@intenseNERD I do. I ordered 2 last time gave one as a present and broke the one I kept for my family.
I was hoping they would sell these again.
I just ordered 6.
They make great gifts.
@MehnofLaMehncha I try to click only when the product absolutely deserves it, peer pressure and click streaks be daggummed. Pretend you’re submitting to a higher power, and the clicks aren’t your own. Or something.
And boy, this one deserves it. 99.30% say leave it… That’s pretty high, even for meh.
The reason I’m not buying this is that it is a totally inappropriate 2-for Tuesday item. STOP DOING 2-FOR TUESDAY!! Or at least control yourselves about it! If it was just one I could maybe consider it. I do want to try roasting my own coffee. But I don’t really have space for one, let alone two, so MEH. AS. FUCK.
@Dizavid Consider it like you’re buying one at $28 then. It’s still cheaper than then $40 each that it’s being sold on Amazon. Throw the other away and you’re still ahead. Better yet, if you give it away to charity, you could feel good about yourself.
Also, you could have bought it for $22 for one earlier on meh:
This is the best popcorn popper ever made… really!!! I love it so much!!! My husband and kids love it when I break it out and force them to make a giant batch of popcorn!!! You cannot beat this price!!! Think of the smiles you will get when you give this as a gift!!! WORKS GREAT!!! BEST EVER!!!
Got 8 in green and of course I got VMP… it is the best value around!!!
Five years ago I was flat broke, living in an old refrigerator box, and working the streets as a human statue during the days to pay for a P.O. Box where I could get my welfare checks delivered. Today, I have a beautiful wife, two kids, three dogs and a five million dollar mansion and a booming concessions empire and it’s all thanks to the 5.5 quart Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid.
One day, I was sitting in Times Square with my collection jar in front of me, covered in pigeon poop (people thought it was part of the costume, I didn’t bother to correct them) when an infomercial for the Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid came up on the big screen. The very next day I was out with a brand new concessions cart selling roast your own coffee by the cup, think Keurig but fresher. The rest, as they say, is history.
Today, my company has over 500 vending carts in every major city in the U.S. and another 300 internationally, every single one equipped with half a dozen Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Poppers. The Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid changed my life and it could change yours too. Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity, say Yes to your future, don’t let the Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid slip away!
When you order, be sure to ask about VMP membership, it’s the best value in stove top coffee entrepreneurship.
@SHillman Not one of your better jobs. Here’s how it ought to go.
As a Professional Popcorn Preparer at a nationally known movie theater, i have years of experience with popping corn and serving it to our illustrious customers. I know what it’s like to be screamed at, have food thrown back in your face, and feel rejection when cleaning the floor of uneaten kernels between showings. Nothing makes you feel worse than knowing your delicacies have gone unappreciated.
But no more! Since i have purchased the Zippy Pop 5.5 Quart Stovetop Popcorn Popper, all my customers have been happy. Even the ones who swear each time they will never buy it again. Gone are the complaints, gone are the 3rd degree burns from having hot oil thrown at me, gone are the grimaces of unsatisfied customers. And i know the popcorn is eaten when i have to clean the floor between each showing.
Since then, i have been happier, and it shows. My boss gave me a 50 cent raise just last week. At $28 dollars, this pays for itself in just over a year! So, to all you Professional Popcorn Preparers out there, get a Zippy Pop 5.5 Quart Stovetop Popcorn Popper today and pop your popcorn with pride!
picked one up when first on sale. We use it about once a week for popcorn and it isn’t terrible. I’ve also used it to cook sauce-based foods and it did fairly well mixing up macaroni&cheese … would have preferred paying less, getting 2 of them and gifting one … Meh should let VMP’s who bought it previously pay only $6 for a second one. That’d be another reason to keep my shitty VMP membership another month … price protection for when these fuckers ultimately drop the price and screw over their more loyal customers …
Think about it MEH … you guys could have me hate you less …
No, no, no none of this is necessary. “Microwave popcorn” is the biggest scam ever foisted on the public. A pot on the stove? Savages.
How does popcorn work? Heat is applied to the kernel, which contains a tiny bit of water, which turns to steam and “explodes” the kernel. So all that is needed is heat.
