Can I use this to pop my corn in?
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From what I understand about the product it is a flavoring oil only and not designed for the high heat required for popping. Flavorless coconut oil is best in my experience for popping. Hope I helped!
1094062
IT WORKS FINE AS BOTH A TOPPING AND POPPING OIL. Still not what the theaters use but close.
1094063
Yes, but as described it is best used as a topping. I myself use peanut oil for popping the kernels.
1532973
Yes. I make popcorn in it abt 2x weekly. The bottom of the pan distributes heat well. After dumping corn, put water in the pan, and empty. It'll prevent oil residue from building up. Oil gear occasionally. Much better than whirly-pop.
809264
Yes - about 2 quarts+ of popped corn using 1/3 cup of unpopped corn. We set time at 2min 15 seconds in our Frigidare Microwave. A second follow up batch usually takes about 2 min.
1355082
It is supposed to grind popcorn into corn meal. Seen it done. Popcorn is much smaller than feed kernel corn. Guess it depends what size corn you are trying to use.
2004812
I think you could probably use any popcorn and oil combo. It's not a complicated machine and works just fine with the local popcorn/vegetable oil combo I've tried.
349547
I don't, but I think you could. I think the instructions had talked about grinding corn as well as peanuts.
1794830
Absolutely! Put 2 1/2 to 3 tablespoons in a paper bag o an Air Popper and set microwave to "high" for 3 minutes. The time may need adjusting, depending on your microwave power. I do not use oil, butter or anything else during the popping. After popping, I sometimes spray the non-calorie butter on the popped corn. Delicious. Eat it most days.
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Any similar design hot air popcorn popper like this is not compatible with seasoned corn; you have to add your seasoning/butter after it pops. Some better machines may have a small tray that sits on top that uses the heat to pop the corn to also melt the butter. I had one of those when I was a kid but the butter tray was too small for a large popcorn bowl. If you have a microwave oven, melt the butter in there. It's extremely fast and if you do it in a Pyrex measuring cup, the pour spout makes it easy to drizzle the butter where you want.
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Yes you can. The corn is slightly dryer without but oil is not required. It's also easier to burn the popcorn. I have successfully done it twice; both times I really really wanted popcorn and was hard up for oil. You really only need a small amount of oil. If no oil is going to be your norm, I'd recommend an air popper.
547030
Guess you could...they are hard to get into the corn cob so they might fall out while cooking....
132903
Yes, you can. now please remember to send me are ear or two of corn when you harvest it.
428369
I just used mine for the first time and got a full bowl of perfectly popped corn in 3 minutes. I used Walmart's GV popcorn with 2 Tbsp of Canola oil.
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I haven't tried that, but I kind of doubt it. There are three holes for material to dispense onto the impeller. There's a short steel rod that spins around to agitate the material, located about 1/2" over the plane of the holes. The holes themselves are about 7/8" dia. Unless the corn consists of very small kernels, I suspect that it would jam. OTOH, if that's all you want to use it for, I think you could enlarge the holes easily to about 1" and still have it work with the existing shutter. The shutter has molded holes in it about 1" dia that can't be enlarged without weakening it to the point of assured failure. I haven't tried that, but I kind of doubt it. There are three holes for material to dispense onto the impeller. There's a short steel rod that spins around to agitate the material, located about 1/2" over the plane of the holes. The holes themselves are about 7/8" dia. Unless the corn consists of very small kernels, I suspect that it would jam. OTOH, if that's all you want to use it for, I think you could enlarge the holes easily to about 1" and still have it work with the existing shutter. The shutter has molded holes in it about 1" dia that can't be enlarged without... » Read More I haven't tried that, but I kind of doubt it. There are three holes for material to dispense onto the impeller. There's a short steel rod that spins around to agitate the material, located about 1/2" over the plane of the holes. The holes themselves are about 7/8" dia. Unless the corn consists of very small kernels, I suspect that it would jam. OTOH, if that's all you want to use it for, I think you could enlarge the holes easily to about 1" and still have it work with the existing shutter. The shutter has molded holes in it about 1" dia that can't be enlarged without weakening it to the point of assured failure. « Show Less
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Yes based on information contained on the WonderMill web site it will grind whole kernel corn without problems. See here: http://willitgrind.com/willitgrind/yellow-field-corn
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Depends on the quality of the popcorn..High quality popcorn kernals pop equally to your best popped corn..Microwave popcorn is crap starting out and should not be compared to the quality you could get here..Technique is to keep all unpopped corn in your freezer until use..
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I don't see why not. Heavy-duty stainless should work great for you. I love this popper. Use 4 oz. of popcorn max.
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No, put salt in with oil as you are popping the corn. Use about 1/2 a tablespoon.There are no directions on container. We just experimented.