Best dry popcorn, you mean?
Although I do like the ability to add buttery goodness to taste.
My favorite popcorn popper was the one that got me through college ... a West Bend (I think ... they were the ones with the yellow lids, Hamilton Beach's were clear). You put the popcorn and oil in the base, and loaded the top of the lid with pats of yummy butter so that it dripped evenly down onto the popcorn as it popped.
I got a Presto Hot Air Popcorn Pumper after that one bit the dust. The only thing the Hot Air Popper did well was see to it that popcorn shot all over the room. Chewy bland popcorn that the salt wouldn't stick to.
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EDIT TO ADD: Boo Hoo!!! The popcorn smiley will not display properly because the first two characters are being immediately parsed as a tongue-sticking-out smiley.