Those bags full of grease, salt and “flavorings?” WHY?
Take some plain loose popcorn and throw a handful in a plain paper bag. Nuke until the popping stop. A typical jar ($1.69) will give you fifty bags of greaseless, uber-fluffy popcorn. You’ll never run out, You don’t need pots and oil and shit, just a paper bag.
Microwave popcorn of any kind does not compare to kettlecooked/stovetop. Being able to stir as it pops is a great thing.
The secret to theater-style popcorn (since that’s what most try to attain) without anything super fancy:
Container that keeps steam in
Ability to keep it in motion
Flavacol
For those without a kettle or stove-top piece, this Meh deal is actually a great investment if you like popcorn. I’m flat broke, and even though I have a propper popcorn popper (say that 10x fast) I’m tempted.
Flavacol is the flavoring used by many movie theaters and is ridiculously cheap to buy. One carton lasts forever. The usual flavorings (like Redenbacher stuff or whatever) you find at grocers are not comparable, but Flavacol is available on Amazon easily, or if you have a local restaurant supplier. This stuff alone will give you nearly the identical flavor as theater popcorn, but the texture can only be attained with proper equipment.
@Talidan The problem with Flavacol is that it doesn’t stick to popcorn made from an air popper. I make mine that way to avoid the extra fat popcorn and greasy texture.
@chacham Sort of defeats the purpose of using the air popper instead of cooking on the stove.
I did try spritzing it with water but it makes the popcorn soggy. It seems it needs to be some oil of some sort and then I would feel guilty about eating a bunch of it.
@cengland0 It does not defeat the purpose. It uses significantly less oil), to the point where it hardly feels greasy, and yet lets the salt stick to it.
When you fry in oil, it gets saturated in oil. Spraying oil is merely topical (pun, unfortunately, not intended). The difference can be felt and tasted. Try it once.
@cengland0
And if you’re concerned about healthiness, use coconut oil. They make some in a spray, or melt and drizzle, then toss the corn.
When I used to have an air popper, I’d use coconut oil (still do in my kettle popper from time to time), and then I’d toss it, if I had it in a relatively large, smooth bowl. Similar motion as flipping pancakes. It spreads it around pretty evenly. Then top.
And there’s no need to shy away from fats too much, especially healthier fats like in coconut oil.
@Talidan I hold a teaspoon full of coconut oil just outside the lip of my air popper. As the popcorn blows out, the hot air melts the coconut oil and I let it drip slowly in as the popcorn fills the bowl. This works amazingly well. After the popping is finished I stir the popcorn around to distribute the oil and add salt at the same time, very sparingly. This tastes better that popcornopololis, or barely naked, or any other “healthy” popcorn out there and a lot less sodium.
You’re all missing a major thing here, which is that popcorn kinda sucks anyway. You can only eat a pretty small amount of it at a time unless you want to take a horrible shit that may literally make your asshole bleed.
@jbartus Your definition of “big” may differ from mine. But what happens is the bullshit bits of she’ll go straight through you, never digesting, and so if there are enough of them in your dump, they have an abrasive affect on your booty hole that can cause itching, or, in more extreme cases, bleeding. Also burning. It’s a shitty way to take a shit.
@curtw4 There’s an outer layer of shell that you can’t really chew into smaller bits or avoid swallowing. It’s indigestible, hard, and can cut up your pooper on the way out.
@jbartus I might tend to eat more popcorn than most people do. Like a half a movie theater tub isn’t an uncommon amount for me to eat. Or even 3/4. Sometimes even a full one.
@jonmeh Thanks. I’ve always had kind of a thing for vocabulary, and later etymology.
I think far more people could relate to getting little bits of kernel stuck in your teeth. I’ve never noticed any popcorn- related issues further down the digestive tract than there.
Why would anyone want something that requires you to place your hand(s) directly over a lit cooking flame AND a constant source of scalding steam for long periods of time? Even with an oven mit on your hand(s) your arms are still exposed to the steam. This is a third degree burn just waiting to happen.
