Viscous food product grinding and dispensing system

A method for tuning a viscous food dispensing system configured to grind particulate food product into viscous food product between a stationary grinding plate and a movable grinding plate, the movable grinding plate coupled to a drive device, the method comprising:

• determining a desired viscosity of the viscous food product;
• moving a lock pin from an unlocked position to a locked position to restrict rotation of the drive device in a first direction;
• rotating the drive device in the first direction until the lock pin engages a pin receptacle formed in the drive device;
• uncoupling the movable grinding plate from the drive device to remove the movable grinding plate from the viscous food dispensing system;
• selecting a replacement movable grinding plate based on the desired viscosity of the viscous food product;
• securing the replacement movable grinding plate to the drive device to tune the viscous food dispensing system based on the desired viscosity;
• and
• moving the locking pin from the locked position to the unlocked position.