How To Buy a Commercial Popcorn Machine

Commercial Popcorn Machine

You can make the best choice for your commercial popcorn machine by first determining your budget. Once that’s done, you need to decide on how large a machine you’re going need.

You can determine the size you’ll need by thinking about how you plan to use the machine. During your busiest time of day, try to estimate approximately how many one-ounce servings of popcorn you would sell in one hour. Divide this figure by sixteen and this will give you the size of the commercial popcorn machine you need. Are you going to need a lot of popcorn in a short amount of time? If so, it’s better to look at one of the large machines. If you’ll be producing popcorn for a longer stretch of time, you can probably use a smaller popcorn machine. KaTom.com-Aggressively-priced, High-quality Products for Restaurants, Foodservice, and Residential Use

The quality of your commercial popcorn machine is also an important consideration. A quality machine will produce a quality end product. Do you want big fluffy popped corn and not a lot of un-popped kernals? Then, you’ll probably want a higher efficiency machine.

When considering the quality of the machine, you’ll also want to think about the maintenance. Can you afford to purchase a machine that breaks down frequently? Any machine you purchase is likely to come with a warranty but you’ll still want a quality commercial popcorn machine that is easy to maintain and will provide you with years and years of efficient service. KaTom.com-Aggressively-priced, High-quality Products for Restaurants, Foodservice, and Residential Use

These are the things you’ll want to consider before making up your mind. When shopping for a commercial machine, find out how easy it is to clean the machine. There is nothing worse than buying anything that requires hours of work to clean as people will not use it after a while. Popcorn machines with aluminum or stainless steel kettles are very easy to clean, durable and the best when it comes to heat transfer. The kettle heats up faster so there is less time spent waiting for it to pop. Tempered glass and stainless steel clean-out trays make cleaning easier. A heated popcorn deck is necessary to keep the popcorn hot. KaTom.com-Aggressively-priced, High-quality Products for Restaurants, Foodservice, and Residential Use

No matter which popcorn machine you choose, make sure there is a booklet with the safety and operating instructions. And always keep it handy so if a problem comes up, you can fix it.

A Commercial Popcorn Machine for Home

Even though popcorn has been around for thousands of years, there was no such thing as a popcorn machine until the late 19th. century. The first mobile popcorn machine appeared in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition. A man named Charles Cretors was the inventor. Commercial popcorn machines are found everywhere now, including carnivals, theateres, department stores and food shows across the country. Many people now have smaller popcorn machines in their homes. Some considerations for home popcorn machines are durability and safety and size of each batch. A large family will naturally opt for a popcorn machine that makes a larger batch.

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June 26, 2010

Mike from PopcornMachine @ 6:46 pm

This is really an excellent post with spot on information. You are absolutely correct about the cleaning issue. A company I worked for purchased a popcorn machine cart that could be used by a variety of groups throughout the building. The popcorn was easy to make and tasted great. But, the cleanup process was agonizing. It took forever to clean the machine after each use, which took alot of the fun out of the process. If you are looking for a commercial popcorn machine, be sure to read some reviews about cleaning the machine you are considering purchasing.

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