Presto 04868 Orville Redenbacher's Fountain Hot Air Popper, 20-Cups, Red

So cool. I have to redo my kitchen now to have a place to put it away, but it works so well that we're using it often! Follow the instructions to preheat it. Follow the instructions for max fill (at least as much as two microwave bags). Even the 5-year-old popcorn in the back of our cupboard popped completely. No burning. No fiddling. Just wash the bowl when you're done (and hey, you were gonna have to do that anyway). Brilliant! I've noticed a few little flakes of popped corn dust flying out while it's on, but it doesn't make a ridiculous mess, and it simply cannot shoot un-popped kernels around. It has quite a short cord and no switch, but in practice those are deliberate and wise features, not drawbacks. Faster. More efficient. Pops perfectly every time. Way less wasteful than microwave bags. Way less clean-up than stove-top pots. Best popper ever. Highly recommended.

I'd like to give this one star because I I've had nothing but problems with the last two Presto popcorn makers I bought and I just threw them both in the trash today because I just gave up. They were spitting out so many unpopped kernels and one time the lid actually exploded off the top of one and popcorn and butter went everywhere and it was a disaster. I was even on the phone with customer support and they were useless. So I was looking for a different hot air popper. They all looked pretty awful. I think there are two or three models all made by the same company in China and very little difference between them. But this is actually very clever in the way it works. You must read the instructions, you just must. But it popped the corn as expected and I thought the little screens on the popper would filter out all the unpopped kernels, but it doesn't really work that way. First you have to take the vent cover off the clear popping bowl. Pour in your popcorn and plug it in. Depending on how it pops you may have to shake it once or twice according to the instructions. That's no big deal. After it's done popping you put the cover back on to the popping bowl. After it finishes popping, you put the cover back on top, you flip it over then you shake it up and down and then side to side and then you remove the top cover which is now at the bottom the bowl and filled with all the unpopped kernel But they're all contained within the top cover because the unpopped kernels get filtered through the vent on top of the bowl. So you can either just eat the popcorn out of the popping bowl because the kernels fall into the cover which is beneath the popcorn or take the cover off and dump the kernels, a lot of them into the trash and poured the popcorn into another bowl orr probably better yet just leave it on. I had one or two unpopped kernels. That's a miracle. If I would have let it pop just a little bit longer I probably would have had less. But that's not an issue because they all go into the bowl cover which you simply remove and toss the kernels into the trash. Or if you're not going to add butter or any other toppings you'd probably could just leave it on because it wouldn't affect the popcorn in the bowl and actually as you eat the popcorn more kernels if any are left would fall into the bottom cover. It's quite an ingenious design. I'm rambling on a bit and it's really hard to leave a review on a cell phone but this does work really well. It's extremely ingenious the way it's designed. And I would definitely recommend using Oroville Redenbacher popcorn however, because of this design you could probably use any brand. On the other Presto machines which just did not work you had to use Orville Redenbacher just to come close to get it half decent which it never really was. Read the instructions, by high quality popcorn and I think you'll be happy with this. I'm just excited I have a working hot air popper. What a confusing review. Well this is an update it was a confusing review but this is the best hot air pop I've ever had and I don't even get one unpopped kernel now. That's it.

Me había surgido la inquietud desde hace tiempo por adquirir una maquina de estas para hacer palomitas, más que nada por el factor de lo saludables que son al prepararlas con solo aire caliente, vaya, 100% naturales . Después vino la decisión de elegir alguno de los muchos modelos que hay aquí en Amazon, pero luego de una búsqueda de varios minutos, encontré este que me encanto. Lo primero que me gusto fue su diseño, es algo que llama mucho la atención y luce muy bien en donde se coloque. Además el ver trabajar a la máquina mientras se hacen las palomitas resulta hasta divertido, ver como van saliendo hacia arriba como una fuente de palomitas. En cuanto a su funcionamiento que a final de cuentas es lo más importante, no tengo ninguna queja al respecto. La máquina cumple a la perfección con su funcionamiento, las palomitas se hacen perfectamente bien, estoy seguro que jamás había comido unas palomitas caseras que estuvieran tan bien hechas como salen con esta máquina. Cieto que la maquina no tiene un botón de encendido/apagado y que solo se prende/apaga mediante el enchufe a la luz, esto a mi en lo particular no me pareció ningún inconveniente, ya que yo acostumbro a desenchufar todos mis aparatos que solo se utilizan ocasionalmente, así que el enchufar y desenchufar de laz luz para poner a trabajar la máquina lo sentí hasta algo "natural". En mi búsqueda llegué a leer unas reseñas muy absurdas con respecto al sabor de las palomitas, de gente que se queja diciendo que "no saben a nada". Pues obvio, son 100% naturales, las palomitas naturales que mucha gente consume son tipo Act ll, las cuáles obviamente no son 100% naturales. Ya de uno depende agregarles un poco de sabor, rociarles un poco de salsita de botella y luego agregarles un poco de sal, quedan muy ricas así. También esta la opción de ponerles mantequilla derretida una vez que ya están echas, pero esto ya les quita bastante ese factor de saludables por el tema de la grasa. La mantequilla la recomiendo solo muy de vez en cuando. Yo lo hago solo una vez cada 2 o 3 semanas. Otra recomendación importante es que no rebasen la línea interior que marca el llenado máximo de la maquina, yo lo hice en una ocasión y provoque que la máquina se sobrecalentara. No pasa nada, solo se apaga y hay que dajarla enfriar para que vuelta a encender, pero obviamente lo ideal es que nunca ocurra esto para no desgastar el mecanismo y de alguna manera acortar la vida útil de la máquina. En resumen y ya habiéndole dado uso por más de un mes, definitivamente recomendó esta máquina al 100%. Funciona super bien, palomitas naturales perfectamente bien hechas, un diseño muy padre y llamativo, y en lo personal hasta el precio se me hace bastante bueno. El artículo es enviado por Amazon USA, el cual me llego en perfecto estado.

I would give it 6 stars if I could. We have bought many different kinds and brands of popcorn poppers, this is our FAVORITE. Very impressed with how easy it is to use. No kernels come flying out, (was a problem with a couple of them.) We have far less unpopped kernels. We use it almost daily. It pops normal kernels well, but not homegrown miniature popcorn. I highly recommend this fountain air popper!!!

Es fácil de usar, muy rápido, lo limpias fácilmente. Realmente vale la pena.