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The french fry food vending machine has a plurality of frozen foodstuff holding compartments in a refrigeration chamber. A metered dispensing rotatable wheel is positioned below the outlet of each holding compartment to, upon activation, dispense a metered quantity of frozen food stuff to a cooking

The french fry food vending machine has a plurality of frozen foodstuff holding compartments in a refrigeration chamber. A metered dispensing rotatable wheel is positioned below the outlet of each holding compartment to, upon activation, dispense a metered quantity of frozen food stuff to a cooking chamber, preferably by the delivery of the foodstuff to a conveyer position beneath a line of metered dispensing rotatable wheels. An oil circulating, filtering, heating and replenishment system is provided to service a deep frying tank with a quantity of Purified hot oil into which frozen food stuff is emerged for a predetermined period of time for cooking.

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In a french fry vending machine comprising a housing having a front panel and a back panel, an insulated refrigeration chamber within the housing, a cooking chamber within the housing, a coin box including a coin operated switch for energizing the machine, means for transferring foodstuff from the r

In a french fry vending machine comprising a housing having a front panel and a back panel, an insulated refrigeration chamber within the housing, a cooking chamber within the housing, a coin box including a coin operated switch for energizing the machine, means for transferring foodstuff from the refrigeration chamber to the cooking chamber, means for french frying the foodstuff in the cooking chamber, and means for dispensing the french fried foodstuff, the improvement comprising a plurality of frozen foodstuff holding compartments in said refrigeration chamber, a metered dispensing mechanism positioned below the outlet from each of said holding compartments, said metered dispensing mechanisms including an individual metered foodstuff dispensing rotatable wheel for each frozen foodstuff holding compartment, means for activating a selected one of said dispensing rotatable wheels to dispense a metered quantity of the selected frozen foodstuff onto said transfer means, and means for operating said transfer means to deliver said selected metered quantity of frozen foodstuff to said cooking chamber. In a french fry vending machine comprising a housing having a front panel and a back panel, an insulated refrigeration chamber within the housing, a cooking chamber within the housing, a coin box including a coin operated switch for energizing the machine, means for transferring foodstuff from the refrigeration chamber to the cooking chamber, means for french frying the foodstuff in the cooking chamber, and means for dispensing the french fried foodstuff, the improvement comprising a oil circulating, filtering, heating and replenishment system including a deep frying tank for holding a quantity of hot oil into which a selected metered amount of frozen foodstuff is immersed for a predetermined period of time for cooking, i.e. french frying, of the selected metered amount of foodstuff, means for recirculating oil from said tank through a pump and filter system, a heating chamber coupled to the output of said filter system and to a hot oil inlet to said tank for heating the oil outside of said tank, and means for sensing when the level of hot oil in said tank falls below a preselected level, and means responsive to said sensing for replenishing the oil in said tank.