摘要 |
<p>A food preparation device or system utilizes pre-packaged food containers to prepare a food Item for consumption. The food preparation device comprises: a housing, the housing having an opening that is dimensioned to receive a food container of a pre-determined dimension; an extraction mechanism provided with the opening to extract a food Item from each of the one or more containers; a preparation receptacle, positioned to receive the food Item extracted from each of the one or more containers; a heating mechanism to heat the preparation receptacle; and a processing resource to: identify a recipe; determine a set of food containers that include food Items specified in the recipe; verify that a set of food containers are positioned in the opening of the housing; control the extraction mechanism in extracting food Items specified in the recipe from each container in the set of food containers; and control the heating mechanism in heating the preparation receptacle with the specified food Items from the recipe.</p> |