Great Northern Popcorn Company 5995 10 oz. Perfect Popper Popcorn Machine with Cart - Red (5995 GNP Red 10oz. Full)

Popcorn is my jam. It’s one essential for my moviegoing experience (paired with chocolate covered raisins and cherry cola, of course!) It took me a couple of times to master the art of the popcorn kettle, but I got some great tips online and my batches now are indistinguishable from the local cinema. Now we have a fantastic snack to enjoy with our home movie watching experience! My method to avoid excessive unpopped kernels is to heat the kettle and the warming lamp for about 10 minutes, then turn on the stirrer and pour in the oil and let that heat for a minute (it doesn’t take long,) and then I put the flavored salt on the premeasured kernels and test the oil with a couple of kernels and then dump those in and let this thing work its magic. Cleanup is easy as well! It may be overkill if you’re not eating popcorn regularly, but movies are my passion and I anticipate many years of use! Quality build, easy assembly. Recommended!

I absolutely love my popcorn machine. I utilize it in my movie room. I had a different one before but this one exceeds all expectations . The ease of use is great. The speed of the popcorn popping is great. Will definitely recommend it.

The cart is easy enough to assemble. Most of the top is put together. Open everything before starting and be careful with the finish when putting it together. The overall size is what I expected. Makes great theater style popcorn and looks cool.TIP: The metal parts are a bit thin and some are very sharp. When putting it together get a disposable emery board or fingernail file to buff the sharp edges. Then you can handle them without worrying about cuts. I'm not sure why they don't do this when they cut the pieces. It would save them on warning labels and lawer fees...

After reading through reviews for a number of popcorn carts, we bought this one as it seemed the safest bet. The price is noticeably higher than others, but it's also one of the few with the 10oz capacity in this form with these features.As many have said, when the box arrived it was quite beaten up. I was nervous that i'd have the same issues others have reported. Nope. Machine was pristine. Packaging it arrives in is excellent and designed for the abuse. Unpacking it was no problem and all pieces were accounted for and in good condition.Now, many have reported that the directions are hard to find in the package and inadequate. If you unpack everything, and take the items out of the boxes that are themselves in boxes, then everything is easily located. The assembly instructions are in a small booklet and printed small to boot. About 90% of the assembly is intuitive and we completed it without even needing to reference the instructions. They do not break down the assembly instructions into steps, its more of an exploded diagram type. There aren't many pieces(12 nuts/bolts, 4 screws) so even with the small instructions, it wasn't a problem.Included in the box is the machine and a parts kit that includes the kind of wrenches you'd find in an IKEA build. There is NO Phillips head screwdriver, which is needed. If you have tools, save yourself the hassle and use your own. You will need a Knife(to open the boxes), a socket wrench and a phillips head screwdriver. Assembly took about 30 minutes.As for the machine itself, it is of better quality than i was expecting, though i think the price is still a bit steep for what you get. The machine is not flimsy at all, actually feels quite solid. The floor of the popcorn tray does rattle and if there is no weight on it and if you have it in a theater room, it will make noise(simply making the popcorn or putting a small book on it solves this). The wheels are much higher quality than i was expecting. The one thing that stood out to me was that the paint job is excellent. The box under the popper connects to the wheel frame with 4 bolts with no washers, and none of the paint came off as i tightened down the bolts. The only part of the machine that really bothered me is that they put a part number sticker on the face of the flip out scooping tray. When this is peeled off it leaves the residue behind. While it does come off, it's really unnecessary and creates more work.Now for the MAJOR flaw with this unit. The edges of the push handle and of the exterior tray are unfinished cut sheet aluminum. They are EXTREMELY sharp. I'm planning on putting a bead of silicone on the edges to keep my family from cutting themselves. This seems like a very easy problem to fix and the manufacturer really does need to address this. An easier solution, but would be more visible is to just put tape over the edges, but the user really shouldn't have to deal with this. I bought it for my kids and this is a significant issue.All in all, if you're aware of the sharp edge issue, it is a good machine, albeit a bit on the pricey side.

Popcorn machine is 5 stars! Works great! Just follow directions and have amazing popcorn. But if you over fill it will burn (that's why you follow the instructions and have had no issues since).As for the cart... 0 starsInstructions are easy to follow, pieces are painted beautifully. But nothing fits properly... I triple checked and still won't go together. The side pieces have notches to slide in before screwing the handles and tray, but the door and back panel are too far apart for the side pieces to fit but about 1/4". I rotated every piece multiple times (usually works on ikea furniture to find the right pieces that are out of tolerance to make them work together) and still nothing. So I moved forward to try to see what else won't fit, and found the bolts that hold the wheel portion to the carriage do not screw in. The botls are too small of holes are too large on the underside of the carriage. I tried to just screw the bolts in to see if it was not aligning up, and the can just slide in and out. The screws do not catch (only 1 set of bolts are long enough to go through wheel and carriage, other bolts are 1" long for holding the sides and handle/tray together that do not fit).So now my machine sits on the coffee table verses the side of the room and I have to decide if I should drill new holes for the sides and retread the both piece or try to return when none are even available to sell at this time...I will update review once I figure out how and provide how it was corrected so others in this situation can use the cart with thier machine as well.

Makes perfect popcorn...even better than the movie theater

I had 3 different brands in my cart, i researched 6 months before buying this one, mainly due to the reviews in a break room / office setting where it got heavy use. This machine is top of the line. Excellent painting, all the parts line up , just a well made machine!!! Only knock is the 4 tiny bolts on the storage cabinet bottom shelf. I had to use tweezers to hold the nut and put the screw in. But I will live to get over that 1 complaint !! Buy this machine, you won't regret it !!!!!!