Customer Reviews

Whirley-Pop Theater Gift Set with Stovetop Popcorn Popper

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Give the Wabash people a call. They will ask you when you bought the popper and they will register your product. Then they will send you a brand new lid no questions asked. They will continue to do this for the next 25 years. I wish the entire gear system was made of metal, but with impeccable customer service like Wabash provides, I can overlook that.

As for the popper itself, the other reviews pretty much cover it. More fun and healthier than microwave popcorn and easier to store than a hot air job. I use 1/8 cup olive oil to 1/2 cup popcorn and don't even bother turning the gear until I hear the first kernel explode. I'm hoping this will save wear and tear for next time. I melt a tablespoon or two of butter over the top just 'cause I like the taste and add a little salt right in the kettle (be sure to use a potholder...it's hot!). Once the popcorn is gone, I fit the lid back on and stick it back under the cabinet. I don't even bother to wipe it out. Keeps it nice and seasoned!

The Whirley-Pop Stovetop popcorn popper is incredible. The popcorn is the best tasting ever! I use 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a half cup of popocorn and this popper pops every kernel in just a few minutes time on the stove. The crank on the popper is a little squeaky, but like I said the popcorn is awesome. After using the popper it is very easy to clean, I just wipe it out with a paper towel and then put it back in storage. I would highly recommend this popper to anyone who is a popcorn lover.

This is the best popcorn popper ever! It's easy, really fast and fun. Every kernel pops up light and fluffy. We used the pre-measured movie theater packs and we think the popcorn tastes better than what we get at the movies. We also popped a store bought corn and it also popped up light and fluffy with no kernels unpopped. We are not fans of microwave popcorn and we usually popped in a pot on the stove. The Whirley-pop makes a better popcorn and is so much faster and easier because of the material it is made of and the way the steam is vented. We love it and never have a problem eating the full batch.

Okay. So my family is nuts about whirley pop. This is the way to make popcorn. We used to have an air popper and I was never fully impressed with it because it spits the popcorn out as soon as it pops and that is not quite enough time to make the popcorn not chewy. The whirley pop allows the popcorn to cook just the perfect amount of time to be done just right. The moisture vents on top let the moisture out which is also essential to good popcorn. I like being able to use my organic popcorn in the popper. A couple of things that I would advise. It does need a good cleaning at the start as there is a lot of dark grease from production. Also the metal hands that spin the popcorn were not bent down to allow the proper stirring of the popcorn. It would just float on top of the unpopped kernels. Anyways, it took me a couple of tries to figure this out and then I bent them with my hands and it worked perfect!

I use my Whirley Pop every day. I bought a 50 lb bag of popcorn from Sams as my niece suggested. I go to Weight Watchers so this method of making popcorn works very well for my diet. The popcorn tastes so much better than air-popped.

Requires a lot of turning on the handle, but worth it for that old fashioned movie type popcorn! I recommend for family fun.

I bought two of these popcorn popper sets as gifts last year and both were liked very much by the recipients. I bought four this time, including one for myself as I'm not a fan of microwave or hot air popcorn. The popper works great other than once in a while a kernel will get stuck under the turning wand. A little shake of the pan will usually dislodge it. Using the included popcorn/oil/seasoning packets, every single kernel will usually pop. Interesting that the enclosed book says not to season until after popping but the seasoning is included IN the popcorn packet with no such admonition. The packets make a full kettle of popcorn with, though I haven't measured it, about 1/4 cup of popcorn kernels. This is easily enough to serve three or four people. It is not as easy to clean as the blurbs indicate because oil does get into the hinges of the cover so I'd pass on 'wiping clean' and give the entire thing a good hot soapy wash to make sure you don't end up with rancid oil in the cover.

This is my second Whirly-Pop- I had one years ago that got so gross from overuse that I threw it away. I replaced it with a cheap, no-name brand which ended up breaking and never gave me the same results. Now that I have a Whirly-Pop again, I can satisfy my popcorn addiction. It makes it fast and it makes a lot of popcorn. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys fresh, buttery, movie style popcorn. WalMart sells a butter topping that it the perfect compliment to this fresh popped corn.

I'm here to say that this is the best popper ever.....I've had mine for months and I use it quite often, I even bought the gallon of butter and salt..JUST LIKE THE MOVIES!! I'll never use Microwave popcorn again.

I've had this popper for about three months now, and about a week ago, the plastic gears broke. They split in half.

While I had it, it made decent popcorn, and it was a lot of fun to make it at home. However, the quality of parts isn't worth your money. I'd suggest finding something with all metal parts.