FOOD PREPARATION AND COOKING SYSTEM

摘要

A compact scalable food preparation center (10) is adapted for the preparation of custom ordered pizzas on a walk-in or drive-through basis. The center has a base unit (12) with a food preparation surface (14), a refrigerated storage unit (16) under the food preparation surface, and a refrigerated topping storage area (18) on the food preparation surface, the topping storage area having a cover (19). An oven (20) is positioned on top of the base unit with a solid cooking surface and heating elements spaced above the solid cooking surface. The oven is controlled to cook non-frozen raw pizzas with toppings in less than 4 minutes.