Food stand system

A food stand system comprising:

• a support structure with a semicircular plan view having two ends, with a flat top surface as a countertop, a bottom, and a front surface permanently coupled therebetween defining a convex customer-facing surface and a concave server-facing surface, the space defined by the top, bottom, and front of the support structure defining a compartment, wherein the semicircular support structure is configured to be separable into two parts along a vertical plane, wherein the flat top surface is configured to be accessible by human servers positioned within an interior of the food stand system and by human customers positioned on an exterior of the food stand system, wherein no substantial vertical barrier extends above the flat top surface, which per the food stand system and its configuration enables items to be conveyed across a void above the top flat surface from the interior to the exterior without significant impediment;
• a serving bar having two ends, each end removably attached to one of the two parts of the support structure, wherein the serving bar is one of a plurality of serving bars, each configured to be used for a different respective type of event;
• a water system, the water system having one or more pipes configured for water flow received from a water shut-off valve to at least one or more food preparation appliance;
• a vertical brace is substantially planar with a protruding portion having a first side located opposite a second side, the vertical brace is attached to each respective end forming an end surface disposed between the bottom of the support structure and the countertop, and
• wherein the vertical brace has one or more openings traversing from the first side of the protruding portion of the vertical brace to the second side of the protruding portion of the vertical brace, the one or more openings to receive the one or more pipes of the water system;
• a radiused outer perimeter edge of the protruding portion of the vertical brace abuts and conforms to the convex customer-facing surface and is oriented perpendicular to the convex customer-facing surface;
• the food preparation appliance disposed within the compartment;
• a sensor coupled to the food preparation appliance, the sensor operative to measure, as sensed data, a physical characteristic of the appliance or of food prepared using the appliance;
• a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to process the sensed data in accordance with instructions stored in a tangible data storage device in data communication with the processor, the instructions defining a procedure using the sensed data for preparing food using the appliance;
• and
• a back office server having a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor and a server memory device, configured to send and receive data carrying a signal to and from one or more parties interacting with the system, and
• wherein at least a portion of the data is sensor data generated from the sensor of the food preparation appliance.