Popaire 2 (ca. 1982)

Submitted by Kashmir79 t3_113eqh5 in BuyItForLife

I think I bought this 40-year-old popcorn maker at a yard sale about 20 years ago, so its second life is now longer than its first. It doesn’t have a shut off switch and the plug gets hot so don’t walk away from it (LOL)but I did the math and it still makes a great fast snack at just 19¢ per serving.

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Herberttheaccountant t1_j8q01gg wrote

Ahhh the nostalgia...melting the butter in the little plastic tray was so cool

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Illustrious_Mixture8 t1_j8q1t0f wrote

My mom has one of these and I somehow never put together that you can melt butter on it until right now

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Fat_Head_Carl t1_j9g4gkx wrote

I never realized that was for butter - I used it as a measuring scoop for the kernels.

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fulsooty t1_j8qp66o wrote

This is the one I grew up with! My dad would cut down a brown grocery bag to fit under the chute, then we'd load up individual bowls with popcorn & pour the butter over those.

Man, so many great memories of watching the Sunday night Disney movie & eating popcorn.

I'm pretty sure the wire frayed & sparked in the early 2000s. I just bought a new air popper that has the melty butter dish too.

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RepresentativeFair17 t1_j8q2mum wrote

Have one and it did not heat as fast or as well as my ostyer air popper. Left too many kernels at the bottom of the bowl. But the construction was stout and unparalleled. So I took the heater/blower fan out of the oyster and put it in this. Now I got the best of both worlds.

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TypicalYankeesFan t1_j8prp3y wrote

This is exactly what I want! Air poppers are the best.

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Wonderful_Antelope t1_j8pzxpw wrote

Dude.... This takes me back to Friday night scary movies with my cousins. A dozen of us huddled together in the floor, lights off and bowls of popcorn everywhere from this thing. Halcyon memories...

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alienabduction1473 t1_j8pslu0 wrote

It's definitely sketchy to buy vintage small appliances. My last air popper I bought at goodwill caught on fire.

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gravis86 t1_j8wavbe wrote

Maybe you should have cleaned it first.

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alienabduction1473 t1_j8wwitx wrote

I cleaned it before I used it and it worked a handful of times before it caught fire.

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obsidianghost2 t1_j8q97cb wrote

We had a similar one growing up in the 80s, my dad cut a hole in the side and installed an on/off switch. My parents still have and uses it. I had to buy one at good will, no better popcorn.

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duckyboys8 t1_j94r1n9 wrote

Bro I had these when I was a kid

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Queeb_the_Dweeb t1_j8q3nob wrote

I love air poppers!

Does that spinny bit on the top allow you to add more corn without opening the whole thing? Genious.

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