I'm buying the West Bend 82306X Stir Crazy 6-Quart Popcorn Popper by West Bend. Will this popcorn and oil combo work? What size packets should I get?
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Should work fine. Might want to try the four ounce kit though. The six ounce kit makes ALOT of popcorn. I have a six quart Whirly pop and have used the 6 ounce kits. It fills the popper right up to the lid, actually pushing the lid open slightly when its fully cooked. It might be too much for the West Bend, unsure. I would probably get the 4 ounce kit first, see how much it does and plan accordingly for next time.
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Hi Laurie, yes it does need oil. We have found out that 2-3 tablespoons of organic olive oil per 1/2 cup of organic popcorn kernels makes a great bowl of popcorn. You need to experiment with how much oil according to your taste. This popper is easy clean, we just toss the cooking plater an bowl into the dishwasher. Great product.
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It is a nice size machine and may work for you. We use the 8oz. packages and we fill 2 extra large bowls up. Now you could pop 2-3 packages and pop more as you start to run low. It is a very nice machine and we have enjoyed it very much. The popcorn taste just like what you get at the movie theater and there is a light that keeps the popcorn warm. I'd say give it a shot.
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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.
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You can use any oil. I use vegetable oil in mine and it works great! Stores do sell popcorn oil as well, it just depends on your preference.
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per the instructions the seals will not hold with not oil. I wanted it for popcorn, but if I do the rubber seal will be no good. You might want to take out the gasket then try it.
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I was so surprised that for a full batch (16 cups of popped corn) you use only 1 tablespoon of oil...and you use any kind of oil you like. It pops perfect corn each and every time.
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The packets that i bought at the same time as the maker, makes really good popcorn. its a brand that amazon suggested. it is "Great Northern Popcorn, 8-Ounce Portion Packs (Pack of 24) by Great Northern Popcorn Company" these are an "all in one" pakcets. also, you can buy popcorn at smart and final that are also all in one kits. but we recommend using popping oil with coconut oil for best taste. good luck! it makes very good popcorn!
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we've put more than 6 oz (maybe 8oz) into kettle and still get lots of wonderful popcorn popped. we were glutten at the time.....plan on sticking with the 6 oz...its enoughfor 2 of us.
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Absolutely, I don't know how large your popper is so I can't recommend an exact amount, but I put a little bit inside of my popper with the oil and kernels, and then also sprinkle a little on after the corn is popped. Comes out perfect and taste like movie theater popcorn.
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I use popcorn oil Snappy Popcorn Butter Burst Oil , 1 gallon( 128 fl oz )and popcorn salt Gold Medal Prod. 2045 Flavacol Seasoning Popcorn Salt 35oz.and it taste just like the theater
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I had the same problem with this questionable purchase...no instructions of any kind. The way I figured this out was to buy some of what are called "Popcorn Kits". These are all in one packages with the kernels, Coconut Oil, and Flavacol salt all pre-measured in a single package. They are sold to match the typical popcorn machine; that is, for your 8 ounce machine, you would buy an 8 ounce kit. This refers to the finished weight; that is, an 8 ounce machine will make 8 ounces (weight) of finished popcorn. The package contains 8 fluid ounces of kernels, I poured my kernels into a measuring cup and discovered that it contains 8 fluid ounces of kernels. The oil is usually stated in Tablespoons (1 Tsp = 0.5 fl. oz.). The Mega Pop kit that I used, had about 6 Tbsp--about 3 ounces--of Coconut Oil. So, the Mega Pop is 8 ounces of kernels and about 3 ounces of Coconut Oil. The general rule of thumb for popcorn is one ounce of oil for three ounces of kernels. With these machines, you put all the oil in, let it heat, then add all the kernels and the Flavacol. As the kernels pop, they will cascade out of the popper, until all the kernels are done. There are videos all over YouTube on the use of these machines. Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW5zs2Tpp5M
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I'm pretty sure it's a 6 quart capacity. We had a West Bend Stir Crazy popper for years but this is better.One full cup of popcorn makes a full container of nearly perfectly popped corn. I think you'll like it.
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we use this machine with yellow coconut oil and a flavouring you can also buy at Amazon. But I have also made popcorn with just canola oil and it pops just fine, added butter and salt to taste. the pre-packaged popcorn we have never used. we use this machine regularly for fund raisers and buy the popcorn in bulk, flavouring from amazon and the coconut oil from amazon. Hope this helps you out.
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I've used Orville Redenbacher's butter flavoured oil, and some shake-on stuff that I bought at WalMart, and it's fine. I haven't experimented much as I prefer just to pop the corn and add butter and salt after it's popped.
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I have switched to 4oz packs, and pop two if I need to feed more popcorn lovers. I started with 8oz, down sized to 6oz and now 4oz in a large machine.
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If you still have the scoop... that came with the popper... we always use 2 scoops of popcorn... to 2 oz. pack of naks popping oil.. with a 1/2 teaspoon of (Gold medal premier flavacal) popcorn salt... if you lost your scoop...its about 1/2 a cup size... Put in the oil first and let melt then add your popcorn scoops with the 1/2 teaspoon of salt... and there you go let it pop your house with a smell that is awsome. frome all the stuff we tried this is the best way and taste. we get the best stuff from a site on the web... we get the best oil..like the oldfation popcorn the movies used to have... it's aswome here is the site for you you can get all your suplies for the best popcorn hands down! (www.ht-express.com.).. we get the big box of popping oil packs 98 2oz. packs a box... already ready to go into your popper.. the salt is there too... and big bags of popping corn too enjoy!!! :)