Nestled among scratched Farberware and the busted Speak & Spell, I saw my purchase: A well-used Whirley Pop popcorn popper with a $5 price sticker on it.

The best stove-top popcorn popper is the Whirley Pop, which makes popcorn that is delicious and healthy.

The Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper is a classically styled, vintage-inspired design that uses good old-fashioned arm strength to accomplish the task. Popcorn is popped directly on the stovetop.

According to Sohla, a Whirley Pop popcorn maker is the best way to pop popcorn at home. (Fun fact: Fellow food pro, the chef and cookbook author J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is also a Whirley Pop fan.) ...

Throw some bargain-priced raw popcorn into the popper with the flavoring, heat it all on the stove in your Whirley-Pop Popcorn Popper, and you'll have buckets of awesome tasting cinema popcorn.

The Whirley-Pop’s stirring mechanism has been borrowed and updated in the designs of several recently introduced poppers. The newest, Cuisinart’s electric EasyPop Popcorn Maker, puts a nifty ...

Some reviewers complain the piece is difficult to clean, but most enjoy the novelty of the machine just the same. Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper - $29.72 on Amazon ...

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