This could be such a great popcorn popper if the heating element didn't give up the ghost so soon. The design is perfect: just throw the bowl and the removable base-plate in the dishwasher!-- (So much easier to clean than a Stir-Crazy!!)But the heating element died on my first popper(a Christmas gift), after only about 5 times, and then it died again on my second popper just as quickly.Wish I could find another popper designed like this one made by another company that actually worked. :(