Pizza Hut has stirred the pot by merging the tasty realm of cheesy delights with console gaming through its latest invention, the PIZZAWRMR. This cool gadget is crafted to perch right on top of your PlayStation 5, ensuring your pizza stays warm while you dive into your favorite game. But here’s the twist—it’s not for sale or part of a giveaway. Instead, Pizza Hut Canada is generously offering the 3D printing files for free download, letting anyone tweak, print, and enjoy it.
The PIZZAWRMR’s design takes after Pizza Hut’s iconic red roof, with a lid opening like a laptop for easy slice access. Pizza Hut claims several slices can snugly fit in the space. The warmth from the console’s exhaust is cleverly directed to heat the pizza area, which is touted by Pizza Hut’s marketing team as a prime example of “science and engineering for the greater good.”
When you download the files from Pizza Hut Canada, you’ll find STL files and a handy PDF guide. These files are for printing everything from the body to the lid and stand. The design is tailored to fit consoles with a rear vent spacing of precisely 11.7 x 1.31 inches. For those keen to print, you’ll need a sizable 3D printer, around 15 x 15 inches or more. Big models like the Elegoo Neptune 4 Max or a Prusa XL would be up to the task, unless you want to cut the pieces to fit a smaller printer.
Of course, using such a unique pizza warmer comes with responsibility. To protect your precious console from inevitable crumbs and grease, Pizza Hut advises using a foil tray measuring 34 x 23 x 2.5cm inside the PIZZAWRMR. The switch to metric for this detail might be one of those quirky Canadian touches. They suggest letting the console warm up the pizza warmer first, then placing slices of their medium-sized pizzas inside for the best fit.
In the gaming world, fast food companies venturing into gaming-related projects is not unheard of. Who could forget KFC’s memorable move in 2020 with the KFConsole, a bucket-shaped gaming machine complete with a drawer to keep chicken warm, inspired by what started as a humorous marketing gimmick?
For those curious to see the PIZZAWRMR in action, Pizza Hut is teasing a livestream event where this delectable accessory takes center stage. Keep an eye out!