The quality of popcorn you will get with a Stir Crazy popcorn popper will have you craving more. West Bend manufactures innovative kitchen appliances that help you enjoy making the foods you love. Their products are well known for their reliability and for their performance. Their products are designed and engineered to function with superior ability.

West Bend has been in business for over 100 years and generations of families have come to rely on the quality of their products. Anyone who has ever used, and enjoyed, a Stir Crazy popcorn popper can vouch that it is an innovative popcorn popper. You will be surprised the first time you taste popcorn popped with this machine – it tastes just like the kind you get at the movies.

The main reason for this great taste is its exclusive motorized stirring rod. This innovative feature will make sure that just about every single kernel pops and it also allows each and every kernel to be rolled around in the oil while it cooks. You only need to use a small amount of oil with the Stir Crazy popcorn popper and you can use any type of popcorn kernels.

Most of the world’s popcorn is grown in the Midwestern part of the United States. At one time, individual families raised their own popcorn, or bought it from their neighbors. It was not until 1890 that popcorn was raised as a crop.

The first popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors of Chicago in 1885. Street vendors, at that time, used to follow crowds around, pushing steamed or gas powered poppers through parks and fairs. Jolly Time was America’s first brand name popcorn and the American Pop Corn Company, who launched this popcorn, packaged it in a can and flagged the can with a bold statement for those times – Guaranteed to Pop.

During the Great Depression years, popcorn companies thrived because it was one of the few luxuries that families could afford. During this time, there was a banker who went broke so he purchased a popcorn machine and started a business. Within a couple of years, he had made so much money, he was able to buy back three farms that he had lost.

Who does not like to stay home and watch a movie in the comfort of their own home while they enjoy a bowl of popcorn? This is an American tradition, and with the way our present economy is, people can feel good about enjoying great tasting pop corn popped with a Stir Crazy popcorn popper.

The popper’s lid can double as a popcorn bowl, the nonstick heating base keeps kernels in constant motion, the built in butter well melts and adds butter during popping and the handles and base are heat resistant. With all these great features, you will not go wrong with a Stir Crazy popcorn popper!