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Every popcorn instruction:

DO NOT USE POPCORN BUTTON

Always use it, then add 30 seconds or else there are too many unpopped kernels

I never use it. Every microwave I had always burnt the popcorn. Instead I learned to gauge when to stop by listening to the pops the bag makes.

My current microwave does good with it

The popcorn button is the only way the popcorn does not get burnt and pops most if not all the kernels.

My current microwave is the only one ever that the popcorn button has done a good job.

I just set the timer and listen to the pops. It even tells you on the bag to listen for the pops to slow down.

LordMarshal posted...

Every popcorn instruction:

DO NOT USE POPCORN BUTTON

This is literally me last night making popcorn.

I was tempted to use the popcorn button just to spite them

xlr_big-coop posted...

I never use it. Every microwave I had always burnt the popcorn. Instead I learned to gauge when to stop by listening to the pops the bag makes.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

I just set the timer and listen to the pops. It even tells you on the bag to listen for the pops to slow down.

^That's how you do it.

You set the timer for 5 minutes and then pull the bag out when the popping slows down.

It depends entirely on your wattage. If you have some small microwave that is like 600 watts it will probably under pop. If you have an 1100 watt microwave I find its usually too much and burns the popcorn. Even going by the time on the popcorn bag itself has to be adjusted depending on your wattage.

The best way is just to listen to the frequency of the pops and when it starts to slow down.

I'll set popcorn for like 2-3 minutes and then just stop it once it's popping less than every second.

archizzy posted...

It depends entirely on your wattage. If you have some small microwave that is like 600 watts it will probably under pop. If you have an 1100 watt microwave I find its usually too much and burns the popcorn. Even going by the time on the popcorn bag itself has to be adjusted depending on your wattage.

The best way is just to listen to the frequency of the pops and when it starts to slow down.

Also I think a lot of people forget you can adjust the power settings of the microwave too.

My current one is about 10-15 seconds too long.

I hope this is all assuming you get loose popcorn kernels, not microwave popcorn bags. You don't want to get popcorn lung...

tankboy posted...

You don't want to get popcorn lung...

it's true. it's very bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTjRpmZm9ms

Haven't made popcorn in the microwave in years; last time might have been at my parents when that's all they had.
I pop on the stove top. Everything about it is better, except speed. It's cheaper, you control the amount of kernels and butter and it tastes so much more fresh and better. That's worth the extra ten minutes.

LordMarshal posted...

Every popcorn instruction:

DO NOT USE POPCORN BUTTON

2 mins no matter what brand. I like Act II personally

Euripides posted...

Always use it, then add 30 seconds or else there are too many unpopped kernels

On mine, I have to subtract ~ 30 seconds or it's scorched.

My last one got Costco popcorn perfect though. RIP.

Just put it in for 10 minutes, easy done.

I called the customer service of the company that makes my microwave and asked them why does the popcorn button even exist and they told me because I touch myself at night and then they hung up

Next you'll be telling me the "Baby" button on the microwave isn't for microwaving babies.

GeminiDeus posted...

Next you'll be telling me the "Baby" button on the microwave isn't for microwaving babies.

It's obviously for positive reinforcement

man i love diacetyl but i just can't do microwave popcorn anymore. stove top or bust. used to have a place for both but that has since gone.

my current microwave is the only one i've tried it with and the popcorn button actually does really well