Automatic pet food dispenser

A method of feeding a pet, the method comprising:

• removing an outer housing from a base to access a carousel comprising a plurality of receptacles;
• positioning a plurality of sealed containers of a wet pet food in the plurality receptacles on the carousel;
• placing the outer housing onto over the plurality of sealed containers and the carousel and onto the base;
• maintaining a temperature of the plurality of sealed containers lower than an ambient temperature with a thermoelectric cooling unit, the thermoelectric cooling unit located above the carousel and the plurality of sealed containers;
• monitoring, with a processing system, a temperature of the plurality of sealed containers with a temperature sensor;
• scheduling a plurality of pet feeding events based on user-provided instructions to the processing system, wherein the processing system comprises a digital processing system and the instructions comprise digital instructions;
• actuating an electrically-operated plunger in response to a first feeding event;
• puncturing a first one of the plurality of sealed containers using the electrically-operated plunger;
• dispensing the wet pet food from said first one of the plurality of containers into a food bowl located on a drawer with the drawer retracted;
• extending the drawer to feed the pet;
• retracting the drawer;
• withdrawing the electrically-operated plunger from said first one of the plurality of sealed containers;
• rotating the carousel around an axis of rotation to place a second one of the plurality of sealed containers in proximity to the electrically-operated plunger;
• puncturing a second one of the plurality of sealed containers with the electrically-operated plunger, in response to a second feeding event, to dispense the wet pet food from the second one of the plurality of containers into the food bowel with the drawer retracted;
• and
• extending the food bowel to feed the pet.