I made stove top popcorn yesterday in a regular old pot. I just cover the bottom of a pot with a single layer of kernels, add a little oil and apply high heat. The trick is to shake the pot every few seconds to keep the kernels from burning. Oh and you need a lid unless you want to lose an eye.
This is a rip off of the Whirly Pop, which you should buy instead. In addition to supporting the originator of a great idea you won’t burn yourself with a poorly placed but patent-avoiding rotator.
@grmeyer I’m curious, is there a patent date and number for the Whirley Pop, what sort of patent is it, and what does it cover specifically? The reason I ask is that there’s a popper called the Theater II that looks an awful lot like the Whirley Pop so I’d be curious as to the legal niceties thereof. Further, your accusation that these poppers were designed to get around Whirley Pop’s patent seem suspect at best given that there are antique popcorn poppers of this design dating back at least as far as the 30s, and I suspect they date back further even than that.
I bought this product a while ago when it was just one for $14 or something like that. I really enjoy using it. It pops the kernels perfect. You may have a few kernels that don’t end up popping but it’s way less than what doesn’t pop in a microwave bag. Plus, it doesn’t burn the kernels easily like microwave popcorn. I say it’s a good buy especially if you love making popcorn.
One for popcorn and one for other recipes like:
Cinnamon Glazed Almonds
Recipe Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 cups nuts
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup water
Cooking Instructions:
Mix sugar and cinnamon together inside using handle on top to mix. Put nuts and sugar mixture in ; stir to mix. Combine vanilla and water in measuring cup. Add liquid to glaze/nut mixture in pan.
Place popper on burner and set heat at medium-high; stir slowly. Glaze will quickly turn into a thick liquid; boil gently during cooking process. Stir contents slowly and continuously to keep the nuts bathed in glaze at all times until liquid evaporates and nuts are glazed (about 10-15 minutes). When the liquid is evaporated and the stir handle becomes harder to turn, the nuts are done. Do not over-cook.
Remove popper from burner. Quickly sprinkle a little water over nuts (about 1 Tablespoon per 2 cups nuts). Mixture will steam so keep hands away until steam dissipates to prevent burns. Stir nuts to coat evenly with glaze.
Sold Out! Thank you! I was over reading about roasting coffee with this thing and came back to meh. to find it sold out. This is a good thing because if my wife came home and found another kitchen/coffee/gadget in the garage I would have to get a divorce, and I don’t want to get a divorce… If these come around on meh again, just one instead of two, I might risk divorce for it. In the meantime I found some really cool ideas to make homemade coffee roasters using your BBQ grill and rotisserie. Or power drill and a cast iron Dutch oven on a propane burner. These ideas could also lead to a divorce but not nearly as likely. http://www.homeroaster.com/homemade.html
If you run out, can’t I just back order it at this price. This is really something I would really like to own. Not everyone wakes up and reads their emails in the morning. I read mine in the evening. Ugh!
@ina_cvc as a daily deal / closeout site their pricing here is based on the price they were able to buy it at. They’re not like Amazon or a normal retailer who can expect a regular shipment of ‘Product X’ to come in and safely take backorders or ‘reserve’ one for a given customer. If (there is a) next time (and) it costs them twice as much to acquire the popcorn poppers they would be obliged to sell you one without making their margin at the current price because they took a backorder from you, that’s a great way to go out of business for them – and how long would you want them to hold your money for anyhow? Perpetuity in the hopes of their getting a new popper shipment?
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year Zippy
Estimated Delivery: 6/9 - 6/11
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
2x Zippy Pop 5.5qt Popcorn Maker
2x Instruction manual
Pictures
Red
Black
Top view
Popping
Price Comparison
$79.99 (for 2) at Amazon (57 reviews)
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Warranty
90 days
I say popping in for this deal tonight – course microwave is my preferred popping piece of equipment…
Pop!
NOBODY NEEDS 2 OF THESE
@intenseNERD
One for regular, one for extra cheese
@intenseNERD Throw a hot plate and one of these in each room in case of a popcorn emergency.
@intenseNERD I do. I ordered 2 last time gave one as a present and broke the one I kept for my family.
I was hoping they would sell these again.
I just ordered 6.
They make great gifts.
I’ve never mehed so fast.
