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Pizza-making vending machine serves fresh pies in three minutes

By Sledgstone, April 4, 2009 in Random

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Posted April 4, 2009

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/03/pizza-making_ve.php

Let's play some word association. If I say "pizza vending machine," what's the first thing that pops into your mind? Fast, maybe, but probably not delicious or fresh.
Claudio Torghele, inventor of the "Let's Pizza" vending machine, wants his automated chef to be all three. It can churn out one of four different pies in only three minutes, but it's not just warming up frozen pizza. It'll prepare fresh dough, shape it, sauce it, top it and cook it, sliding a full pie out of a slot — all for just shy of $5.

Torghele has plans to bring the vending machine to the United States as well as spread it around Europe, though right now it's slugging it out in a shopping mall in Trentino, Italy. It's hard to tell whether the vending machine is really a threat to pizza makers at all — or just to mall cafeterias. As someone who lives with a dozen awesome pizzerias within easy walking distance, I'd pass right by one of these on the street. In a mall, though? Sure, I'd try it out.

Click a link for pics. It looks like the pizza is a little small, but its probably on par with Little Ceasars or Pizza Hut's $5 pizzas.

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