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About Kettle Korn™

Small Kettle Korn KernelThe Truth of it's Origin
Not too many years ago The Original Kettle Korn™ operated the only Kettle Korn web site on the Internet. After pulling up countless stories about Kettle Korn™ we felt it was time to put the rumors to rest. Old time sugar corn has been around for hundreds of years. Many of you may remember your great grandparents and grandparents talking about or even making sugar corn long ago. The old time sugar corn that your ancestors spoke of was just that "Old Time Sugar Corn," not" Kettle Korn™! Contrary to popular belief, Kettle Korn™ does have a beginning!

You've probably noticed on many web pages that "a Missouri farmer" or a "Midwestern farmer" popped sugar corn in a large cast iron kettle over a wood fire and began selling it at various shows. That farmer is Bill Mann, father to Gary Mann who is President of both Colex Plus, Inc. and The Original Kettle Korn™. The Kettle Korn™ name represents the Mann family and our product, a slightly sweet, slightly salty popcorn.

In 2008, Gary Mann retired from the Kettle Korn business and passed on the reigns of superior quality kettle korn equipment to the next generation of kettle korn experts, Kettlepop LLC.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kettlepop LLC is kettle korn. With decades of combined experience in kettle korn production, manufacturing, packaging, sales, and distribution; the Kettlepop LLC team knows kettle korn and knows the kettle korn business! It's what we do!

Our name, "The Original Kettle Korn™" means just what it implies... the first of it's kind. Ruth Mann(Gary's mother) coined the trademark name Kettle Korn™ in Missouri in the 1980's. The name Kettle Korn� didn't exist prior to the Mann family who reintroduced a type of sugar corn under the Kettle Korn™ name.

Small Kettle Korn KernelThe Commercial Kettle Korn™ Popper
The Mann family came up with the idea of a spring-loaded popping machine after popping popcorn by hand in rural Missouri. Bill and Gary had to hoist the large iron-popping kettle by hand in order to deposit the finished product into another container. The Mann's recognized the potential of mass-producing popcorn using unique methods and started to work on designing a machine that would allow them to cook the corn with one person. Instead of lifting the popping kettle by hand they designed the spring-loaded popper, which involved only one person popping and dumping with ease. It was the Mann's idea that revolutionized the popcorn industry.

Gary Mann continued to refine the concept and sold their product at more and more shows across the United States. He knew their idea was a great one when "ME TOO" companies began appearing on the scene and copying their design. When they noticed others attempting to duplicate their popping machines and serving an inferior product, they decided to commercially manufacture the kettles themselves.

Several essential features of the Mann Made Poppin' Machine® were perfected by Gary & Bill while collaborating on refining the popper for commercial use. The poppers and other related equipment are still evolving as more ideas are designed, tested, and patented by our research and development team. As our product and processes evolve The Original Kettle Korn™ continues to lead the industry in innovation and design of popcorn popping machines and concessions operations.
 
 
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