PopCorn Machine Review - West Bend Stir 82306X Stir Crazy 6-Quart Popcorn Popper

The West Bend Stir 82306X 6-Quart electric popcorn machine can be yours for around $30. With price in mind, I can't be overly critical unless there are major faults in the design, which there aren't. This popcorn machine does exactly what it was designed to do, and that is to give you enough popcorn to make you think you are actually at the cinema. This popcorn machine can produce around 6 quarts of popcorn in five minutes -- it does not mess around.

It has a number of nice features too. The motor driven stirring rod works to ensure that every kernel gets popped, and when the popcorn machine is done, the machine stops automatically so you have no burnt popcorn (a common complaint with stove top popcorn machines, if you do not keep a close eye on them). The designers also had the neat idea of turning the cover into a bowl in which to hold the popcorn. Now that is what I call thinking outside the box.

As for the taste, well, to my refined pallet, the taste is not quite as good as that taste you get from the stove top popcorn machines, but then these have drawbacks of their own, notably unease of cleaning and burning. However, I said I would not be overly picky, so I am going to give this popcorn machine the thumbs up on taste.

Finally, when it's time to clean up, rest assured that this popcorn machine is easy to clean. You can wipe it down with a damp sponge.

In summary, it's a great value popcorn machine which will give you volume quality popcorn in no time at all, and it has a lot of great features.

© Stephen Turner 2006.

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