popcorn into open air, that's really fascinating! BTW, also the first time i see people operating it in a bomb suit
@@aryapatel7615 you never heard of puffed wheat? Maybe you've seen it but didn't know that's what it was. It's fairly common as a breakfast cereal here in Australia, every supermarket sells it.
The jug is supposed to be in use constantly, when you put the corn in, the cast iron should already be hot -- read: preheat. It's actually a lot quicker.
As a chinese, I will have say YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!! what they did right however, is that the machine was supposed to blow up, it was trully designed that way. What they did wrong, is that they didn't put a bag at the end of the valve to catch all the flying popcorns AND it was never designed to be fast, it was designed to be quantitave
But, most other methods don't require oil or fat either... Air popper doesn't require it, microwave doesn't require it, stovetop is the only one I can think of that requires butter or fat.
And this one can make a whole lot more than in the microwave, and once it's pre-warmed it only takes 3 minutes per batch anyway. These are made to produce a lot of popcorn fast, not a tiny amount of popcorn with no skill.
hahaha, when i was young, there were people carry this machine and walk around the streets. you need to give him some rice and sugar. and the guy would send us kids to collect dry wood for him. I like how in the show they wore a bomb suit and hit the lever with a hammer XD we used to gather around and watch the popcorn guy kick the switch,, yelling nonsense as it 'BAAaang!!!' :))) lolll...good memories....
From "You heard him - don't do it." all the way to "Cooking in a bomb suit - only on this show!" Geez - do I miss these guys and their antics (for the sake of science).
I don't think so is Korean origin this. because all Japanese colonize zone like Taiwan also using this technique to make pop rice. From why I understood, Japan must acquire and master this kind of metal craft(iron pressure cooker?) technology from western country much more earlier than other Asian country. Correct me if wrong, just wanna to share.
u need a bag attach to the machine for collecting the popcorns. leave it on the floor open ur mouth yell whatever u want and kick the lever. it absorb the heat very slow on first use, if u follow with another batch of popcorn/poprice it will be super speedy
Do you really understand my comment? I said Maize was never originated from China. If you read the Chinese history, Maize was not one of the Chinese staple. Please get it right!
shit, this is Chinese traditional popcorn cooker. very very nice and very very impressive. But these two guys are definitely don’t know how use this machine!!!
I used to buy popcorn made by the same machine when i was little. Yes the sound is pretty scary, You know there is someone making popcorn from several blocks away -_-
make some popcorn, blow the house up..... Actually this was quite common in china, they should use a bag to contain the popcorn. otherwise it's a great firework show. and 1mPa was not necessary
Just a normal Chinese popcorn machine, some guys hanging this around walking around go throw villages and help people blow their popcorn for business...they have nothing cover and protection. It is Chinese culture in every cities to all small villages in CHina, when they comes ,it is the party time for kids............These guys take is so seriously...hahaha
I hit that leveler once when i was little. It was alright. You don't need a bomb suit for that. I think the pop corn made this way tastes way better than the softcore microwave one.
This is a show about childhood that's all. Entertainment people, ENTERTAINMENT! Scary? Children love them, excitement when it explode, enjoyment when you taste it.If George Carlin still alive he might just do this on the stage.
Please provide source next time if you give such claims. I'm Chinese and I know Maize isn't originally from China. So, what you claim to be hundreds of years of making popcorn is absolutely wrong. There's no culture of eating popcorn in China but only a recent discovery
How did i miss this episode?. This one is great.
besides, not that many people know the fact the seal of that pressure vessel is made from lead alloy.
Really? I had a similar one that was just a friction for between an aluminum ring and polished stainless steel rim
When I saw him in a bomb suit, I nearly died laughing. This type of popcorn machine was very popular a few decades ago in China. (You probably won't see it these days). It was used on the streets and attracted a lot of kids around it. Even though it made load sounds, it was very safe. So many kids played nearby, and I hadn't never seen anybody got hurt. A sack was wrapped around the neck of the cooker before it was opened, so that the popcorn could be collected when they popped out.
It's probably because of their insurance. Imagine trying to explain doing this to the insurance company 😂
here cause i just saw a youtube short on it
@@pixies64 me too :)
Still used, and absolutely not safe.
@@shabath I have a small one and beleive me it's the best way to make popcorn. Wayyyyyyyy much tastier.
Need to equip a collector for the spray of popcorn
But then it's not a cool explosion for tv
alton brown loves mythbusters
That's Alton Brown he's a famous chef.
just wanna say: attached a bag or net something at the end to catch the popcorns...
Would defeat the purpose of making the explosion.
It's a vintage unit used when we were kids.
What the producer did not know is: Pure lead was used to make it airtight! Not FDA-approved!
you need a bag to collect it.
