I do popcorns on the microwave, I don't use "conventional heating" (fire?)

I cook mine on a fire, individually, on skewers

You have to do it the right way:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D3vhWy3GHbI

I use a bonfire with diesel fuel, this sounds like it will be a decent improvement.

"Mom, you sure know how to hydrate a pizza."

I didn’t realize popcorn was so dangerous to the environment

… so a heat lamp?

My air popper from the 80's had an IR heating element. So what?

I love that it instantly pops the corn, but it takes an hour to pick up each exploded kernel from the surrounding area.

I’ve been making my popcorn inside the core of a fission reactor so I’m already zero emission, you guys are all TERRIBLE at making popcorn!!!

If we in the First World are down to how to make a bowl of popcorn safer for the environment, it would appear we've done very well on all of the bigger issues.

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I'm not buying a separate device just to make popcorn, thanks.

The microwave is wonderful at this and I already have it.

Maybe this will matter to industrial suppliers of popped-corn.

A long time ago I won a popcorn popper from a drawing. It lives on my kitchen counter where the device real estate is at a premium. It pulls its weight. Not only is it quick, but there's a lot less waste, no burnt kernels, it can make more in less time, and bulk popcorn kernels are a lot cheaper too. Plus, I can easily flavor the popcorn any way I want. Yesterday I had popcorn with butter, garlic, parm and a little bit of salt.

The article says faster, but doesn't even mention how much faster. Most people already have a microwave. Buying a separate appliance only adds to the amount of greenhouse gases.

I notice how you didn't choose to buy one but got it for free. :)

And the rest of us can season our popcorn too when it comes out of the microwave...

Lmao yeah I would never have bought it outright. If it broke I'd probably try making popcorn in a stock pot and then give up and just buy another popper. I'm converted.

Artisan popcorn

I’m not sure what the hate is over popcorn poppers but I have one and it pops movie theaters quality taste, in larger amounts than my microwave, and far cheaper than several microwave bags would cost. Also easier to flavor to taste. I’ll still use microwave popcorn if I want a quick bag but for a family a popper is amazing.

Microwave popcorn bags contain a lot of PFAS, apparently. And the flavoring/"butter" is a bunch of crap.

I make my popcorn in a pot on the stove with coconut oil. I can flavor it with actual seasonings and real butter. So much better than anything I've ever made in a bag.

Soon, I'll be getting an induction stovetop, so I don't imagine my popcorn consumption will a major contributor to climate change.

Yep. We must have decommissioned all coal-fired plants and installed renewables with storage at a massive scale. We accomplished a lot since I went to sleep last night!

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I have a bag of popcorn from the microwave about once per year.

So, no, none of these things matter to me.

Maybe you all should cut down on the unnecessary carbs instead? :)

I imagine some younger folks would be surprised to know you can make popcorn in a pan.

Or a cannon.

Well, I only eat popcorn a few times a year at most. Which is part of why, if I'm going to make it, I want it to be as good as possible.

You're not wrong about the carbs though...

So you don’t really eat popcorn, but you’re pretty adamant about how the rest of us should cook it?

Well it's easy to do on the stovetop and tastes better too.

Sounds like the microwave

I used to have a microwave bowl to make popcorn much bigger than a bag

Hot air poppers have been around for decades?

Whoosh goes the point...right over your head.

Hint: You may have noticed that I was only talking about MY popcorn preferences and interests not advocating for anyone else's...unlike the OP article and all of the popcorn pedants posting replies.

To each his own. I was just speaking up for the microwave popcorn contingent. :)

How is it more energy efficient that your standard induction stove where literally 100% of the energy used goes into the pan?

No where close to as efficient as microwaves though.

I already have one. It’s basically a hair dryer with a hopper for the kernels

I didn’t know about those. Sounds useful. I’ll look it up.

Stir poppers are the best! When I found out the cancer causing PFAS found in microwave popcorn bags I changed to a popcorn maker. After several fails I landed on a Stir Crazy. Best dam popcorn maker! It is the only single use appliance I own. Another secret I discovered is to use coconut oil.

What's wrong with using a pot and coconut oil?

The planet is saved, we have a marginally more energy efficient way to make popcorn.

How much popcorn are you eating?

Just what I need, another appliance.

Coal plants can be and most are made with scrubbers that don’t cause much if any air pollution. The issue is mining coal not burning it in America. Around 95% of the air is pure. It’s not obviously the best and we shouldn’t be burning coal in 2023 in America but this is what happens when you need jobs for people in areas people moved too for them etc

Basically, yes.

