Sous vide food and condiment dispensers

A sous vide food dispensing system for rethermalizing and dispensing a sous vide food portion from a sous vide food pouch, comprising:

• a housing;
• a heating chamber configured to heat the sous vide food portion to a serving temperature;
• a movable post configured to move the sous vide food pouch with the sous vide food portion therein into said heating chamber;
• a cutting device configured to cut the sous vide food pouch to facilitate dispensing of the sous vide food portion;
• a scanner for reading machine readable information imprinted on the sous vide food pouch;
• a rotating platform configured to move a serving container under said heating chamber to receive the dispensed sous vide food portion;
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• a controller operatively connected to said heating chamber, said movable post, said cutting device, said scanner, and said rotating platform;
• said controller being configured to control said heating chamber based upon the read machine readable information imprinted on the sous vide food pouch;
• said controller being configured to control said rotating platform to move a serving container under said heating chamber to receive the dispensed sous vide food portion.

A sous vide food dispensing system for rethermalizing and dispensing sous vide food portions from sous vide food pouches, comprising:

• a housing;
• a first heating chamber configured to heat a first sous vide food portion to a serving temperature;
• a second heating chamber configured to heat a second sous vide food portion to a serving temperature;
• a first movable post configured to move a first sous vide food pouch with the first sous vide food portion therein into said first heating chamber;
• a second movable post configured to move a second sous vide food pouch with a second sous vide food portion therein into said second heating chamber;
• a cutting device configured to cut the sous vide food pouches to facilitate dispensing of the sous vide food portions;
• a scanner for reading machine readable information imprinted on the sous vide food pouches;
• a rotating platform configured to move a serving container under said heating chambers to receive the dispensed sous vide food portions;
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• a controller operatively connected to said first heating chamber, said second heating chamber, said first movable post, said second movable post, said cutting device, said scanner, and said rotating platform;
• said controller being configured to control said first heating chamber based upon the read machine readable information imprinted on the first sous vide food pouch;
• said controller being configured to control said first heating chamber based upon the read machine readable information imprinted on the second sous vide food pouch;
• said controller being configured to control said rotating platform to move a serving container under said first heating chamber to receive the dispensed first sous vide food portion;
• said controller being configured to control said rotating platform to move a serving container under said second heating chamber to receive the dispensed second sous vide food portion.