Patent ID: 6915734

Claim:
A multiple station apparatus for automated preparation of a pizza, the apparatus comprising: a. at least one dough mixer that prepares individual and pre-determined portions of dough from flour and other component ingredients and includes: a closed housing having two inner, essentially circular, juxtaposed and separated surfaces between which two casing surface sections extend which run in an arc and change in the upper and lower region into a flat surface section; and a kneading element including: at least one fixed pin extending from an arm communicating with a drive shaft of the kneading element and having a longitudinal axis parallel to a rotational axis of the drive shaft; and a sleeve rotatably attached to each pin, the sleeve capable of free spin about a longitudinal axis of the fixed pin; b. at least one shaping device that shapes the fresh dough to a flattened pizza base of pre-determined dimension; c. at least one metering and dispensing device that apportions and applies a pre-determined amount of at least one topping to the pizza base to form a pizza; and d. at least one oven that cooks the pizza.