Waring Pro WPM40 Professional Popcorn Maker

Manufacturer : Waring In Stock : 2 List Price: $360.00 Price: $199.00 You Save: $161.00 (45%) Quantity : 1 2

Features

• 600 watts of power
• Yields approximately 12 cups of popped corn in less than 2 1/2 minutes
• Heat lamp keeps popped corn warm
• Pivoting kettle is removable for easy cleaning
• Removable door for easy cleaning

Product Description

Waring has been making products for commercial kitchens for over 60 years. Today Waring Pro brings that expertise home with premium, commercial-quality products, including the Professional Popcorn Maker. Entertaining friends and family is easier than ever, with Waring Pro. Who wants popcorn!? Everyone. Yes, it’s a fact: Everyone Wants Popcorn. And the Waring Pro Professional Popcorn Maker delivers up to 12 cups of hot, delicious popcorn in just a few minutes! Great for kid’s parties, game time snacks, or just because you’re in the mood. The door and pivoting kettle easily remove for easy cleaning, and the heat lamp keeps popped corn warm and fresh.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 3.50 out of 7 reviews

Rating :
Misleading - Loves to eat, Oct 27, 2009

I purchased this from the Neiman Marcus site where it stated that the kettle held 6-8 oz of unpopped kernels when in fact it does not. It only holds about 4oz of unpopped kernels and even then we still get so many leftover kernels that didn't pop. This machine is terribly overpriced for what it does.


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yummy popcorn - M. utech, May 12, 2009

I use this popcorn popper at work daily and got one for at home too. I really like it. It has a seed catcher and if you pop the smaller hulless popcorn you will loose less seeds and we like that baby rice better anyway.


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Grandma in Ohio - Charlene K. Himes, Dec 26, 2008

What a great little popper. After having a Nostalgia Electronics 2 oz. popper for several years, I received the Waring Pro WMP40 as a Christmas gift. It worked wonderfully and made great popcorn in minutes. My grandkids love it, too. Clean up is very easy and, with portion-pak oil & corn, there was very little waste. Lots of fun on movie nights!


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Great Tasting Popcorn-Say Goodbye to Air Popped Popcorn - Richard LeFurgy, Dec 21, 2008

Make movie night special with this great popcorn popper. Using coconut oil (the healthy kind) the popcorn tastes so great it's amazing.

Putting together the unit is easy and cleaning up is pretty straightforward. The only disappointment is the amount it makes--it will take several cycles to get enough for a family.


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This is a TOY. - Garan Grey, Dec 19, 2008

This unit is by no means a professional popper because it cannot produce enough popcorn fast enough to serve more then one person every 4-5 minutes.

The product info claims that about half a cup of unpopped kernels can produce up to 12 cups of popcorn from this unit. I tried numerous times, using different varieties and quantities of popcorn and oil. The fact is, even when this popper is working at its best, it will only produce a single small serving per batch, (about the size of a large cereal bowl) and it will always waste about 10% of the popcorn kernels you put into it.

The so-called "warming light" is just a standard 60 watt lightbulb. It's not going to warm anything.

Waring calls this a "professional" popper - that is just a brand name. This is a consumer unit made in China. If speed and efficiency is your priority, you can save yourself time, money, and popcorn if you stick with a $20 stovetop manual stirring kettle.

If you're determined to have that movie popper experience, and you have the patience to experiment with how much popcorn to use (as well as having to make multiple batches at a time), this model could function as a novelty toy...

If you take the time to pop up several batches, one right after another, you can fill the bottom/front of the unit like the theatres do, and then scoop it into containers like they do at the movies. If your guests don't mind small servings, they can theoretically get theirs "right out of the kettle" but it will take a few extra minutes to serve everyone.

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