I use microwave radiation personally.

Yeah Whirlly Pop or whatever works best for me. I used the other methods meh.

Progress!!!!!

So dumb. Air fryers are convection ovens. Your oven is also a convection oven.

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I can eat as much popcorn as I want! I'm a big boy now, mom! Stop telling me how to live my life! franticly shoves popcorn into mouth and bashes face into a stick of butter

I have tried one of those but prefer the air popper. It's basically a vertical hairdryer you put the seeds in and when they pop the air current takes them out.

Much less waste and you don't need oil, so you can spend those calories of flavoring. Just don't overfill it.

Ive g9t a popper I bought my wife for her birthday last year.

We probably use it 2-3 times a week

Looking at them, I like how the bowl is integrated, but do you need to use oil with them? Does clarified butter burn with them? (I see many have butter melting areas, but melted butter isn't what you put on popcorn, you need clarified butter if you don't want it soggy. Plus adding oil to pop then butter on top of that seems like too much). Lastly it looks like they need cleaning after each use, unlike air poppers, is that right?

My oven doesn't have a convection option. My countertop toaster oven has an air fry function (basically making it a convection oven like you said). Unfortunately despite this function, it is far inferior to my actual air fryer when it comes to air frying food. There's a reason people buy dedicated air fryers vs using an oven with convection or air fry functionality imo, and it's not just about space and energy efficiency.

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Looking at you China and India.

Ok but do they have regulations requiring it? No right so cough cough yourself. It’s idiotic to compare america to India or China. Like it’s not even a conversation to have. They don’t give two shits about the environment but love agreeing to shit they’ll never meet to make america look stupid.

Renewables? I'm using fusion that was announced last week. And have high cap, high temp super capacitors in my cell phone cars now!

Ok course they have NO regulations or agreements to curtail. Every global warming and energy conference gives them a full pass. Like China is a not a global economic powerhouse.

They laugh at the Western economies. We are stupid. Especially with the CCP who is bullying the rest of the world including militarily.

May have some commercial value but for the home it is complete resource waster.

Who is going to buy another single function kitchen appliance when you already have options in the kitchen that already do the job.

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The manufacture and marketing of this is a complete waste.

Making a whole new single taks appliance doesn't sound "environmentally friendly"

Scrubbers do nothing for carbon dioxide though, so from a climate change point of view burning coal is the worst thing you can do to make energy.

There's at least two diffrent versions of dedicated popcorn poppers already oil and air.

I just use a silicone popcorn bowl now then add melted butter and whatever seasonings I wish. Way better and I can buy mushroom popcorn now too.

On an industrial scale or home use? For home use, the specificity of function means another crappy disposable toy

Yep. The bowl and stir pan cleanup quick and are dishwasher safe. I use coconut oil because I found out that is what Movie Theaters use and I wanted to get that original taste. But you can use whatever oil you prefer. The butter added from the top melts slow enough it doesn't cause any sogginess in my experience. If you're health conscience and don't want to use any oil or butter then stick with an air popper.

"Someday, we'll be making smoothies with electron-powered electromagnetic oscillatory blade receptacles."

"You mean a blender?"

"..."

Ugh. Do you know how many nutrients you lose doing that? Processed food is super bad for you.

I just eat the unpopped kernels straight from the bag, cold.

I've got a similar type of popcorn popper and I love it.

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Damn. Hardcore!

Just out of curiosity, do you know a good dentist? I need one to replace all my teeth for completely unrelated reasons.

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Burners and a frying pan work just fine.

I made mine with collapsible silicone gadget in microwave. 1 spoon cold butter, 10 secs, salt and popcorn 3:10 minutes. Done. Why would anyone do any other method

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It's for marketing purposes

A few years back I was at a garage sale and found an old top-of-the stove popper with the handle that you crank as the popcorn pops. Magnet sticks to the pot, so I tried it on the induction stove. It makes the best popcorn in 2 minutes. And I don't know how "efficient" IR radiated poppers are, but 95% of the energy I put into the induction stove goes into the pot.

My wife still buys her microwave popcorn, because she hates washing the popper pot. I don't understand why it's so difficult. Wipe it out with a paper towel and put it away.

>It's fast, energy efficient, environmentally friendly

and kills birds and fries the brains(JK). The extent humans go, to prove their stupidity is superior than logic and science.LOL😂