# Help me find a popcorn popper **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463 "2009-11-05T20:30:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463/21 "2009-11-06T07:47:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > You don’t have a stove? 😛 Depends. I can’t imagine that method working very well with an electric stove of any kind I can think of. _Maybe_ the no-coil flat kind. But even then, you’re limited to contact with the flat surface, unlike with gas. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No problem with the move, but the topic [del]isn’t[/del] wasn’t popcorn, it[del]'s[/del] was popcorn making appliances. Just explaining why I put it in GQ in the first place. Well, your question was pretty much equivalent to a discussion about pots and pans (food-making implements), and I think most would agree that would be more CS than GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463/22 "2009-11-06T08:30:44Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Well, your question was pretty much equivalent to a discussion about pots and pans (food-making implements), and I think most would agree that would be more CS than GQ. Yeah, thanks… I had no freaking idea why it got moved to CS until you explained it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463/23 "2009-11-06T16:21:07Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Depends. I can’t imagine that method working very well with an electric stove of any kind I can think of. _Maybe_ the no-coil flat kind. But even then, you’re limited to contact with the flat surface, unlike with gas. Sadly, my house has an electric stove. I can assure you that stovetop poppery works quite well with it. (Of course if I wanted to feel rustic I could grab one of the Svea stoves. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463/24 "2009-11-06T16:35:17Z")
A friend of ours gave us [one of these old time cart things](http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12004924&sourceid=1500000000000003260370&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=12004924), which is virtually a worthless piece of junk. Pushes out way too many unpopped kernels! Stovetop is cheaper, and the only way to make kettle corn. I use Splenda for mine. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463/25 "2009-11-06T16:59:21Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > Our air popper is ancient (I can’t be arsed to go look what brand it is, as I’m sure you can’t buy this model anymore), and the main thing I hate about it is that it has no switch; you just plug/unplug to turn it on and off. :mad: Neither did mine, but it was easy enough to wire one in (and also extend the too-short cord in the process). The main thing you have to watch out for is to keep track of which wire on each end corresponds to the wide prong on the plug. The only real problem with it is that I don’t think the well is deep enough; it tends to kick out lots of unpopped kernels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-popcorn-popper/516463.md?page=1)