Popcorn Machine Cart
Believe it or not, but popcorn machines have been around for approximately 4,000 years. Obviously they have evolved (unlike most of us) considerably since then. Today the popcorn machine uses electricity, oil or air to heat and pop batches of kernels. Alternatively you can even make popcorn in the microwave.
We can thank the Native Americans of the southwest for the first ever popcorn machine. They discovered that a certain type of corn would pop when it was heated to a high enough temperature and although their "popcorn maker" was basically just a bunch of fine sand they would heat in the fire and then add the kernels to it, it was technically the beginning for the modern day popcorn popper. Eventually many cultures picked up on the concept of popcorn and devised many different ways to pop the kernels, some even dipping the whole cob in boiling animal fat. YUK!
By the 1600's popcorn had become a common household snack. With its increased popularity, the race was on to see who would be the one to come up with an easier way to make it. Being the metal workers of the day, blacksmiths were the first people to come up with a concept that moved the revolution of popcorn machines closer to what we know today. The popcorn popper they designed was a metal cone that was threaded to a metal spit that would rotate over a fire to prevent the kernels from burning.
The world's first mobile popcorn machine cart was created Charles Cretor after the Chicago Columbian Exposition. He attached his an old peanut roasting machine that he altered to cook popcorn to wheels and that was the first ever popcorn cart! Eventually someone else beat Charles to the punch of selling the popcorn machine cart, with the first prices ranging between $400 and $1300. Today some of the most popular popcorn machines with a cart are sold by Nostalgia Popcorn. They look and remind one of the circus with their old fashioned popcorn machines.
Today the popcorn machine is much more convenient and easy to use. The popcorn cart is not the cart of yesteryear, but still gives you a sense of bygone days. In fact, using a popcorn machine with cart will allow you to have a vessel for making large quantities of popcorn at a time and a ease of use so you can move the machine where it is needed most! There are many popcorn poppers today that are not attached to a cart, but still large and for home use which is very hand for those of us who are in love with popcorn!
Regardless of your preference for popcorn machines, you can definitely find one to suit your own needs, but consider a popcorn machine cart for your next family or business function. They are fun and make a yummy snack that everyone loves!
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