Especially since I’ve already got this pinnacle of popping perfection…
Speaking of which … Got a little problem. Stopped clicking the meh face out of reverse peer pressure.
Now I can’t stop clicking the meaningless star next to the page title at the top of this page. Transference?
@MehnofLaMehncha the bookmark star?
@stinks I love my hot air popper even though it’s not red.
@MehnofLaMehncha I try to click only when the product absolutely deserves it, peer pressure and click streaks be daggummed. Pretend you’re submitting to a higher power, and the clicks aren’t your own. Or something.
And boy, this one deserves it. 99.30% say leave it… That’s pretty high, even for meh.
I NEED 2 OF THESE!
@boc best post on any forum anywhere ever
@boc Came in for a Zippy pic, was not disappointed.
You can’t fool me, Meh… these are just big cups with cranks on top. No More Cups!
Always wondered about pop goes the weasel song – guess weasel had two of these –
I would really like one of these, but not at this price, and not during 2-for-tuesday. I would have no idea what to do with the other.
@conandlibrarian gift?
@conandlibrarian well you could pop off at your boss – by giving them the second one of course …
@conandlibrarian
Yeah. Whazzup with 2?
@conandlibrarian i’m in the same boat
Sad Llama, first i’ve been on AT Midnight in months and this is all i get. No bubba mugs on a two fer tuesday. Shiny red but meh.
OMG YAY! I finally get to bitch about paying more for just one of these previously! I feel so grown up! Um… I mean Meh.
What a corny thing to sell.
Had this been induction friendly…
…I still wouldn’t need 2…
Perhaps for making sauce?
Kettle corn and coffee. You are my friend.
couldnot…resist…compelling…copy
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The reason I’m not buying this is that it is a totally inappropriate 2-for Tuesday item. STOP DOING 2-FOR TUESDAY!! Or at least control yourselves about it! If it was just one I could maybe consider it. I do want to try roasting my own coffee. But I don’t really have space for one, let alone two, so MEH. AS. FUCK.
@Dizavid Consider it like you’re buying one at $28 then. It’s still cheaper than then $40 each that it’s being sold on Amazon. Throw the other away and you’re still ahead. Better yet, if you give it away to charity, you could feel good about yourself.
Also, you could have bought it for $22 for one earlier on meh:
@Dizavid use the second as a gift, maybe at next year’s company white elephant gift exchange, you’ll be the HERO of the party!
@Dizavid it will suck at roasting coffee btw. Good roaster is more than a pot with stirring lid
Man if my kitchen wasn’t already full of semi-useful gadgets…
I think stovetop popcorn tastes better. That’s probably why Jiffy Pop hasn’t gone away.
The second one could just serve as a Secret Santa\White Elephent\whatever gift.
This is the best popcorn popper ever made… really!!! I love it so much!!! My husband and kids love it when I break it out and force them to make a giant batch of popcorn!!! You cannot beat this price!!! Think of the smiles you will get when you give this as a gift!!! WORKS GREAT!!! BEST EVER!!!
Got 8 in green and of course I got VMP… it is the best value around!!!
P.S. Don’t inhale powered cheese and or butter.
i bought one of these at $22 a while back on Meh., boy do I feel like a dope
@DMlivezey Yes, that was on February 17, 2016.
Lol. Why is this a twofer? I do love mine though.
Five years ago I was flat broke, living in an old refrigerator box, and working the streets as a human statue during the days to pay for a P.O. Box where I could get my welfare checks delivered. Today, I have a beautiful wife, two kids, three dogs and a five million dollar mansion and a booming concessions empire and it’s all thanks to the 5.5 quart Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid.
One day, I was sitting in Times Square with my collection jar in front of me, covered in pigeon poop (people thought it was part of the costume, I didn’t bother to correct them) when an infomercial for the Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid came up on the big screen. The very next day I was out with a brand new concessions cart selling roast your own coffee by the cup, think Keurig but fresher. The rest, as they say, is history.
Today, my company has over 500 vending carts in every major city in the U.S. and another 300 internationally, every single one equipped with half a dozen Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Poppers. The Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid changed my life and it could change yours too. Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity, say Yes to your future, don’t let the Zippy Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper with Glass Lid slip away!
