
This feature of the Biff Burger franchise was designed to maximize profits due its short assembly time (as quick as one week) and easy transportation. Port-a-units serve as the Biff Burger drive-ins that are preassembled and shipped with hundreds of restaurant tools that included Each of the Biff Burger drive-ins were independently owned as part of the National Biff Burger franchise.Ī Port-A-Unit is a uniquely designed transportable building implemented by the National Biff-Burger System. The number of restaurants in Florida grew, with smaller concentrations of restaurants stretching from Georgia to Tennessee to North Carolina. The restaurants were marketed at roughly $13,000 and more than 800 restaurants were sold.

It franchised its restaurants under favorable conditions. This method gave the burger its much advertised "flame broiled" taste.Įarly success prompted for the National Biff Burger System to begin expanding Biff Burger. The broiler was set up in two parts: An upper rotisserie rack broiled the beef and a second lower rack toasted the buns, which collected the juices dropped from the beef. Biff Burgers were produced using the Roto-red broiler designed by the Branes. It was operated under the National Biff-Burger System, their manufacturing company that oversaw the production of materials to be used within the Biff Burger franchise.Īs a burger chain, Biff Burger was known for its “ flame-broiled” burger. The first Biff Burger restaurant was started by co-owners Bruce and Earl Brane in 1956. However, financial woes in the 1970s sent the chain on a decline and most of its restaurants out of business by the 1980s. Early success in the late 1950s and early 1960s led the franchise to spread to many parts of the Southeastern United States.

Joe Maddalena, the executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, previously told Nexstar that he expected the auction to generate at least a half-million dollars.

Other coveted titles included a promotional copy of “First Blood,” “Star Wars,” and a promotional copy of “Top Gun.” A sealed copy of “Jaws,” meanwhile, sold for $32,500, while a copy of “Ghostbusters” went for $23,750. In addition to the “Back to the Future,” bidders were also eager to get their hands on near-mint VHS copies of “The Goonies,” one of which sold for $50,000. The record-setting copy of “Back to the Future,” however, featured another rare distinction: It was previously owned by Tom Wilson, the actor who portrayed Biff Tannen in the “Back to the Future” trilogy. The VHS event, organized by Texas-based Heritage Auctions, featured a total of 260 sealed VHS tapes, most of which were classic, first-edition copies of beloved films from the ‘70s and ‘80s. A sealed copy of “Back to the Future” once owned by one of the film’s actor’s set a record-setting price at auction.
