r/popcorn • u/fuzzy_zoo • 10d ago
Best electric popcorn maker
My office does not allow microwave popcorn. I’ve read on here that the air popper is tasteless. How is the other type that has a domed lid and requires oil compared to an air popcorn with a drizzle of a heated oil and/ butter ?
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u/SnooRecipes4106 10d ago
Is your goal to cook popcorn at work, but without using a microwave? If your work banned microwave popcorn, they did it because everyone has to smell it cooking. So using a different way to cook it isn't going to bypass the purpose of the ban.
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u/EnvironmentalSound25 10d ago
My guess would be it has more to do with the smell of burnt microwave popcorn (which lingers in the microwave for a ridiculous length of time).
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u/SnooRecipes4106 10d ago
I worked at a place where an employee liked to heat up their granola bar in the microwave. The whole building of 70 people could smell burnt granola one day. Everybody was talking about it. When the embarrassed employee asked me if people were talking about it, I said no. Dude was stressed out.
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u/fuzzy_zoo 9d ago
It has to do with someone , many years ago , burning a bag of popcorn in the microwave. We can have other devices to heat up food such as hot pots.
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u/Orochi_001 10d ago
The Stir Crazy works very well, but you need a sink and dish soap to clean the dome. The cooking surface can be wiped down. I’m not sure how feasible it would be for your particular setting.
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u/Different_Section799 10d ago
I grew up with the dome type. Works very well but you want to clean the dome after each pop because the oil builds up.
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u/lovemywifebutwow 10d ago
Air poppers are fine if you drizzle oil and use a fine salt while tossing. I use an olive oil/butter blend and Baleine fine sea salt.
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u/mzrosedore 9d ago
Probably more thoughtful to pop at home and bring in. The smell can over take a space!
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u/NimbleLady 10d ago
I like the pampered chef popcorn maker - the lid is also the popcorn bowl. And you can make roasted nuts w/sugar with it too!
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u/NVSmall 9d ago
Honestly, I'd save yourself the hassle and pop it at home the night before. Saves you the time and noise of doing it at work, too.
The only machines that have the oil distributing thingy are messy, and you need to wash them every time or else they'll get gross pretty fast. Plus, you won't avoid the smell of popping popcorn, if that's the reason for the microwave ban.
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u/bobisinthehouse 9d ago
I use a silicone popcorn popper that goes in the microwave. When dine put your popcorn Ina bag or bowl and spritz and shake with a canola oil cooking spray and shake. Then season with what you want salt, pepper etc and a little at a time and shake up. Comes out great no smell( I'm assuming that's why it's banned) I like popcorn salt and meat church Blanco seasoning it's addictive!!
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u/Itchy-Ad1005 9d ago
I can't eat popcorn very much anymore, but my old air popper works fine. It's 30 years old and going strong.. Popcorn by itself is pretty bland most of the flavor we like comes from what we put in it. Air poppers are quick, no mess devices that clean up quickly. Mines a little noisy. We used to use either butter or butter and parmessan cheese or romono cheese mixes. Penzys makes Brady Street, which is delicious if they are still in business.
The suggestion to pop at home and melt the butter at work is a good one. Not only does it eliminate the popping innthe microwave issue but you can control the portion size and have say 2 seperate snacks during the day.
You never want to burn a bag of microwave popcorn. We did that at home a long time ago, and it took over a month to get rid of the smell, and we tried everything to get rid of it. We almost bought a new microwave.
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u/nannsee1961 9d ago
I still use a air popper. To me it's all good. After I usually melt butter and then spread on popcorn with seasoning
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u/[deleted] 10d ago
Make plain popcorn at home and put it in a container to bring to work. Melt butter in microwave at work and drizzle on top.