When you order, be sure to ask about VMP membership, it’s the best value in stove top coffee entrepreneurship.
@SHillman Not one of your better jobs. Here’s how it ought to go.
As a Professional Popcorn Preparer at a nationally known movie theater, i have years of experience with popping corn and serving it to our illustrious customers. I know what it’s like to be screamed at, have food thrown back in your face, and feel rejection when cleaning the floor of uneaten kernels between showings. Nothing makes you feel worse than knowing your delicacies have gone unappreciated.
But no more! Since i have purchased the Zippy Pop 5.5 Quart Stovetop Popcorn Popper, all my customers have been happy. Even the ones who swear each time they will never buy it again. Gone are the complaints, gone are the 3rd degree burns from having hot oil thrown at me, gone are the grimaces of unsatisfied customers. And i know the popcorn is eaten when i have to clean the floor between each showing.
Since then, i have been happier, and it shows. My boss gave me a 50 cent raise just last week. At $28 dollars, this pays for itself in just over a year! So, to all you Professional Popcorn Preparers out there, get a Zippy Pop 5.5 Quart Stovetop Popcorn Popper today and pop your popcorn with pride!
picked one up when first on sale. We use it about once a week for popcorn and it isn’t terrible. I’ve also used it to cook sauce-based foods and it did fairly well mixing up macaroni&cheese … would have preferred paying less, getting 2 of them and gifting one … Meh should let VMP’s who bought it previously pay only $6 for a second one. That’d be another reason to keep my shitty VMP membership another month … price protection for when these fuckers ultimately drop the price and screw over their more loyal customers …
Think about it MEH … you guys could have me hate you less …
@booboo9000 you want an awful lot for $5/mo., they already take it on the chin when it comes to shipping.
LIFE HACK -
No, no, no none of this is necessary. “Microwave popcorn” is the biggest scam ever foisted on the public. A pot on the stove? Savages.
How does popcorn work? Heat is applied to the kernel, which contains a tiny bit of water, which turns to steam and “explodes” the kernel. So all that is needed is heat.
Those bags full of grease, salt and “flavorings?” WHY?
Take some plain loose popcorn and throw a handful in a plain paper bag. Nuke until the popping stop. A typical jar ($1.69) will give you fifty bags of greaseless, uber-fluffy popcorn. You’ll never run out, You don’t need pots and oil and shit, just a paper bag.
You’re welcome.
@droopus big popcorn has been alerted to this post.
@thismyusername uh oh…
How does this compare to the good ol’ Whirly-Pop?
@jetkins By putting it next to it on the stove, being ambidextrous, and tasting the results afterwards. How else would you compare them?
Microwave popcorn of any kind does not compare to kettlecooked/stovetop. Being able to stir as it pops is a great thing.
The secret to theater-style popcorn (since that’s what most try to attain) without anything super fancy:
For those without a kettle or stove-top piece, this Meh deal is actually a great investment if you like popcorn. I’m flat broke, and even though I have a propper popcorn popper (say that 10x fast) I’m tempted.
Flavacol is the flavoring used by many movie theaters and is ridiculously cheap to buy. One carton lasts forever. The usual flavorings (like Redenbacher stuff or whatever) you find at grocers are not comparable, but Flavacol is available on Amazon easily, or if you have a local restaurant supplier. This stuff alone will give you nearly the identical flavor as theater popcorn, but the texture can only be attained with proper equipment.
@Talidan The problem with Flavacol is that it doesn’t stick to popcorn made from an air popper. I make mine that way to avoid the extra fat popcorn and greasy texture.
@cengland0 Spray the air popcorn with an oil spray like Pam after it is popped. Then sprinkle away.
@chacham Sort of defeats the purpose of using the air popper instead of cooking on the stove.
I did try spritzing it with water but it makes the popcorn soggy. It seems it needs to be some oil of some sort and then I would feel guilty about eating a bunch of it.
@cengland0 It does not defeat the purpose. It uses significantly less oil), to the point where it hardly feels greasy, and yet lets the salt stick to it.
When you fry in oil, it gets saturated in oil. Spraying oil is merely topical (pun, unfortunately, not intended). The difference can be felt and tasted. Try it once.
