Great Tasting popcorn in 2 minutes with Prestopop
Written: Oct 31 '04 (Updated Oct 31 '04)
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Pros: speed, taste, convenience and cost
Cons: powercups and small amount of popcorn
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this for the ease and convenience, cost and the fact that the popcorn tastes pretty darned good
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| craftgun40's Full Review: Presto Powerpop Microwave Multi-Popper 4830 |
I believe myself to be one of the pickiest popcorn consumers around. I am not fond of microwave popcorn and prefer to use my West Bend Stir Crazy (which by the way makes superb popcorn) however I am also a kitchen gadget guru and when I read about the Presto Powerpop I was intrigued with the thought of good tasting microwave popcorn.
I found my Presto Powerpop at the local Walmart store for a cost of $12.88. With the Powerpop, comes a package of 8 disposable powercups that are necessary for proper use of the Powerpop. While making the purchase, I kept in mind the thought that I would return it if I was not satisfied. But I also bought two additional packages of the disposable powercups at a cost of $1.48 each (just in case it really did work well.
In leaving the store, I was careful to make sure I had the receipt tucked away in a safe place in case I had to return it.
Well, what I found was, the Prestopop was very easy to put together right out of the box. It is made of a very hard and I assume "space age" plastic that will withstand the microwave. It went together in just a few seconds, with a screw on base and a lid with a easy grip handle.
After reading thru the manual, which is a quick read, I put a reusable powercup in place, poured in the recommended amount of oil, added the recommended amount of popcorn and zapped it in the microwave. Two minutes later, and before I had time to get some ice in my pop, the popcorn was done.
aaah but the true test, how did it taste? Well I found it to very fresh tasting and crunchy, though a bit on the dry side for me, even with popping it in the oil. So I simply sprinkled a little olive oil over the popcorn and mixed it up and it was very good, though not the same as traditional oil popped popcorn, I did find it quick and easy and much better than store bought microwave bagged popcorn.
It did leave some unpopped kernels, however that may be because I was a bit unsure of how long to let it go, each microwave will work a bit differently, and I didn't want to leave it to long where it would scorch.
The next night I tried it again with some modifications, I did reuse the powercup and added just a bit more oil that recommended and decreased the amount of recommended popcorn and it popped up in the same 2 minutes but was much more to my liking and a bit more oily, which lets the salt adhere to the popcorn kernels.
For me, and popping corn using oil, I find that the powercups do not get as many reuses as suggested and that mine were shot after three uses.
Cleanup is very easy...soap and water for the popper, and a damp sponge for the powercup if your going to reuse it.
I would never pop corn without oil, so I cannot speculate how long the reusable cups would last without the oil, however I find the cost to be minimal and don't mind buying them.
I would give a thumbs up on this popper.
Recommended:
Yes
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