best popcorn pan?

16 years ago

DH pops popcorn the old fashioned way. He used an old WearEver for over 15 years, but with our new electric glasstop stovetop, hit was leaving bad marks and scratching it. We then tried a Williams Sonoma fancy-pants "popcorn popper" pan with the turning crank. (he prefers to "shake th pan"--but could lead to more scratches on stovetop). Does any one have suggestions as to what kind of pot/pan to to use? Heavy material/light? brand? Hoping to pick something up at bed bath and beyond or even target that would do the trick. We will use it only for popping corn... thanks

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cat_mom
16 years ago
Don't know if this is the one you got at W-S, but we have a crank-type popper--a Whirley-PopÂ. I used to use a lge pot on the stove (gas range), but got a Whirley-PopÂ about a year or so prior to our reno and have used it ever since. I'm very happy with it.

We got ours at the now-defunct Linens and Things, on sale, with a coupon--I'm sure you'd find a similar deal elsewhere these days.

Here is a link that might be useful: Whirley-Pop
lascatx
16 years ago
A lot of people love the crank ones and I would try one (more for kettle corn or caramel corn) if it didn't create a storage challenge. I just use my regular pans, but I don't shake them across the cooktop. I lift them to shake them occasionally. That works well for plain popcorn, but to keep kettle corn from burning, it takes a lot more movement and I do tend to shake that across -- so I would get a crank type if you want to do popcorn with any sugar that could burn. Otherwise, see if he can just adapt to a lifting shake. No new pan needed.
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rhome410
16 years ago
I agree with Lascatx. We just used our regular stainless saucepan on the ceramic top range we had in our last house, but lifted to shake, unless it was just a little...I didn't worry about the stove top so much that it wouldn't take a little scooting back and forth of the pan.

With our gas rangetop now, though, I had to change my choice of pans, because the popcorn burned too quickly in the stainless, and does much better in a heavier pan.
ncamy
16 years ago
Could you put down a griddle plate and slide it back and forth across that?
Sharon kilber
16 years ago
We, have the back to basic corn popper. Got it on line from walmart. They do not carry it in the store.s But shipping is free to your Walmart. It is alot like the Whirly popper, but it is part stainless steel. And not aluminum. Turn.s with a crank. It is 39.99. sharaz
Laurie Neumann
16 years ago
You must have a Whirley-Pop. Here's my recipe for kettle-corn: Add a couple of tablespoons of sugar with the popcorn to the hot oil. Tastes just like at the county fair.
dcwesley
16 years ago
We like our Whirly-pop so much that we have ordered a convential hotplate for our new kitchen. (We will have an induction cooktop in the new kitchen; the whilrly-pop will not work on induction.)