POPCORN EQUIPMENT, POPCORN MACHINES AND SUPPLIES

With over 200 different popcorn poppers available - Jarco offers the world's largest selection of popcorn machines. Our line of small popcorn and medium sized poppers are perfect for locations including lounges, home theaters, business offices, schools, fun centers, sports bars and more. Large popcorn machines are designed for high traffic, high volume locations - movie theatres, stadiums, arenas, large schools, specialty retail stores, etc. No matter where you need to use your popcorn machine - we have the largest selection of popcorn poppers anywhere for commercial applications or home use.

Many business use a popcorn machine for a profit center. Others simply promote goodwill by offering a tasty snack. And families enjoy the home-friendly size and style and a professional 4 oz popper. Now you can get the movie theater experience without the sticky floors with the 4 oz Gold Medal Fun Pop popcorn machine from a company who actually manufactures poppers for the theaters.

HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT POPCORN MACHINE

You will see several categories of popcorn machines listed on our website. Your success in selling popcorn (or just popping at home) begins with purchasing the properly sized popper - if it is too small then you will not be able to keep up with demand, which will result in lost sales, and if it is too large you will also not capitalize on all the opportunities to sell popcorn. One of the keys to selling popcorn is to pop corn when your location is the busiest. If the popper is too large you will not pop as often and thus miss sales. Your customers can't resist the smell or taste of freshly popped popcorn.

You will notice that the popcorn machines are categorized by the kettle size, which determines the amount of popcorn they can produce during one popping cycle. This makes selecting the proper size popcorn machine very simple. We will use an eight ounce popper in the exercise of properly sizing a popcorn machine.

Very simply, an eight ounce kettle will pop 8 one ounce servings of popcorn during a pop cycle. A one ounce serving of popped popcorn can fill one 32 oz. cup (one ounce serving by weight) or a standard #3 popcorn bag.

Every popcorn maker that we sell have a quick three minute pop cycle, so if you were to pop for one hour non-stop you would produce about 160 individual servings in an eight ounce popcorn machine. This sounds like a lot, but you have to remember that you will be selling multiple sizes and most sales will be of the larger size. Also, can you afford to have someone pop for one-hour nonstop? Sales are maximized if you pop more frequently throughout the day.

Below find important questions that will need to be answered in order to choose the right popcorn machine for your application:

- How will it be used?
- Who will be operating?
- How many servings do you need?
- Who will be responsible for cleaning?
- How much space is available?
- How much electrical is available?

The answers to the above questions will help you select a specific kettle size for your popcorn popper. Once you have selected the proper kettle size you need to look at the other features (cosmetics, lighting, carts, etc.) to decide which model you feel will maximize sales for your organization.

Now that you have selected your popcorn machine, you will need all of the popcorn supplies and accessories....popcorn seeds, bags, scoops, etc.

POPCORN EQUIPMENT CLEANING PRODUCTS

Keep your concession equipment clean by using our specialized popcorn machine cleaning products designed specifically for popcorn poppers.

CARAMEL CORN & KETTLE CORN POPCORN MACHINES

Considering flavored popcorn? We also offer commercial equipment for caramel corn, kettle corn and flavored popcorn.

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