System And Method For Dispensing Sauces On Foodstuffs

An automated on-demand food preparation system comprising:

• a plurality of sauce reservoirs each configured to contain a respective one of a plurality of sauces;
• a plurality of tubes;
• a scanning head including a plate with a plurality of openings;
• and
• a control module configured to, in response to a custom food order for a foodstuff, perform a dispense operation for each of a set of the sauces onto the foodstuff,
• wherein:
• each of the openings is coupled with a respective one of the sauce reservoirs via a respective one of the tubes,
• the set of sauces is specified by the custom food order, and
• for each sauce of the set of sauces:
• the dispense operation includes dispensing a volume of the sauce onto a set of regions of the foodstuff,
• the set of regions for the sauce is specified by the custom food order,
• the volume of the sauce dispensed through the respective opening is specified by the custom food order, and
• the dispense operation includes causing a relative movement of the scanning head and the foodstuff to position the respective opening over the set of regions.