Popcorn Maker Sales

Comment from C. Bowman
Time December 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm

I love the Cuisnart brand, but this unit does not work. It does not allow the steam to escape during popping leaving a very soggy tough popcorn. VERY DISAPPOINTED. JUST THREW IN TRASH. Trying to get away from microwave use, but hard to find a good popcorn maker.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment from Jean P. Hodelin
Time December 16, 2009 at 5:10 pm

First time my wife accidentally knock it off the dinning room table to the wooden floor a height of 29″, not even three feet the plastic around the base shattered and one of the handels broke off making the unit useless! I brought this for my family for Christmas and used it only about five times! Don’t waste your money! I have a cheap Black&Decker Hot air popper for years that I moved with abused and dropped many times and still runs great!(only makes enough for one person at a time,though)I wish I could give it less than one star! They need to go back to the drawing table and use impact resistant plastics and do more rigorous drop testing to make sure it holds together if it accedentally dropped from your average height kitchen table or counter onto a wooden or tile floor!
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment from Socal Wine Girl
Time December 16, 2009 at 7:47 pm

I think highly of the Cusinart brand, so it never occurred to me that a popcorn maker could be bad. I try to always research the things I buy, and in this case I’m sorry I didn’t.

I bought this popcorn maker looking for a healthier alternative to microwave popcorn. I don’t like air popped, so this machine seemed like a logical choice. It uses very little oil. I had high hopes for this machine and I even went out and splurged on some specially grown popcorn to pop. Unfortunately the popcorn came out very chewy. I noticed while it was cooking a lot of steam got trapped inside the lid. I went online and immediately found that a popcorn maker needs vent holes to let some steam escape otherwise the popcorn will be tough and/or chewy. When I read that others were having the same problem I decided to go out and purchase another brand WITH STEAM HOLES. I’m not even going to mess around with it or try different kinds of popcorn or oil. It’s clear my problem isn’t unique. The design is not good. This item is pretty to look at, but it’s going back today. What a bummer. This isn’t a cheap machine. I would expect more from Cuisinart. I do not recommend this popcorn maker at all.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment from G. Murphy
Time December 16, 2009 at 10:04 pm

We have an older model of this popper that does NOT have a removable lid on top and it makes terrible popcorn. I think this is the model that people are complaining about. It is very chewy. Perhaps this new improved model works better but I am afraid to try.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment from Souris
Time December 17, 2009 at 12:34 am

While I liked the final product, I could never clean the plastic bowl. It had a permanent stickyness to it, like the oil adhered to it. It just got too sticky and messy so I tossed it. Also, the bowl got moist during popping which made some of the popcorn a little soggy on one side.
Rating: 1 / 5