One look at the vintage Atom popcorn popper and we’re thrown back to another era. Shaped like a flying saucer from the 1950s, this stovetop popcorn maker has a loyal following. The appeal is understandable. Simplicity that harkens back to a time before microwaves and makes popping a fun and satisfying experience. Very similar to our experience with the Whirley Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper.
Where to buy an Atom Pop Corn Popper
Apparently, the Atom Pop Corn Popper is still being manufactured in Bushton, Kansas by QuinCraft Products. Sellers on EBay frequently offer this stove top popcorn maker for sale. Below is an updated listing from the online site:
 2 Atom Pop Stove Top Popcorn Poppers Vintage Made in USA TWO POPPERS  US $46.00
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 Atom Pop Stove Top Popcorn Popper Vintage Made in USA US $24.00
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Marketed as “The Original No Shake No Stir” popper, the aluminum Atom Pop has a three inch bottom with an approximate width of 10.5 inches at the rim. It pops up to ½ cup of kernels per batch. Efficiency is built into its unique design. Heat focuses on the small amount of oil at that bottom of the pan. The wide flared rim helps to keep popped kernels away from the heated bottom. Resulting in more popped kernels and less burnt popcorn.
Watch the Atom Pop Corn Popper in action
We love the sound of the bursting popcorn as it hits the aluminimum siding.
Do you have an Atom Pop Corn Popper? If so, let us know what you think of this vintage popcorn maker.
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This is the most wonderful popcorn popper ever made! My mother-in-law gave us one years ago, probably 20 years ago and still use it all the time. Popcorn pops faster than microwave and tastes so much better. I highly recommend it.
My wife has the Atom Pop that her parents got for their wedding gift over 35 years ago. It no longer has the handles and every 6 months or so I have to pound the bottom flat and reshape the lid. We make popcorn at least once a week and it is the absolutely best popcorn ever. We even still have the small measuring cup after all these years.
We bought ours down from Maine when we moved to Florida 15 years ago and still use it regularly. Fills bowls with popcorn and the kitchen with a good popcorn smell! It must be about 25 years old. The handles are starting to turn brown with scortched wood.
Mom gave all of the married kids 4 of us an Atom Pop for Christmas in 1979. I am the only one who still has theirs. The handles are black but it still pops the best corn. We put Ranch salad power on our corn, season salt or just plain. Beats Microwave any day. My grandkids love it. I’ll be buying Atom Poppers for Christmas next year now that I know they are still being made. Pop Corn –the healthy snack.
I have been loyal to the old Mirro with a similar shape to the bottom but then going straight up for decades; I just did head to head tests: With 4 Tab. oil, 1/2c popcorn The Atom popper made 3.5 qt.’s and the old Mirro 3.0 quarts. There might be a few less un-popped one’s in the Atom. With salt and nutritional yeast I could not tell the difference in flavor. The Mirro was clearly easier to pour out of into a 4 qt. mixing bowl, the Atom needed a 6 Qt. to be easy to pour into (just too wide at the top) as the only way it was not equal or superior to the Mirro.
We had one growing up…I am going to order some for gifts AND myself! Very excited to see they’re still being made!!!!
We had an Atom popper when I was a kid in the 60s. I then bought my own when I married and left home. We have now gone through 3 and happened upon this site when searching for a new one. They are the only poppers I will ever get.
Our family received an Atom pop in the early 60′s. I just gave my brother mine for Christmas 2010. A little dented, but still pops great. It is the best popper in the whole world. I may have to buy myself a new one. So glad to locate them again.
My grandmother had one of these when I was growing up, it made the BEST popcorn!
I bought ours on ebay and when it arrived I thought, well I guess I got took on this one. Boy was I wrong! One of the best appliances ever. Pops quickly, thoroughly, and makes the best popcorn ever! Unbelievably simple and durable. We don’t even think of microwave popcorn anymore.
Quincraft is now defunct. There is no way to order directly from them. I’ve been waiting over a year to be able to put an order in and I’ve gotten nothing. Called them on December 5, 2011 and they told me it would be months before I saw anything.