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• 1 Benitez

  Junk, pure and simple. Flawed design. Waste of money even if it only cost $5 instead of $100.

• 2 Conner

  I could not be more disappointed than I am with this popcorn machine, and wish I would have read the reviews prior to purchasing. I will be cleaning it up and taking it back to Target trying to get my money back.

  After reading all of the reviews it looks like I could have spent twenty dollars on the Presto Air popper and been more satisfied with the quality of popcorn than this. I honestly get better corn just popping corn in a saucepan on the stove.

  There is one good quality about this machine:
  1. It looks cool.

  That’s about it. I was thinking it would add a little something cool to the movie night experience at home and make good kettle corn as well. Well, I can’t say how dead wrong I was. In fact, this is the first review I have ever posted about a product, but I felt compelled to do so with this piece. I can’t believe I spent the amount I did on this thing.

  Here are all of the bad qualities:
  1. I’ve popped four batches of corn in this thing and have about a
  half a cup of kernels on the bottom that were unpopped. 1/2 cup
  at least.
  2. Something very strange, but the corn isn’t even warm after it
  just gets done popping. Not even kidding. I don’t know if it has
  something to do with the amount of air space in the machine when
  the corn comes out of the kettle or what. The corn is warm. I’ve
  noticed this on every batch and I’ve taken the popcorn out
  immediately after popping. It’s not hot nice airy popcorn. It
  tastes stale and chewy.
  3. When the corn is popping, the kettle bobs away from the gear. I
  think this probably also adds the the amount of lost kurnels.
  4. It is hard to even get the popcorn out without spilling some. It
  doesn’t come with a scooper which would make it easier and maybe
  I’m griping about this one a little over the top, but you can’t
  fit a bowl in it to fill your bowl up. You either have to use
  the supplied 1/3 cup scooper in order to scoop several scoops
  into your bowl, use your hands several times or buy a scooper if
  you don’t have one already. It just kind of adds to a pain to get
  your popcorn instead of ease.
  5. Hard to clean. In order to clean it, you have to unscrew the
  handle on the right hand side of the machine, and lift the kettle
  out. The lid is screwed on with three phillips head screws which
  you have to take off if you want to really clean it. Plus the oil
  must fly out of the kettle at the same rate as the kernels
  because after four batches there is oil dropplets everywhere on
  the inside of the plexiglass and all over the kettle.

  My advice. Run away fast. This thing looks cool, and it does pop corn. but it doesn’t do it efficiently, or well at all. And the view that I now hold of this machine is that it is a two foot tall, one hundred dollar knick knack. If Target won’t let me return it, I’m putting it on Ebay for sure. Hopefully I can get at least twenty bucks for it so I can get a Presto Air Popper. Don’t waste your money.

• 3 Grijalva

  I am shocked to hear the bad reveiws for this machine. It works great! I run batch after batch on football Sundays and have not had a problem all year. It’s quick and easy to make popcorn and easy to clean, I just wipe out the kettle with a paper towel after each use and I’m good to go. My only complaint would be that it doesn’t have a heating element under the floor of the unit to keep the popcorn warm. But that is minor. I would recommend this unit to anybody who likes popcorn.

• 4 Jaramillo

  I bought this product to give to my husband for Christmas. He’d been wanting one for the last couple of years so he was very happy to say the least. It is completely as described and arrived promptly and in excellent condition. We tried it out this morning and the pop corn is wonderful tasting. I’m very happy to report that it does indeed remind you of the corn in theaters. anyone interested in this machine, don’t hesitate, you can’t go wrong.

• 5 Nipps

  we really like this item, however the pin on the top of the door was broken off.

• 6 Ice

  My son has been begging for this for 2 years. I finally got it for him for his 6th birthday. It was a pain to put together, but made really wonderful popcorn. It made a lot more than I expected. Just the right amount for my twins. I haven’t had any problem with uncooked kernals flying out. It has turned out to be everything my son hoped it would be, and that is all that matters.

• 7 Betancourt

  We bought one and it lasted just over 3 months. The part where you add the popcorn didn’t warm up enough to pop the popcorn. We were given one as a gift. It did the same thing. We didn’t over use it. Only a couple of times a week. When I emailed the company, they never responded. Don’t buy this product. It only has a short warranty.

• 8 Neely

  Granted it may be the Orvil Redenwhozit popcorn, but less then 20% of anything I put in this machine actually pops. I did give it one star ’cause it’s kinda cute… I still have to buy a popcorn popper. It ain’t 60 bucks cute.

• 9 Montano

  You pay for what you get with this item. It is more a toy than anything.

