Burst onto the Scene with a Home Theater Popcorn Machine
A home theater is a place of relaxation and entertainment. To make the most of your home theater, you may consider the addition of some fun extras to transform your entertainment space into home theater heaven. It is fair to say that once you put a popcorn machine in your television entertainment space, you have officially created your ideal home theater.
For the serious shopper of a home theater popcorn machine, the prices of the machines range from about $300 to slightly less than $2000. Although there appears to be a substantial price gap, the varying characteristics among the machines justifies the price span. One primary difference among home theater popcorn machines is the size. Size differences are a direct result of volume demands and primary uses of the popcorn machines.
The size of the popcorn machine you select should be determined by the volume of popcorn that the machine is going to produce in a certain amount of time. For example, in a movie theater you might need to be able to serve 100 people in an hour. In contrast, in your home theater you may be feeding a family of four for a single showing. To accommodate your popcorn volume demands, there are at least three different sizes of popcorn machines. The most popular popcorn machines are available in 4-ounce, 6-ounce, and 8-ounce sizes. There are also machines on the market that go up to 64 ounces for production plants or for those who are going to make popcorn to bag and sell. Otherwise, 85% of the market uses an 8-ounce machine or smaller.
Typically, when figuring out what size machine you should buy, there is a formula in which you would consider the busiest hour that you are going to have popcorn. The typical home theater experience does not warrant a high volume of popcorn. However, for a special occasion with a larger number of people in attendance, for example a Super Bowl party, for which you are going to invite from 25 to 30 people, you want enough to serve everybody popcorn. The formula requires that you take the maximum amount of 1-ounce servings that you need in one hour and divide that by 17 resulting in the size machine you would need. So, for example, in the average home theater environment, 4 ounces is by far the most typical. Of course, there will be occasions for which more than 4 servings of popcorn will be needed; but, rarely will more than 8 servings be served in the traditional home theater.
When choosing a popcorn machine for your home theater, size does matter. You want a machine that efficiently produces the amount of popcorn for your average home theater event, but you want to avoid spending more money unnecessarily on a larger machine that you will rarely need. Take the time to calculate your average popcorn demands and get the best machine for both your needs and your money.
HT004 – Home Theater Popcorn Machines; Essential Information
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Home Theater Popcorn Machines -On today’s show, we sat down with Tom Berger, of BenchMark USA, a manufacturer and global distributor of food equipment. Tom is here to share some insights about choosing the right popcorn machine for your Home Theater.
Episode 004 Resources:
Topics - What’s the difference? Size, Quality, and Features – Servings per viewer – Warming Decks and Old Maid Trays – Cleaning – No Mess – Do you need a Cart? – Ingredients – 220 : 221, Whatever it Takes.
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