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A popcorn maker (also called a popcorn popper) is a machine used to pop popcorn. Since ancient times, popcorn has been a popular snack food, produced through the explosive expansion of kernels of heated corn (maize).  Commercial large scale popcorn machines were invented by Charles Cretors in the late *9th century. Many types of small scale home methods for popping corn also exist.

Commercial popcorn machines are commonly found in movie theaters and carnivals, producing popcorn in a pan of hot oil, which has approximately *5% of its calories derived from fat. Hot air popcorn poppers appeared for home use in the late ***0s, which produce popcorn with only 5% of its calories derived from fat.