• 10 Jessey

  This machine has many problems, first off don’t let the pictures fool you it is only a 2 ounce machine and it is tiny it is only 4 foot tall and about 12″ square and you might as well use it from your knees because that is the only way you can fill the kettle because there is barely enough room above the kettle to fit your hand and it needs to be tilted to dump the measuring cup. Then when when you start it even after being preheated it takes forever to start popping because it is so under powered. from warm up to finished popcorn it takes almost 15 minutes to get the equivalent of less than 1/2 bag of microwave popcorn because at least 1/3 of the kernels that you put in are thrown out of the kettle once it starts popping. Out of the 5 batches i made with this the first time i used it i got about 1/2 cup of unpopped kernels.

• 11 Eastland

  I really like this popcorn maker. It is the perfect size. My kids can make popcorn by themselves with minimal supervision. Assembly time for my husband and I was about 20 minutes. Would recommend.

• 12 Nahas

  I got this as a present for my wife on a whim during a lightning deal. When it arrived I was really surprised by how high quality it was. Hefty bolts, thick rubber wheels, beefy spring loaded locks to connect the top part to the base. Also, I was really impressed that it contained all the tools to put it together, two wrenches and even a full size Phillips screwdriver. Overall, it really feels like a high quality professional-style machine, not the flimsy made-in-China stuff I’m used to.

  As for the actual quality of the corn popping, I have no complaints. You pour in two tablespoons of oil and some popcorn kernels and a minute or two later it’s all popped. I was pretty impressed with how fast it was done popping, compared to the hot air poppers I’m used to. The only thing I wish was that there was some way to add the butter too, you’ve just got to melt that yourself in the microwave or whatever and add it after the fact. Overall though, I’m really satisfied with this purchase.

• 13 Lenhart

  This machine has many problems, first off don’t let the pictures fool you it is only a 2 ounce machine and it is tiny it is only 4 foot tall and about 12″ square and you might as well use it from your knees because that is the only way you can fill the kettle because there is barely enough room above the kettle to fit your hand and it needs to be tilted to dump the measuring cup. Then when when you start it even after being preheated it takes forever to start popping because it is so under powered. from warm up to finished popcorn it takes almost 15 minutes to get the equivalent of less than 1/2 bag of microwave popcorn because at least 1/3 of the kernels that you put in are thrown out of the kettle once it starts popping. Out of the 5 batches i made with this the first time i used it i got about 1/2 cup of unpopped kernels.

• 14 Nufer

  This popper is a great little machine. It is easy to operate and my 14 year old loves to use it for family night.

• 15 DelRey

  This product is poorly designed to the point of being dangerous. It spits hot kernels everywhere and generally can’t be operated without making an awful mess.

  Once again, I wish I’d checked reviews before buying. But, I couldn’t imaging that anyone could foul up a popcorn popper sooo badly.

• 16 Marcy

  My mom likes garage sale type stuff and absolutely loved this. Make of that what you will.

• 17 Magee

  Everything is great about this item: the only thing is that some of the corn doesn’t get popped, it comes out unpopped together with the popped ones.

• 18 Betancourt

  My 10 year old daughter always wanted a popcorn machine and Santa found this on Amazon. The price is better than other sites and with hassle free returns, tax free, free shipping…This is an excellent deal($200). It does really make “Theater Style” popcorn. I would suggest the 4 ounce pre-packaged popcorn for kids/teens to use it (under adult supervision)….Case (24) of 4 Ounce Great Northern Popcorn Portion Packs.

  The delivery was fast and the large box was in prefect condition from UPS shipping. I saw that other reviewers said it was damaged or missing parts, but mine was not. The assembly was not that difficult(about 1 hour) and the instructions were easy to follow. The cart is basically all you need to assemble.

  The only concern that I have is that the popper unit(top part) is not permanently attached (attached by two side lathes) to the cart (for reasons of easy removal from the cart) and you must be very careful when you roll the machine. I almost dropped the popper unit while rolling it to another room in the house. Be cautious when you have to move it or simply take the top popper unit off and carry it. Do not allow children to roll it or it may topple over or fall off.

  The entire unit looks great. Bright red and all metal. The cart has a nice storage cabinet for your salts, seasonings, scooper, un-popped corn. Popping is very easy as long as you follow directions. The first batch we made turned out perfect. It uses up to 4 ounces of un-popped corn and that provides a family of four with plenty of popcorn. It only takes 3-4 minutes to warm up the popper and about the same to pop it(very fast popping). We really enjoy this Popcorn Machine….Take a look at the photo on this site of the machine.

  HELPFUL HINT-TURN ON THE HEATING LAMP ABOUT 30 -45 MINUTES BEFORE YOU START POPPING. It helps keep the popcorn warm.

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