Precision dispensing and mixing apparatus

A method of dispensing and mixing a precise measurement of ingredients, comprising:

• activating a dispensing mode of a precision measurement dispenser and mixing apparatus, wherein activation of the dispensing mode causes at least one drive motor in a base unit to drive a dispensing mechanism in an ingredient container, wherein the dispensing mechanism includes an auger contained within the ingredient container, wherein the auger is configured to dispense the ingredients through a lower aperture of the ingredient container, wherein the base unit is configured to receive the ingredient container in a removably secured position thereon, wherein removal of the ingredient container from the base unit also removes the auger from the base unit, wherein driving the dispensing mechanism dispenses a quantity of the ingredients from the lower aperture of the ingredient container, wherein the base unit includes a dispensing aperture extending through the base unit and configured to allow the quantity of ingredients dispensed from the lower aperture of the ingredient container to pass through the base unit to a removable mixing bowl;
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• activating a mixing mode of the precision measurement dispenser and mixing apparatus, wherein activation of the mixing mode causes the at least one drive motor to drive a mixing mechanism in the base unit that rotates a mixing component removably coupled to the base unit and configured to extend into the removable mixing bowl, wherein driving the mixing mechanism mixes the quantity of the ingredients dispensed from the ingredient container into the removable mixing bowl.