@cengland0
And if you’re concerned about healthiness, use coconut oil. They make some in a spray, or melt and drizzle, then toss the corn.
When I used to have an air popper, I’d use coconut oil (still do in my kettle popper from time to time), and then I’d toss it, if I had it in a relatively large, smooth bowl. Similar motion as flipping pancakes. It spreads it around pretty evenly. Then top.
And there’s no need to shy away from fats too much, especially healthier fats like in coconut oil.
@Talidan I hold a teaspoon full of coconut oil just outside the lip of my air popper. As the popcorn blows out, the hot air melts the coconut oil and I let it drip slowly in as the popcorn fills the bowl. This works amazingly well. After the popping is finished I stir the popcorn around to distribute the oil and add salt at the same time, very sparingly. This tastes better that popcornopololis, or barely naked, or any other “healthy” popcorn out there and a lot less sodium.
You’re all missing a major thing here, which is that popcorn kinda sucks anyway. You can only eat a pretty small amount of it at a time unless you want to take a horrible shit that may literally make your asshole bleed.
@Dizavid You sound like the voice of experience. Way, way, WAAAAAY too much experience.
@Dizavid I eat popcorn all the time (big bowl multiple times per week), no issues here.
@Dizavid Sorry it bleeds for you…it just itches for me until I dig it out, which is worth it.
@jbartus Your definition of “big” may differ from mine. But what happens is the bullshit bits of she’ll go straight through you, never digesting, and so if there are enough of them in your dump, they have an abrasive affect on your booty hole that can cause itching, or, in more extreme cases, bleeding. Also burning. It’s a shitty way to take a shit.
@Dizavid TMI
@ceagee Not really, it’s information you need! It could quite literally save your ass!
@Dizavid There’s a little trick to avoid this. I call it “chewing.” WTF, dude. Are you swallowing them whole?
@Dizavid what the hell are ‘the bullshit bits of she’ll’?
When I say big I mean like a full cup of unpopped kernels. I don’t have these problems you describe.
@Dizavid You said …“they have an abrasive affect on your booty hole”…
You have a way with words, man. I feel for your “booty hole”.
@curtw4 There’s an outer layer of shell that you can’t really chew into smaller bits or avoid swallowing. It’s indigestible, hard, and can cut up your pooper on the way out.
@jbartus I might tend to eat more popcorn than most people do. Like a half a movie theater tub isn’t an uncommon amount for me to eat. Or even 3/4. Sometimes even a full one.
@jonmeh Thanks. I’ve always had kind of a thing for vocabulary, and later etymology.
I think far more people could relate to getting little bits of kernel stuck in your teeth. I’ve never noticed any popcorn- related issues further down the digestive tract than there.
Maybe you have a delicate anus.
Why would anyone want something that requires you to place your hand(s) directly over a lit cooking flame AND a constant source of scalding steam for long periods of time? Even with an oven mit on your hand(s) your arms are still exposed to the steam. This is a third degree burn just waiting to happen.
No thank you.
I made stove top popcorn yesterday in a regular old pot. I just cover the bottom of a pot with a single layer of kernels, add a little oil and apply high heat. The trick is to shake the pot every few seconds to keep the kernels from burning. Oh and you need a lid unless you want to lose an eye.
@toddnet Can you easily roast coffee in a normal pot or pan?
Pöpcørn?
This is a rip off of the Whirly Pop, which you should buy instead. In addition to supporting the originator of a great idea you won’t burn yourself with a poorly placed but patent-avoiding rotator.
@grmeyer isn’t the Whirly Pop essentially a mechanical ripoff of a far older idea that is user in many places including commercial popcorn poppers?
@jbartus No. Unless you consider the automobile a ripoff of the covered wagon.
@grmeyer been using this for a while and have yet to burn myself.
@grmeyer I’m curious, is there a patent date and number for the Whirley Pop, what sort of patent is it, and what does it cover specifically? The reason I ask is that there’s a popper called the Theater II that looks an awful lot like the Whirley Pop so I’d be curious as to the legal niceties thereof. Further, your accusation that these poppers were designed to get around Whirley Pop’s patent seem suspect at best given that there are antique popcorn poppers of this design dating back at least as far as the 30s, and I suspect they date back further even than that.