This looks fun but I'm concerned about safety. How fast do those corns move when the pressure is released ?
my childhood...
good eats yay
need a bag to hold the popcorn dumped
That made no sense because they are two different concepts. Lets say two people are traveling from the same location, far enough that a plane to New York would make sense, there's multiple reasons why you could still drive out of preference. Cooking popcorn only produces one result, popping. The speed of travel and the speed of cooking popcorn are of different result. The only reason we may be boring, is because you're too slow to keep up.
I think Chinese originally used this tool to make 'poprice' rather than 'popcorn'.
Maybe it's just a mistake you can try just heat the cooker 3min
Don't try this at home? I have one. With a safety valve. Yes you need to be cautious, it's hot. But when directed in a bag. It's so fun, and the popcorn are sooooooooooo much tastier. You never tasted popcorn if you didn't prepared like that.
although i have seen this machine working for hundreds of times back home in China, is is the first time i see it shooting popcorn into open air, that's really fascinating!
BTW, also the first time i see people operating it in a bomb suit
This machine could make not only pop-corn, but pop-everything. pop-rice, pop-wheat
Pop wheat?
Pop tarts?
@@aryapatel7615 you never heard of puffed wheat? Maybe you've seen it but didn't know that's what it was. It's fairly common as a breakfast cereal here in Australia, every supermarket sells it.
@@iamdave84 used to be common in India too.
cool!
The jug is supposed to be in use constantly, when you put the corn in, the cast iron should already be hot -- read: preheat. It's actually a lot quicker.
As a chinese, I will have say YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!! what they did right however, is that the machine was supposed to blow up, it was trully designed that way. What they did wrong, is that they didn't put a bag at the end of the valve to catch all the flying popcorns AND it was never designed to be fast, it was designed to be quantitave
Of course they're using it wrong, that's on purpose to make the explosion. It's tv after all 🤦♂️
首先，根據我的經驗，我的確從來沒見過用此物製作popcorn，從我有記憶以來，我只見過用此物製作米通。我去台灣也只見過製作米通。在我的認知裡，popcorn這種東西是外來食物，是從國外引進的。這個是我認知，我也不清楚中國以前有沒有popcorn這種東西。我覺得美國人笨，是因為他們不會在前面綁個袋子，popcorn當然炸到到處都是。說明書沒寫，但用腦子想也知道。我用中文說美國人笨，是免得傷害美國人弱少的心靈。何況，華人，日本人，韓國人，誰沒說過美國人笨啊？！還有底下不也有英文留言說我們中國人笨。你們說我們可以，我們說你們不可以啊，真是奇怪，美國不是言論自由的國家嗎？最後，我英文不好，懶得慢慢翻譯這段話，有好心的中國／華人網友就幫我翻譯吧。
if you think about it, this is way healthier. no butter or other fat required.
But, most other methods don't require oil or fat either...
Air popper doesn't require it, microwave doesn't require it, stovetop is the only one I can think of that requires butter or fat.
the heck 7 minutes...Microwave popcorn takes like 3 min max
And this one can make a whole lot more than in the microwave, and once it's pre-warmed it only takes 3 minutes per batch anyway. These are made to produce a lot of popcorn fast, not a tiny amount of popcorn with no skill.
Gosh, you guys seriously didn't ready the instruction carefully LOL.
Hundreds of years? you sure? Where did the corn come from?
Yes, hundreds of years mainly with popped rice. Iirc this method has been used in china since the 1100's...
I can do that.... hold my pot.
首先，根據我的經驗，我的確從來沒見過用此物製作popcorn，從我有記憶以來，我只見過用此物製作米通。我去台灣也只見過製作米通。在我的認知裡，popcorn這種東西是外來食物，是從國外引進的。這個是我認知，我也清楚中國以前有沒有popcorn這種東西。我覺得美國人笨，在於他們不會在前面綁個袋子，popcorn當然炸到到處都是。說明書沒寫，但用腦子想也知道。我用中文說美國人笨，是免得傷害美國人弱少的心靈。何況，華人，日本人，韓國人，誰沒說過美國人笨啊？！
it's totally safe....what the fuzz ?
If you get blown to pieces can I have your watch?
u missed the bags
Altitude? For the time differentiation.
That's probably where the idea for this segment came from ...
Alton Brown is really bringing in his Good Eats knowledge here
hahaha, when i was young, there were people carry this machine and walk around the streets. you need to give him some rice and sugar. and the guy would send us kids to collect dry wood for him.
I like how in the show they wore a bomb suit and hit the lever with a hammer XD
we used to gather around and watch the popcorn guy kick the switch,, yelling nonsense as it 'BAAaang!!!' :)))
lolll...good memories....
this is hilarious they wear a bomb suit and hide behind plexiglass
They missed the last line in the user's manual: cover the machine with a sack before opening.
because making popcorn like a sane person is boring
I like how Alton hardly flinched and watched the pop corn fly.
Luckily, this is not allowed for cooking popcorn on an airliner...
that sounds so fun ,isn't it
From "You heard him - don't do it." all the way to "Cooking in a bomb suit - only on this show!" Geez - do I miss these guys and their antics (for the sake of science).
