Savory Dreams: Hamburger Bed For Sale on eBay

The Hamburger Bed: Photo by Heather Leah Kennedy, bed by Kayla Kromer

You might already be its friend on Facebook, now, you could be its proud owner. That's right, the Hamburger Bed is for sale on eBay. Inspired by the 1986 movie, Hamburger: The Motion Picture, in which dorm room beds were hamburgers, Austinite Kayla Kromer cooked one up for herself.

More accurately a Cheeseburger Bed, the handcrafted original quickly became an internet sensation and has appeared in seven magazines. After months of warding off would be buyers, Kromer cites a series of personal setbacks requiring her to make sacrifices as the reason she is finally willing to sell her masterpiece. Since the burger is large (8 feet in diameter!), Kromer is not arranging for shipping, which puts Austin area residents at a great advantage should they want to sleep between a slice of memory foam American Cheese and a sesame seed bun.

Bidding started at the "Value Menu Price" of ninety-nine cents and is currently at $355 with six days left in the auction. This "Meal Deal" of a sale includes not just the bed, but also the Hamburger Bed website, administrator privileges on the bed's Facebook account which has over 12,000 fans, and a copy of Hamburger: The Motion Picture. Unfortunately, the pickle pillow is not for sale. Perhaps best of all, ten percent of the proceeds from the sale of the Hamburger Bed will be donated to the Alamo Drafthouse's Free Saturday Kid's Club (hmm, perhaps the League's should buy it for one of their future karaoke theme rooms...). Sleepy meat lovers of Austin, start your bidding!

Hamburger Bed Related Links:
The Hamburger Bed Official Website
The Hamburger Bed For Sale on eBay
The Hamburger Bed on Facebook
Austinist's previous Hamburger Bed Post: There's No Beating This Tribute to Meat

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By emilyweerts in Arts & Entertainment on July 13, 2009 3:20 PM 0 Comments

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nickc

don't tell Wes ... he'll throw a fit about how the millionaires who run the Alamo don't need the donation

Wes

AHEM! I believe that you meant "Seth" not "Wes." I have no problem with the folks who own the Alamo. They run an awesome business and they deserve all the money that it brings in.

Kayla

First of all, thank you to the Austinist for such a sweet article!

@NickC... I chose the Kid's Club because my 6 year old sister and I are really involved with it. This month she's out of town, but she's usually the lovely kiddo co-host. You can tell Wes what wonderful things it does... it digs up older kids films (not DVDs), often with a pre-show and contests AND there is a reduced menu prices for the club. Between Butt-numb-a-thon of AICN, The austin school of film and the alamo, they take on the cost of the theater (giving us the biggest theater on Sat when it could go to transformers or Harry potter is a huge cut in profits), the cost of buying or renting a film print- plus the shipping, they pay a programmer to make all the arrangements and then there is the cost of free candy and trivia/contest prizes. Growing up poor, I didn't get to go to the theater more than 1 time a year when I was little... and kids movies are awfully underrated... and I'm so proud to help a cause that offers these movies and community to kids and grown-up kids alike.