Folks, There Is Now A Vending Machine For Hamburgers

America, meet Roboburger – the new vending machine that will cook you a burger in just six minutes.

The Roboburger is a 21st-centiry vending machine, and it’s “a whole kitchen shoved into 12 square feet,” Dan Braido, co-founder of Roboburger, told NorthJersey.com.

For $6.99, the Roboburger includes custom toppings and is made from “grass and vegetarian fed 100% Angus beef, always antibiotic-free, raised with no artificial growth hormones.”

The machine has a touch screen that allows customers to order a classic burger with ketchup, mustard and cheese, or customize the burger to remove any of those ingredients if you choose.

The machine places the patty on a griddle and grills it on both sides. It toasts the bun and adds the condiments. Then it assembles the burger and delivers it to the diner in a cute cardboard box.

According to Roboburger, its machine “is equipped with a complex, miniature kitchen consisting of a refrigeration system to keep ingredients fresh, a griddle to cook and a dishwasher system to allow the unit to self-clean, making it the first machine of its kind.”

(A company called Botast says that its Smart Burger Vending Machine is the first, and a Google search shows that there are other machines that are use in Japan and China.)

Regardless, the Roboburger says it’s “the only hot food vending machine certified by the National Sanitary Foundation to the highest U.S. food safety regulations.”

Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. Roboburger was founded by Audley Wilson, who attended Carnegie Mellon on a scholarship.

Thanks to him and his company, you may never have to eat a cold sandwich or candy bar out of a vending machine as a substitute for a meal ever again.