Is there a cup to add butter or seasonings to the popcorn as it is being popped?
1289515
No. You can melt butter in tray/scoop at the top but you still must dump it after you are finished popping the popcorn.
1289516
Yes. It's right there on the top, that small cup with the handle sticking out is both the butter melting cup and measures the amount of kernels you use. Make sure the butter is room temperature and cut into tiny cubes so it melts faster. Do not put any seasoning inside the hot air compartment, that is for kernels only. We love using this popper machine- we use it at least once a week! :)
1289517
It comes with a cup to measure out the kernels so I guess you could use that for it
1289518
Yes. There's a small plastic cup that sits in the very top of the popper. As the popper works, the cup gets hot and any pad of butter placed in the cup would melt to liquid. The idea is that you would then pour out the melted butter into the bowl of freshly popped popcorn. You could certainly add seasoning of any kind and mix before pouring. The cup is shallow and will not hold a quarter stick of butter, but maybe an eighth. I certainly would not want more than that for single round of popping.
1289519
You can melt the butter in the top thing and pour it on after. You would have to season it after, since it doesn't drop through. I love my machine :)
256917
Put in 2 tablespoon oil, one cup popcorn and one teaspoon flavacol in popper. Add more flavacol after popping if needed.
1899070
The instructions recommend using 1 tbl spoon of oil or butter. We use canola oil and the popcorn comes out perfect every time with a minimum of unpopped kernels.
1647488
Iam not sure, because it might go inside the machine. But after I make some popcorn I add my own butter. But it would be cool if we could add butter inside the popper.
1440325
You can use any kind of popcorn; it doesn't have to be the packaged mixes. It comes with a measuring spoon for oil and a measuring cup for the popcorn.
626100
I put a large wooden spoon underneath the front of the popper, leaning it slightly backwards. Anything to prop the front up would work. The wooden spoon just seems to be the right height needed to still allow the popped popcorn to build up and flow out. I remove the spoon once the popped popcorn starts to flow. At the end there's a few unpopped kernels that fly if I don't turn off the machine, hold the bowl up blocking the opening or putting the spoon underneath the backside. I prefer to just turn it off.
1098912
Yes. You put a pat of butter on the top. As it pops the butter melts into the kernels
346876
If its the same as ours, the popcorn & oil are packaged together, and you use one set per batch. If not, the basic "recipe" is 2 tbsp. oil and 1/2 cup popcorn. Put salt on AFTER popping, whether or not you add melted butter. For some different great tastes, use flavored oils, or put some herbs in with the oil; try seasoned salt; a little curry powder; black pepper with your salt. Great stuff.
196582
Funny you asked about the popcorn. We made a large batch of popcorn and used the butter powder on it. It was excellent! No oily fingers and is now a family favorite. I haven't tried it in cooking yet. Was planning on using it when baking bread for a buttery background. I don't think that you could use it as a film in a pan to keep the eggs from sticking, but if you're looking for a nice buttery flavor to mix in scrambled eggs... it would work.
2191259
It should feel like hard butter which you can dent by squeezing. After you exude it from the package into the heat of the popcorn maker it will melt, and within 15 seconds it will be all liquid and you can pour in the popcorn kernels and seasoning.
2213139
Trying to add real butter during the cooking process would interfere with the cooking time. What I've learned from trial & error is to split the oil (I use peanut) 1 tbl & melted real salted butter 1 tbl added to PowerCup & not after cooking. I imagine you could add 2 tbl melted butter & no oil as well. I add sea salt to the kernels before cooking (I'm not a big salt user) to keep the amount of sodium low but still gives a salty flavor. If you use just salted butter you may find you don't need to add any additional salt. I like my combo because the popcorn is not as greasy. I've also tried almond oil & would consider trying other oils but they are expensive. I hope this helps you out?
903946
You can use any kind that you want but I would suggest you use coconut oil for your popping oil. It gives the corn a better taste remember a little goes a long way also a little bit of popcorn goes a long way. 1 cup will treat 2 people with no problem.
1246969
I never use powdered butter. Just put regular butter on top melting area. I did not keep this popcorn maker very long at all because it did not pop well, burnt a lot of corn, and was noisy and hot. You could probably shake powdered butter on top of hot popcorn as it fills your bowl.
1294647
One cup of popcorn to one-half cup of oil. Add a level teaspoon(or a pinch less) of Flavoral salt with the oil before heating and then pop the corn. Comes out just like the machine at the movie theater.
511014
I have used regular popping corn and regular oil. Do need to season to taste afterwards. The ready made packets are convenient but for me a bit too salty
543672
We keep ours in a salt shaker, but add it to the butter/oil. It spreads evenly as the kernels pop.
1810183
We have never added oil or butter or anything else, when using this popper. 1/3 (heaping is OK) cup of popping corn into the bowl of the popper with a condenser in the bottom, and let 'er rip in the microwave until you don't hear any more popping. Dump it into a bowl, then add melted butter and salt, or whatever you like. Be careful not to go too long on the popping time, because it will burn and blacken the kernels.