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Author Topic: Popcorn poppa Tim Massett Film Handler Posts: 26 From: duluth, mn Registered: Dec 2005 posted 05-24-2009 09:42 AM                     hiya! opening this new theater in duluth,mn and curious about popcorn poppas. looking at the cretor's 12 ounce popper and i am curious if this could handle the volume needed. the theatre will only have two screens, one seating 98 and the other 63. there is some resistance going with the 16 ounce because it requires a larger power source. thoughts? tim  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 05-24-2009 09:54 AM                        Should work OK, but you will require additional people to pop continuously. Louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2009 08:55 PM                        We only have one screen (194 seats) but we have a 32 ounce Cretors popper and if we're really busy, it goes nonstop until the rush is over. Believe me it's worth the extra voltage required. You would drive yourself insane with a 12-ounce or even a 16 ounce machine. Even with your small seating capacity I would go 24 ounces. 16 oz would work maybe. Too much popcorn is always better than not enough.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-25-2009 12:35 AM                     Ya, look into the Cretor's 32oz Diplomat, or even the 20oz Merchant. I also used to work in a twin, a large twin with 700 seats combined, and we had a Cretor's 16oz, 120V unit, but we also had two Server Products popcorn warmers that we kept decently filled.  |  IP: Logged Tim Massett Film Handler Posts: 26 From: duluth, mn Registered: Dec 2005 posted 05-25-2009 09:30 AM                     Thanks fellas fer the input. Will discuss with the electrical contractor tomorrow. Tim!  |  IP: Logged Steven J Hart Master Film Handler Posts: 282 From: WALES, ND, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 05-25-2009 07:12 PM                        We've got a Gold Medal 16 oz unit in our 280 seat single screen. Its way too small on the busy nights. Go with a 32 oz for sure. Steve  |  IP: Logged Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 05-30-2009 08:54 AM                        We have a 24oz Cretors and a 450 seat single. It is too small, and I have to start popping over 1 hr before show time to keep up with busy nights, and occasionally still run behind. With only about 150 seats a 24oz should be fine.  |  IP: Logged Tim Massett Film Handler Posts: 26 From: duluth, mn Registered: Dec 2005 posted 06-01-2009 11:01 AM                     We ended up with a 32oz Gold Medal flex pop. I would also like to find out if anyone uses organic popcorn kernels, if so, who do you purchase them from? Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-01-2009 01:20 PM                     isn't all seed organic? Check with Vistar -Monte  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-01-2009 03:33 PM                     Our 325 seat twin tends to run really tight on our 16 oz. popper. I always say start with 32 oz. and go up from there. You never want to run out of corn.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-02-2009 08:01 AM                        quote: Tim Massett I would also like to find out if anyone uses organic popcorn kernels, if so, who do you purchase them from? I've never heard of anyone using organic popcorn in a theatre. I'm sure someone does. But here's some food for thought. Popcorn is supposed to be the main profit item in your snack bar. Just doing a quick search, it looks like you can expect to pay 3-5 times as much for organic corn as you would for Orville Redenbacher's. And if you are going to use organic corn, you really have to use organic oil and butter topping. By the time you've purchased all the organic ingredients, you've taken a low cost/high profit item and turned it into an extremely high cost item. And I assure you, you're not going to get $10 for a large bag of popcorn, even if it is organic.  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-02-2009 09:41 AM                        I've always been partial to Gold Medal poppers.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-02-2009 11:26 AM                     <sigh> ..but, I'm an old MANLEY fan... Now stuck with Cretor units...  |  IP: Logged Ed Alvarado Film Handler Posts: 60 From: Fort Worth, TX,usa Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-25-2009 12:06 AM                        I AGREE  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-25-2009 10:27 AM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer isn't all seed organic? No, that's not the case. If I have some corn plants that I've doused in pesticides, the seeds derived from that would definitely not be able to be certified as organic.  |  IP: Logged

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