Popcorn hire is a great new affordable way to entertain your guests at weddings, parties and corporate events and staff parties, with the traditional red and black popcorn carts for a fairground feel or maybe a stylish chrome popcorn cart to add a bit of bling to your event! It's best to have trained staff to man your popcorn cart or machine, as it can be tricky using one if you have no experience, you may well end up burning more popcorn than you actually serve! Popcorn carts come in all different sizes from 4oz all the way up to 32oz, this is the size of the actual popcorn kettle that cooks the corn, so if you are using small single 1oz portioned popcorn bags its easy to work out how many portions can be popped at any one time, a 4oz kettle will give approximately four 1oz portions, an 8oz kettle will give eight 1oz portions and so on.
Popcorn carts are great for attracting visitors at exhibitions, the smell will drag the crowds over to your stand for sure, and after all who doesn't like the sweet taste and smell of fresh popcorn? The bags may be branded with your names, party date or even a company logo and/or stand number and is sure to be a talking point throughout the day, some companies even offer a "hustler" type service, this is where a member of staff wonders through your event or party with an American style hustler vending tray handing out the popcorn gaining more attention and serving more guests throughout.
The popcorn can be made plain, sweet, salted and even different colours and flavours like blue raspberry, red strawberry and even delicious caramel, these choices will depend on your supplier and the availability of the products to themselves, but if you can we'd recommend the caramel popcorn! It's a good idea to check your vendors insurance and the also check with your venue that there are no issues with using a popcorn hire service as some venues may have restrictions on what you may use and also strict insurance guide lines, for this reason it's always best to check this out before considering hiring a popcorn cart, also look at the different packages available to see which suits your needs the best, after all you wouldn't want six thousand portions of popcorn for a wedding reception with 50 guests would you? A few fun facts about popcorn...
Popcorn is quite a healthy snack (depending on your choice of flavourings) it's also thought to be one of the oldest snacks known to man, people have been enjoying popcorn for thousands of years, in 1948 popped kernel's were found estimated to be 5000 years old and were discovered in caves in New Mexico.
It's also thought that Christopher Columbus introduced popcorn to Europeans in the late 15th century, the first commercial popcorn machine was made in Chicago in 1885, and the company still produces specialist equipment to this day! On average the popcorn kernels pop when they reach a temperature of approximately 175 degrees Celsius!