Cook N Home02626 6 Quart Aluminium Stovetop Popcorn Popper Silver

This Cook N Home 6 quart popcorn popper is so easy to use. It creates delicious homemade popcorn in a matter of minutes on the stove. I think k it will hold up well. Easy to clean. I highly recommend

Edit: After over a year of use, I'm still very impressed with the value and quality of this induction ready popcorn cooker. Not only does it make great popcorn, it is very versatile and is great for cooking other things as well like stews, pot roast and deep frying. Also I have had not sign of corrosion or other flaws, even cooking heavy acidic foods tomato sauces, the finish is still flawless after constant use. This pot has been very handy for me as when I first ordered this for my new induction hob, I had just transferred from a gas stove and most all my old pots and pans where rendered useless leaving me with one or two induction skillets and an old cumbersome heavy cast iron dutch oven to cook my meals, so this has made many stews, and batch's beans and cornbread.As for the almost instant popcorn, I figured out that avocado oil is able to get to a higher temperature before burning and causes the kernels to get much hotter faster then regular oil or ghee. The key is preheating the oil tell it just at it's smoking point before add the corn in. I have also used ghee and although it gives a much richer real butter flavor, the popping was not as constant with a lot more unpoped kernels and took longer compared to using quality avocado oil.In summery, I can 100% recommend this unit for anyone looking for a quality induction ready cooker. I can see this lasting me for centuries to come.Without question, this is the best popcorn cooker I've used! Outstanding quality! The stainless is magnetic and it worked extremely well on my induction hob. And I say extremely well, as the first time using this today, I followed the directions with 3 Tbs oil (Avocado oil), 1/2 cup corn(fresh Orville Redenbacher's), with a power lvl 7.5 of 10 on the hob, I heated the oil first with just 2 kernels of corn in to tell they popped, so dumped in the 1/2 cup of corn along with 1 Tbs popcorn seasoning salt and cranked away. The cranking was very smooth with the steel gears effectively rotating the staring wire at the bottom of the cooker. I briefly left the lid open before closing it up after dumping in the corn so I could watch the action of the staring wire, and I must say it was really neat watching it spin around keeping all the corn turning. I would say within less than a minute after dumping the corn in and constantly cranking away, I am quite sure that literally every kernel had to have simultaneously popped! It actually startled me it was so sudden, and the pot was completely filled like within 2 seconds to the point I could no longer turn the crank! I've been making popcorn for most my life, and have never seen anything like that! I will have to try and do a vid on the next batch and put up on here as I have never seen anything like that! If you have an portable induction hob like mine or true induction stove top range this is a must have for literally instant popcorn.

I had a hot air popper but I started eating baby popcorn. Unfortunately, the kernels just blow out of the air popper without popping and make a mess. Using a regular skillet is a pain having to constantly shacking the skillet to make sure the kernels don't burn. Plus my stove is glass top electric and shaking the skillet back and forth was scratching the finish on the glass stove top. This popper (Cook N Home 02627 Stainless Steel Stovetop Popcorn Popper, 6 quart, Silver) makes popping the baby popcorn a breeze. Put a splash of oil in the pan, add the popcorn, put the pan on the heat, slowly turn the handle, pop and enjoy. I make 8 to 10 batches at one time, storing the popped corn in containers to eat later. This is much easier to do now than it was with the hot air popper (it would over heat if I made more than 3 batches and I would have to let it cool down before using again besides the problem I mentioned earlier popping baby popcorn) or the skillet (my arm would get really tired shaking it back and forth after 2 or 3 batches).The popper is very well made. Good solid construction. Nice thick bottom that doesn't buckle or warp when it is getting hot and then cooling. I've had stock pots that are similar to the pan part of the popper that were made with thinner bottoms that you can hear buckling and warping. This is not something good to hear while cooking and with thinner bottomed pans you run the risk of burning and/or scorching your food. So, as long as you watch the heat (don't have the heat set too high), turn the handle and take the popper off the heat as the popcorn finish popping you won't have a problem with burning or scorching.Cleaning is a breeze. After everything cools down I simply wipe the pan out and lid off with a dry cloth. If you go sparingly on the oil the pan and lid won't be greasy (first time I used the popper I used too much oil and the pan/lid where greasy/oily; haven't made that mistake again).Hope you found this review helpful and after you buy this popper you enjoy making popcorn now as much as I do.