Do you feel stirred two pop me for these corny jokes?
Why does the Meh face have pretzels on the forehead? It would make sense if it were popcorn kernels…meh.
@davevinci I think it was part of a “Make your own chex mix” paragraph that got cut.
I bought this product a while ago when it was just one for $14 or something like that. I really enjoy using it. It pops the kernels perfect. You may have a few kernels that don’t end up popping but it’s way less than what doesn’t pop in a microwave bag. Plus, it doesn’t burn the kernels easily like microwave popcorn. I say it’s a good buy especially if you love making popcorn.
One for popcorn and one for other recipes like:
Cinnamon Glazed Almonds
Recipe Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 cups nuts
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup water
Cooking Instructions:
Mix sugar and cinnamon together inside using handle on top to mix. Put nuts and sugar mixture in ; stir to mix. Combine vanilla and water in measuring cup. Add liquid to glaze/nut mixture in pan.
Place popper on burner and set heat at medium-high; stir slowly. Glaze will quickly turn into a thick liquid; boil gently during cooking process. Stir contents slowly and continuously to keep the nuts bathed in glaze at all times until liquid evaporates and nuts are glazed (about 10-15 minutes). When the liquid is evaporated and the stir handle becomes harder to turn, the nuts are done. Do not over-cook.
Remove popper from burner. Quickly sprinkle a little water over nuts (about 1 Tablespoon per 2 cups nuts). Mixture will steam so keep hands away until steam dissipates to prevent burns. Stir nuts to coat evenly with glaze.
I use it to roast coffee. It easily handles a pound of green coffee at a time - I end up paying about $5/14oz roasted coffee that is pretty darn good.
If you buy it to roast coffee, keep this in mind
I’ve heard some worries regarding a teflon coating but I believe that it’s only an issue if you damage and tear the coating off.
UHHHH 2 of these are baaaddd…mmmmkayyyy ???
Now I want two…
Sold Out! Thank you! I was over reading about roasting coffee with this thing and came back to meh. to find it sold out. This is a good thing because if my wife came home and found another kitchen/coffee/gadget in the garage I would have to get a divorce, and I don’t want to get a divorce… If these come around on meh again, just one instead of two, I might risk divorce for it. In the meantime I found some really cool ideas to make homemade coffee roasters using your BBQ grill and rotisserie. Or power drill and a cast iron Dutch oven on a propane burner. These ideas could also lead to a divorce but not nearly as likely.
http://www.homeroaster.com/homemade.html
If you run out, can’t I just back order it at this price. This is really something I would really like to own. Not everyone wakes up and reads their emails in the morning. I read mine in the evening. Ugh!
@ina_cvc as a daily deal / closeout site their pricing here is based on the price they were able to buy it at. They’re not like Amazon or a normal retailer who can expect a regular shipment of ‘Product X’ to come in and safely take backorders or ‘reserve’ one for a given customer. If (there is a) next time (and) it costs them twice as much to acquire the popcorn poppers they would be obliged to sell you one without making their margin at the current price because they took a backorder from you, that’s a great way to go out of business for them – and how long would you want them to hold your money for anyhow? Perpetuity in the hopes of their getting a new popper shipment?
Who wants to sell me one of these?
@somf69 oh oh oh I know this one!!!
AMAZON WANTS TO SELL YOU ONE OF THESE!!!
http://www.amazon.com/Zippy-Pop-Stovetop-Popcorn-Capacity/dp/B00NSQ5HCO/?tag=meh0ec-20
What do I win?
I’ll sell you one.
Seriously
$40
Here we are nearly a year later and I ended up taking the 2nd one to our family Christmas grab bag party (obviously nearly 2 months ago.)
I bring this up because my mother (who ended up with it - almost begrudgingly) just sent me this:
“We didn’t know we needed it until we tried it. . . Now we NEED IT!”
I’m here because she wanted to know where I got it and I had to tell her she wasn’t going to be getting one this cheaply again.
We use ours probably once a week. Big fan.