ABOSOLUTELY LOVE THIS POPCORN POPPER!!!!
I cannot express enough how happy I am with buying this popcorn machine. we have had the machine for a couple months now and have used it numerous times. I originally bought the machine to use at my son's circus themed birthday party in July but bought it early seeing as it cost as much to buy it as if i were to rent one. I figued it should work ok enough but was expecting it to not work very well since it was at a steal deal in comparison to other poppers of its size. Now, i tell my husband, this was the best investment weve made!! We have use it numerous times. Once to make popcorn bags for my son's t-ball team as end of the season give aways (about 40 gallon-sized bags,the kids LOVED them as did the parents),twice for concession stand production (it worked continuously, without any malfunctions, producing delicious perfect popcorn for over 300 people each time, although one time a kernal got stuck in the spinner and burned a batch...but that was a single incidence) and for home...
Price Speed Quality.....pick two
I bought this pop corn popper and donated it to an inner city school in Flint, Mich for them to use as a fund raiser. It replaced a unit that was over 16 years old. The Great Northern popper work great right out of the box and got rave reviews from the parent that had been making the pop corn forever. The kids also loved it as the old one burned the popcorn much of the time. Within 90 days, after approximately 12 uses the kettle burned out. I probably would not have bought this unit if I knew it only had a 30 day warranty. The silver lining in all this was a that the kettle was repaired by the company within a week for only $25.
Great Value and Nice Size
We just received this and fired it up. I am impressed with the overall rugged construction. As stated, the plexi used on the sides and the doors is commercial - not flimsy at all. The kettle is well made - looks and feels commercial. One tip on installing it - install the kettle tilted a bit as if you were dumping it. This keeps the gear/axle from being engaged while trying to slip the kettle into its bracket.
Heats right up in about 3 minutes - dump the corn in and a full 12oz batch takes about 2 minutes to pop to completion. The cycle is a little shorter after that if you are in continuous operation mode.
I haven't tried the pre-packaged corn/oil - it sounds tasty and convenient. But the popcorn from the 50lb bag was good using popcorn oil from local big box store.
One thing I wasn't quite sure of from the description but now that I see it and have thought it through - this machine will clearly hold 5 gal of popped corn in the warming area...
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