Patent ID: 7946454

Claim:
An apparatus for storage and dispensing of viscous food material, the apparatus comprising: a housing comprising an insulated compartment and an insulated door; a food material hopper having an open top, a lower outlet tube, and being removably disposed in the insulated compartment; a thermal storage material disposed in the insulated compartment adjacent the food material hopper; a cold side of a thermoelectric cooler disposed in the insulated compartment; a piston assembly positioned above the food material hopper and comprising a piston plate vertically movable into the open top of the food material hopper to move viscous food material from the food material hopper through the lower outlet tube, wherein the lower outlet tube extends through an opening in the insulated door; and a horizontal nozzle attached to the lower outlet tube from an exterior of the insulated door to direct movement of the viscous food material.