/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19738062
Thats literally what it is. Old high wattage poppers(like the westbend poppery) people have been modding dials into are hard to get now, and expensive for old shit from the 70s. So they decided to send one off to china and get them remade with heat and fan control stock.
>Think I can find a popcorn air popper at the thrift store if that's all it takes
Absolutely, but having separate heat and fan control is a godsend. I roasted for a few years with the $20 nostalgia popper that sweetmarias sells. It works, its just underpowered and the chamber needs to be deeper. I ended up wiring an arduino into mine for pid control and logging. For someone just wanting to fuck around, I'd get the $79 popper and save yourself the headache. Works great out of the box.
https://www.sweetmarias.com/nostalgia-electric-popcorn-popper.html
https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-controlled-DIY-Coffee-Roaster/
https://artisanaltechnologies.co.uk/