Pizza Hut Introduces Fully-Automated, Zero-Emission Mobile Kitchen

Pizza Hut has developed a fully automated mobile kitchen with an eco-friendly twist. According to a recent article in Nation's Restaurant News, this zero-emission design made its debut at the SEMA car show in Las Vegas. It was created through a partnership between Toyota and Pizza Hut. The kitchen itself features a refrigerator, high-speed oven, computer-guided mechanical arm and even a pizza box assembly station.

Pizzas are pre-assembled and stowed in the refrigerator. The mechanical arm transfers the pizza to the oven and later into a pizza box. The entire process lasts under seven minutes.

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