Presto Orville Redenbacher's Stirring Popper

by Presto

Product Features

• Pops up to 7-quarts of delicious popcorn or kettle corn
• Motorized arm stirs corn as it pops for virtually no unpopped kernels
• Built -in melter distributes butter over corn as it pops
• Cover flips over after popping for use as a serving bowl
• 120 Volts AC, 800 watts

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 7.3 x 12.8 inches ; 4.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003R5ODOE
• Item model number: 05201
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,427 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Pops delicious kettle corn with that genuine old-fashioned taste. Just add sugar and salt before you pop. Makes a heart healthy snack. Popcorn is high in antioxidants which can help reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Base nests inside cover for compact storage.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, January 7, 2011

By 

M. H. Hurst (Fremont, NE) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Presto Orville Redenbacher's Stirring Popper (Kitchen)

Let me preface this with I bought this popper as a replacement to my West Bend Stir Crazy popper that I had used with great frequency for 16 years (got it as a wedding gift) until the heat element decided it had popped it's last popcorn. This remarkable durability set the bar high for its replacement. I was unable to find a West Bend replacement at the time locally but I had found this Presto model. This popper had no realistic hope of reaching the bar set by the previous popper, but even with reduced expectations I'm disappointed. This popper comes in two parts and I have different feelings for each;
I'll start with the positive first:
The base is solid and the motor is quiet. The non-stick coating is great, clean up is fantastic as you only need take a paper towel to wipe it out and done! I've not had any problem with popping issues outside of having purchased a brand of substandard popcorn that I will never buy again. That's not the poppers fault, that's me trying to save a buck. The base by itself deserves 4 stars.

Now for the negative and the main reason behind my two star rating:
The clear bowl is complete rubbish. After the third use, I could see a hair line crack that was forming from one of the drip holes in the "butter tray" going towards the center. I never put butter in there anyway so I didn't give it much consideration given its location. The next use, while washing I noticed additional cracks had formed both in the butter tray as well as around the side handle area and one in the middle of the bowl's side. With each use, they've gotten worse.

To be clear, I've always hand washed the bowl and not in the dishwasher per the instructions and given the duration of my previous popper I don't think it's something I'm doing to cause this to occur as I'm not doing anything different. I can only guess its heat related as for the life of me I can't figure out how else these could be forming.

My wife has made fun of me as I've been duct taping the outside of the bowl where cracks have come together to try to maintain some sort of structural integrity of the bowl so I can keep on popping and get as many uses out of it as possible, but as a whole the bowl is deteriorating rapidly. This last batch I just made may be the last one as yet another crack that was not there prior to use has spawned from the side handle down the bowl and almost to the butter tray.

It's a shame as the base appears to be solidly made and usable for a long time.

As fortune would have it, I got a new West Bend Stir Crazy as a Christmas gift. I wonder if it will last 16 years like its predecessor? Not likely, as with everything it seems these days, they don't make them like they used to. But I would expect it to last at least one year, not 3 months.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars functions great, great flavor popcorn, September 25, 2010

By 

Ron Anderson "BengalTigger" (Alma, AR United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Presto Orville Redenbacher's Stirring Popper (Kitchen)

Pros: Great popper, first time we used it, popped every single kernel with none of that burnt microwave 'flavor'. It is very easy to use, and is easy to clean.
Cons: Even though it has vents in the lid to allow steam to escape, the popcorn still always seems a little chewy. I'm hoping its just my inexperience with using it.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Popcorn Maker, September 23, 2010

By 

Alan Kisseloff - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Presto Orville Redenbacher's Stirring Popper (Kitchen)

We saw this unit in a store at our local mall for over $50.00. We bought it through Amazon for much less. The unit makes great popcorn and is easy to use and clean. My only suggestion would be to add an on/off switch. I am buying another one as a birthday gift.