This is our 2nd one in about a year. Makes the best popcorn. We use a cooking grade (high heat) olive oil and Redenbacher white popping corn, then add some Morton sea salt after done. Instructions say dishwasher safe, but cover cracked in dishwasher after about 6 months of heavy use during covid. I glued it several times but it kept cracking in different locations. A complete new unit was about 2x cost of a cover so just purchased a whole new unit and are saving the other new parts. With the new one, we are hand washing the cover and still putting other parts in dishwasher. So far so good. Still the best popcorn we've ever made at home.
Don’t like it in fact I would like to return it. It pops a good batch and a bad batch and a lot of Kernels are wasted. Many years ago, I had a west Bend stir crazy and it was my favorite. I replaced it with another stir crazy and it had changed. Didn’t like it. Got rid of it and bought a stove top maker with a crank handle. Tried it for a bit and didn’t like it. I’m back to good old fashioned stovetop method in a pan!
We love this popcorn maker. We especially love the sturdy top. We haven't tried to make anything but regular popcorn so far, but look forward to trying the recipes included. Thank you for that booklet with the recipes.
Much better than air poppers. Make crisp popcorn with great taste using minimal oil. Also easy dishwasher clean up. Not many unpopped kernels. Feeds 4 easily
Very happy with the Cuisinart 16 Cup Popcorn Maker. I've made about 8 full servings. Almost all the kernels popped. Fun to use, easy clean up. I like it so much, I bought another one as a gift.