Comments on: Stir Crazy Popcorn Popper

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:12:27 +0000

I’m about to add this to the wedding registry, and have to ask a dumb question I can’t find an answer to anywhere. Coming from a hot-air popper user, can you use the stir crazy WITHOUT oil? Thanks guys!

By: JOJO

JOJO — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:58:30 +0000

The stircrazy becomes perfect with the use of organic popcorn and organic coconut oil…umm nothing better and no atrazine!

By: kalei

kalei — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:41:49 +0000

Here is the proper way to use your new toy.

Buy a bottle of jalapeno slices.

Put a thin layer of olive oil across the bottom of the popper.

Drop in 10-100000 jalapeno slices and allow them to cook until almost completely crisp…might wanna put the windows down because it will make you cough the first couple of test burns (you Austinites are notoriously weak when it comes to handling the heat.)

Put in about a half cup of decent kernels…(I get the fifty pound bag of Act II kernels from Sams)

Wait five minutes and enjoy the greatest popcorn in the history of popcorn.

By: Debran Popcorn Lover

Debran Popcorn Lover — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:00:00 +0000

…first time using my Stir Crazy popper! I received it on Mothers Day. We popped a small batch. Never had a popper before. W/more experience, we are sure batches will be even better. Here’s the deal. Recently, we noticed a change in the flavor of the butter at local theaters. For years, we asked for butter and they would “squirt” it on our popcorn. There is a definite change. Anyhow, that is what made me decide to do my own popcorn. Does anyone know where or how to get a theater butter flavor? (Not the current one I complain of but the original one.)

By: George Wolter

George Wolter — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:30:45 +0000

Hi Amy,
I’ll bet your popcorn is what failed! I use a minimal amount of Canola Oil and I put in about 1/3 cup of seeds in the thing. Absolutely great all the time. I have used corn from “Farm Fleet”, (20# for less than $8), and I’ve used the other inexpensive brands also. I get huge kernals and incidentally, I eat all the seeds. If there’s one my teeth can’t handle, its very rare. I keep my pop-corn seeds refrigerated. I suggest you do the same. It keeps it dry. I hope I helped! I’m 81 years young and been around the block once or twice. This is a good “popper”. Enjoy!
george

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:53:52 +0000

I just bought a Stir-Crazy yesterday remembering the one we had growing up ( before microwaves were invented). My husband and I made a batch last night and were disapointed with the quality of the finished product. Consequently, I am on-line trying to find a better quality popcorn because we feel that that will make a difference. The kernels we used were Jolly Time organic as we try to buy organic as much as possible. Does anyone know of a good quality kernal, organic or not with minimal hulls that you would reccomend?

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:40:38 +0000

My folks have used the Stir Crazy for years. Our Sunday night meal normally consisted of popcorn, usually about 5-6 batches in the Stir Crazy. In the last couple years they have started using peanut oil in stead of vegetable or olive oil. The peanut oil is healthier than the vegetable oil and has a much higher smoke point than olive oil. (This is why peanut oil is used if you have a turkey fryer.) I have also heard that coconut oil is good, but it is more expensive than peanut oil. I am finally getting a Stir Crazy for my wife for Christmas! Happy popping!

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:02:38 +0000

I also have been using the stir-crazy for a few years. I use a commercial popcorn oil sold at Gordons for popping then dump the popped corn into a paper grocery sack to add a little more oil and salt ground in a food processor then shake the bag and place in a popcorn tin to give to my grandson to bring home, I fill it each week or so.
I used to use a air popper(when all our kids were home) and dumped it into a sack and added popall topping and powdered salt and shook the bag, you couldn’t tell it wasn’t commercially popped and hardly any unpopped corn. I may go back to that process as the cleanup was nil.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:07:33 +0000

My Mom and Dad bought a Stir Crazy popcorn maker when they very first came out on the market. The first one they had worked without fail for 15 or more years. We used it about twice a week. They are on their third popper now (about 30 years later) and even though there are the only ones using it still use it about twice a week or more. This popcorn maker is the best popper out there. I am planning to get my own soon. The only thing that I do not like about this machine is like everyone else the newer machines do not seem to last as long as the original poppers. The heating element seems to die very easily. Because the popcorn produced is wonderful the problems with this machine can be over looked.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:51:39 +0000

I love the Stir Crazy. My first one lasted over 15 years. The second one was pretty good, but lasted 5 years. Lately I’ve bought two in a row that didn’t work well. All of them failed in the same way: the heat didn’t work properly. The first one stopped heating altogether, but the others had a problem with the thermostat. If you look inside, there’s a part that is designed to stop heating if it gets too hot. It seems to be stopping the heat too soon – leaving lots of unpopped kernels. Sometimes it does very well, sometimes less than 1/3 of the kernels, all from the same bag of popcorn, so I know it’s not the grade of corn.