Automated grill

An automated grill comprising:

• a freezer component that maintains an item in a frozen condition, wherein said freezer component includes a moveable portion, a loading side for loading of said item in said freezer component, a feeding side for the removal of said item from said freezer component in response to a request for said item, and at least one item supporting platform in each of said loading side and said feeding side slidingly moveable along said moveable portion;
• a grilling component for grilling said item;
• and
• a loading device that automatically transfers a selected amount said item from said freezer component directly to said grilling component.

An automated grill comprising:

• a freezer component that maintains an item in a frozen condition;
• a grilling component for grilling said item;
• and
• a loading device that automatically transfers a selected amount of said item from said freezer component dircefly to said grilling component, wherein said loading device includes at least one moving device and a item sensor, and said at least one moving device moves responsively when said item sensor senses said item.

An automated grill comprising:

• a freezer component that maintains an item in a frozen condition;
• a grilling component for grilling said item;
• a loading device that automatically transfers a selected amount of said item from said freezer component directly to said grilling component in response to a request for said selected amount;
• and
• a controller associated with said automated grill, wherein said request comprises a signal sent by a POS device to said controller, and said controller provides another signal to transfer said selected amount of said item from said freezer component to said grilling component in response to said signal.

A method for grilling an item comprising the steps of:

• loading said item into a freezer component;
• sending a signal to an automated grill;
• sensing the item in the freezer component;
• automatically transferring said item from said freezer component to a grilling component in response to said signal when the step of sensing detects the item;
• grilling said item in said grilling component;
• and
• automatically transferring said item out of said grilling component after said item is grilled.