Does anyone actually use the microwave popcorn setting?

Yes, it works great on my machine.

@Tropical_Willie Awesome. Pre-bagged microwave bags or loose?

No. 2.5 minutes on high.

Popcorn story. My hubs and I went out, so we got a babysitter. She decided to make popcorn but she didn’t keep an eye on it. It caught on fire.
Then she did it AGAIN!!!
Destroyed my microwave, not to mention someone could have been hurt.

Pre-bagged, we get Kirkland from Costco. It is one of the better brands. I’ve got an antique popcorn popper like this one for over the stove or fire for loose popcorn.

The popcorn I recently bought – microwavable bags – specifically tells you not to use the popcorn setting. They say it’s too much time and just to try for a few minutes and listen for the pops to stop.

No way. 1:25 seconds +/- 10 seconds is all you need.

I honestly don’t use any other settings.

No, it never pops it fully. I set it on two minutes / two and a half tops, normally. Then it pops fine.

My friend Neil came into work on a Saturday. He put a thing of popcorn in the microwave. Turned it on, and used the bathroom.
Came out, and there is black smoke everywhere. He thinks he set the microwave for 7 minutes, not 3. Anyway, he opens the windows, and then tries to open the bag. Flames shoot out from the super heated popcorn. He throws the bag into the dumpster outside the office. The dumpster catches fire. He gets a fire extinguisher, and puts it out.
He calls it a day, and goes home.
When he came to work, a manager tells him that a different manager (Neil’s boss) burned popcorn, and ruined the microwave. The whole building smells terrible.
My friend just looks at him and says “What an asshole!”

^Ha, love it!

Did he used to babysit in the 80s @filfann?

I made microwave popcorn once and the bag caught on fire. That was at home and it was pretty scary.

We use the setting then standby to add 30 seconds at the end. Using Act ii butter lovers size 2.75. While reading this, I had to go pop up a bag, which I am now eating with a glass of wine.
I have a large plastic bowl I empty the bag into.

I make popcorn in a pot on the stove top.

No, but a friend used it to reheat an Arby’s sandwich several years ago.
Arby’s had this nice touch of their wrapper having a thin layer of foil to help keep the the sandwich warm.
When he opened the door, the sandwich was on fire.

Sandwiches from my favorite deli have a foil layer too. A few times I forgot about that while microwaving the second half the next day. Got a burn mark once.

No. I can’t imagine eating microwave popcorn. I use an air popper.

Used too, but after a couple told me that her husband had eaten popcorn almost every night for years and had most of his digestive track taken out due to damages plus kidyproblems caused by popcorn kernals that will not be digested.
I then bought popped corn with out the kernals in them ( snack aisle)..they look puffed up and white oand or cheese flavoured.

Who the hell eats unpopped popcorn kernels?

@Dutchess_III
Popped popcorn has kernels still atatched… and that is what caused that man’s digestive problems.
It cannot be digested fully and thus scrapes the fragile intestine.