There are many different brands of machines that can make you your popcorn. As with everything, some are quality brands and some are not. This post will be a brief introduction of what you are likely to find when you are ready to buy your machine.

These are the ones that are mentioned everywhere and that have a good reputation:

• Cretors
• Gold Medal
• Paragon
• Great Western

Cretors - this is the brand that invented popcorn machines, they were the very first. These guys started making them back between 1890 and 1900. I would imagine that with every new model they made, it was a better one than before. The original does not always mean the best though as many competitors have cropped up. These competitors probably came up with new ideas and improvements to existing machines that the original creators probably never thought of.

Gold Medal - These guys love to rent out their popcorn making machines, they are quite big on this actually. It is probably because they have so many locations and their machines are portable and big enough for fairs and festivals. They have the traditional look and there must be a lot of skill amongst their technical people to be able to service the machines.

Paragon - you will probably get the best range from this brand as they come in many sizes and many colors to suit your tastes. So if you have any special requirements they may be the right brand for you. Their range goes from the traditional popcorn machines to ones that you can have in your home theatre. These are the ones that have to be the most aesthetically pleasing so that they can look good sitting in a room with all that AV equipment. They would have smell reducing things on it also so it does not stink out the room.

Great Western - these are probably the most well known and advertised because I see them everywhere and much more than the other popcorn machine brands. These are more your small kitchen appliance type and so they target the household consumer group. Making compact and quick and easy machines so that anyone can just come into the kitchen and start it up.

We can see here that the different brands available focus on the different needs of their purchasers. Many of these machine manufacturers also make other popcorn products and fun food products too so that you can get a whole range of things.