I don't think so is Korean origin this. because all Japanese colonize zone like Taiwan also using this technique to make pop rice.
From why I understood, Japan must acquire and master this kind of metal craft(iron pressure cooker?) technology from western country much more earlier than other Asian country. Correct me if wrong, just wanna to share.
u need a bag attach to the machine for collecting the popcorns. leave it on the floor open ur mouth yell whatever u want and kick the lever.
it absorb the heat very slow on first use, if u follow with another batch of popcorn/poprice it will be super speedy
I'm still gonna do it at home
Remember to use a bag to collect the popcorn next time :)
Do you really understand my comment? I said Maize was never originated from China. If you read the Chinese history, Maize was not one of the Chinese staple. Please get it right!
WHO THA FUCK IS THAT THIRD GUY
IT'S A MOTHERFUCKING BULLDOZER
what episode is this from?
I'm pretty sure the Chinese originally used rice instead of actual corn.
Whatever you say Jackie Chan.
I can't believe Jamie let them do this in his workshop.
back then it was "pop rice" instead of pop corn
Saw this done in a video here: watch?v=eBl68sFZ1TY, they call it "chinese popcorn"
Rookie....
Alton Brown on Mythbusters is like nerd heaven.
Alton's so calm during the release - Fearless in the midst of science.
I bet he figured it would not explode but just violently spew out halfway cooked popcorn everywhere and make a mess. He is a scientist, after all.
Not any Chinese will open it that way! LOL:)
2:17 actually, I understand that's the method they use to puff rice if I'm not mistaken
shit, this is Chinese traditional popcorn cooker. very very nice and very very impressive. But these two guys are definitely don’t know how use this machine!!!
He isn´t bringing anything new he is just saying what they thold him. Some of the existing ones could make his part.
Woot! Alton Brown! The Bill Nye of Cooking!
Man, we need more Good Eats episodes
that was 10 years ago
ALTON BROWN!
I think the question still stands. Who the crap is he and what's he doing on our show?
Anyone who's been to China in the 90s have seen these on the streets.
Haha, you guys need to order a bag. It usually comes with the machine.
lol dat shit is cool... how come the Chinese didnt develop any physics theories???
I'm from China and I used to eat popcorns from those machines a lot.
Popcorn!I COMING!
Express?
My 1100W microwave does a bag of popcorn in under 2 minutes.
I used to buy popcorn made by the same machine when i was little. Yes the sound is pretty scary, You know there is someone making popcorn from several blocks away -_-
The bigger the better? Want some Tsar popcorn?
make some popcorn, blow the house up.....
Actually this was quite common in china, they should use a bag to contain the popcorn. otherwise it's a great firework show. and 1mPa was not necessary
Just a normal Chinese popcorn machine, some guys hanging this around walking around go throw villages and help people blow their popcorn for business...they have nothing cover and protection. It is Chinese culture in every cities to all small villages in CHina, when they comes ,it is the party time for kids............These guys take is so seriously...hahaha
PopRice
I hit that leveler once when i was little. It was alright. You don't need a bomb suit for that. I think the pop corn made this way tastes way better than the softcore microwave one.
Anything is better than microwave popcorn
@@platinumsky845 I never tried this, but I believe when they say this is better than standard popcorns. And microwave as you say are worse.
It looks burnt
AB on MB!! About freakin time.
我觉得还有一样更神奇的东西，就是那个北方很普及的那种玉米面做的黄色的玉米棒。
OMG, Jaime hyneman, Adam savage and Alton brown, too much science awesomeness!
it needed to be hot before starting to cook...... most of the time they spent heating up the vessel
lol whos that other guy
Crossovers, FTW!!
Alton Brown!
This is a show about childhood that's all. Entertainment people, ENTERTAINMENT! Scary? Children love them, excitement when it explode, enjoyment when you taste it.If George Carlin still alive he might just do this on the stage.
thumbs up if u have watch all mythbusters episodes!
Oh man, this brings some really old memories...
Please provide source next time if you give such claims. I'm Chinese and I know Maize isn't originally from China. So, what you claim to be hundreds of years of making popcorn is absolutely wrong. There's no culture of eating popcorn in China but only a recent discovery
What episode is this from
I did not see one of them since I was 7?8?
but anyway, If I am recalling it correctly, it is for rice, not corn.
It's been used for both for a long time
Bombcorn
Alton Brown is the shit, he's like the Mythbusters of food. Anyone who thinks his cameo is a bad thing don't know what they are talking about.
This gives me an idea though. Why not take the popcorn and lower the pressure until the water flash boils creating cold popcorn?
Sadly it won't work. It takes about 9 atmospheres of pressure to actually pop the shell. Even in a perfect vacuum the kernel would be too strong.
normal maize are much cheaper than microwavable maize.
haha
太专业了，，防暴服。。。。
I agree, and I've never heard of the guy before. :-)
BOMB!