Wabash Valley Farms Whirley Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper (Original Silver) by Wabash Valley Farms

Love my Whirley Pop, bought my first one at Habitat on Tottenham Court Road while at Uni. in ‘98 and it’s lasted me all these years. Only had to patch up/glue the cog once in that time as it’s a transition fit that wears over time, but put simply, this is the best way to make popcorn at home. Get the right oil and flavouring and you’ve got that cinema experience. Or get all gourmet and creative with recipes. Update: It's arrived! the cogs that drive it are now metal and pinned so even more well made than before. Here's to the next 25 years!

I have been a Whirley-Pop owner for a while now, and if you like popcorn I'd say it's a must have. I used to do the Alton Brown technique of tinfoil over a big mixing bowl on the stove, but it was a lot of work, was time consuming, and used up a lot of foil, so I gave the Whirly-Pop a try and I've never looked back. The results are superior to an air popper with very few dud kernals, and that's one less electrical gizmo I have to keep in the kitchen. Sadly I do not have a gas stove so I do not get the advertised "popcorn in 3 minutes," but making popcorn with it is still easy and faster than any other stovetop method I've tried. One thing to consider is since it's made of aluminum, take good care of yours and don't go dropping it on the floor or cramming it into an overcrowded cabinet. It's not too difficult to straighten out if you have an accident though. Mine has gotten a few dings in it but nothing that keeps it from working correctly. Just about any time I have a movie night these days I bring out the Whirley-pop and start making popcorn. My personal recommended kernels are Orville Redenbacher because they pop big, give me very few duds and have great flavor-- I've yet to find any other kernels that pop quite as nicely. For popping oil I use Kernel Season's, although whatever your favorite oil is it will work fine, though I recommend always using something butter-flavored! My favorite topping is home-made ghee and salt, hands down.

Great popcorn maker, I have used many kinds, and this style is the best!

Love it!! It’s made from very thin aluminium (the base and the top), however it feels very well made, I’m guessing the material is so thin to help pop the popcorn quicker. This will not work with an induction cooktop, however Makes amazing popcorn! 🍿😍

Vale toda la pena comprar la olla ya que está bien hecha y te permite hacer las mejores palomitas!!!! Estoy encantado con ella.

I had one of the electric popcorn poppers that heats and turns the crank for you, but it quit reaching the right temperature and also was a hassle to clean. I tried doing regular stove-top popcorn shaking my own saucepan back and forth, and that just burned the popcorn every time. I was worried I would get similar results from this thing, but it's working really well. Just slowly turning the crank makes all the difference I guess. Either that or maybe the aluminum is distributing the heat better than the pot I was using. I use flavacol (extra fine salt with an artificial buttery flavor and color available here on Amazon) with refined coconut oil and a good brand of popcorn kernels and nearly every kernel pops and the popcorn comes out great. It's just important to absolutely turn off the stove as soon as the popping is slow but before it stops. The last few kernels will still pop after the heat is turned off, but nothing will burn. Dumping the popcorn out is a little tricky. The other flap that's clipped down keeps coming open and burning my hand while I hold the other flap open, but I feel like I'll get the hang of it. Cleaning it up isn't that bad. I figure I'll use this only for popcorn so I'm never going to try wash all the oil out with soap and water, I'll just rinse it and wipe it clean with a paper towel. All the salt in the flavacol will probably keep this kettle well seasoned. I also tried doing glazed popcorn with sugary glazes also found here on Amazon. These worked pretty good as well. The sugar combined with the oil and boiled into a very sticky concoction, but it all coated the popcorn and wiped right out of the this kettle. The lid has lots of crevices that made it a little more difficult to clean all the spots of sticky colored sugar, but it did all come off. I've popped 2 batches of sweet glazed popcorn and two batches of regular popcorn and there have no been no problems of burnt popcorn or burnt spots on the bottom of the kettle.