How well does the butter melting feature work? does it spread the butter evenly?
594057
I find this a great machine for popping corn with very little kernals left or none at all, I use corn oil as an oil, The Butter I will soften it up a bit in the microwave and only apply it to the top of the popper only after the corn starts popping, I find that if the butter is installed to early before the karnals start popping the butter tends to give off smoke and it gives the pop corn a burnt taste the machine is a good investment
594058
It does "Just OK" in spreading the butter, but that also makes cleanup much messier. (Therefore, we don't use that feature) We melt the butter in the microwave and then add it when the popping is done. All-in all we LOVE this popper!!!
594059
I don't like butter on my popcorn so I can't say, but if I would say that as well as it pops corn the company would have tested it and made sure that it works as well.
594060
No I find melting my butter on the side works better. Other than that you can't beat a stir crazy.
1147358
I put butter on it after washing with really hot water and the butter on the bottom melted, but I love it because it easily holds a stick of butter, which a lot of them don't.
1019513
Best I can tell, it is. This is a great little melting pot . Just right for melting butter, ect. I love mine. It comes in handy all the time.
1921935
I agree with all the below answers; don't believe it makes a difference, mine is marble, so I put an ice cube in and it keeps it cool, and depending on just how full I fill the butter and how big my ice cube is.. Love mine......
1553607
Yes I have used it with out oil or butter, and it seems to work ok. I prefer to use some butter it seems to start popping sooner and more corn seems to pop for me.
824854
I still melt butter and flower out of habit. I have not tried it without yet.
577419
I believe since the water around the container with the butter has to heat up first and then the butter....it takes a little time to do it
1017878
Like any pan, it will be hotter where the heat source is, it does disperse pretty well though. I would recommend the lodge cast iron griddle instead. I have both and the lodge is easily my favorite
1206530
It solidifies fairly smooth and shiny once it melts, but from the factory (or after being solid for a while, maybe) it is somewhat flaky/fluffy, though not nearly as much as the butter. Once you warm it even slightly, it doesn't make any difference. Both the oil and the butter seem to melt at just under 80F.
2110155
Thanks so much for posting this. The butter knife trick worked like a charm. I didn't have a lot of luck working the two halves back and forth, but did find that inserting a thin flat screwdriver blade and using that to pry the two pieces apart made it easy (after the butter knives were installed). Thanks again!
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It DOES hold a full stick of butter but you must - INITIALLY - squish the butter stick down in there, tightly, using a knife and smooth off the top)! It then takes very little cold water . . . maybe only fill it about a third of the way . . . any more water would overflow. When you put the butter holding part of this crock back into the water upside down . . you will see immediately that if you put too much water in, it will be 'displaced.' causing it to overflow. But, when done properly, the water will remain between the outer crock and the inner crock and the butter won't actually be soaking in water but, instead, benefiting from the water 'wall' formed between the two crocks. It DOES hold a full stick of butter but you must - INITIALLY - squish the butter stick down in there, tightly, using a knife and smooth off the top)! It then takes very little cold water . . . maybe only fill it about a third of the way . . . any more water would overflow. When you put the butter holding part of this crock back into the water upside down . . you will see immediately that if you put too much water in, it will be 'displaced.' causing it to overflow. But, when done properly, the water will remain between the outer crock and the inner crock and the butter won't actually be... » Read More It DOES hold a full stick of butter but you must - INITIALLY - squish the butter stick down in there, tightly, using a knife and smooth off the top)! It then takes very little cold water . . . maybe only fill it about a third of the way . . . any more water would overflow. When you put the butter holding part of this crock back into the water upside down . . you will see immediately that if you put too much water in, it will be 'displaced.' causing it to overflow. But, when done properly, the water will remain between the outer crock and the inner crock and the butter won't actually be soaking in water but, instead, benefiting from the water 'wall' formed between the two crocks. « Show Less
318804
I haven't tried butter, but it would probably work if the stick of butter were frozen!
1849397
Yes. I freeze butter all the time and my homemade stuff is no different. Works great.
463723
You put the butter in so it does not protrude over the top rim and it will stay dry. If you heap it in so it comes over the top then the top part will be wet.
297106
The lid just sits on top and does not attach. It is heavy enough to stay in place. There is a little venting of oil/steam that comes out of the small vent on the lid and very little from the butter melting area. We do not use the butter melting option so I'm not sure what happens when you do.
643783
It is smooth. There is a slight rim on the bottom plate that frames the area where the butter sits. It does notimpede the cleaning of the plate at all. I wouldn't like ridges either.
1625025
I've never seen one yet that truly distributes heat evenly (I'm sure they exist, but they probably cost more than I want to pay)...this is better than most I've used; not great, but I can live with it.