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Apparatus for automatically making food products in piece form, such as loaves of bread, from dough-like substances, comprises a housing having holding drums (230,232) adapted to be fixed to either end of a flexible sealable bag (12) containing the ingredients. A dough preparation and baking chamber

Apparatus for automatically making food products in piece form, such as loaves of bread, from dough-like substances, comprises a housing having holding drums (230,232) adapted to be fixed to either end of a flexible sealable bag (12) containing the ingredients. A dough preparation and baking chamber (212) has upper and lower slit openings (220,222). The bag is moved to and fro through the slit openings to perform kneading of the dough, and then baked in the chamber. The variable baking parameters dependent upon the particular ingredients and product are controlled dependent upon instructions read from the bag by a scanner (270). The instructions comprise a bar code (121) which can have a first identification portion to confirm that the bag is suitable for use in the apparatus and a second command portion to instruct the apparatus as to the baking sequence required.

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Apparatus for automatically making food products in piece form from dough-like substances, comprising a housing containing holding means adapted to be affixed to opposed edges of a flexible bag containing ingredients for the dough-like substance, kneading means for mechanically working the ingredien

Apparatus for automatically making food products in piece form from dough-like substances, comprising a housing containing holding means adapted to be affixed to opposed edges of a flexible bag containing ingredients for the dough-like substance, kneading means for mechanically working the ingredients in the bag and including moving means for creating relative movement between the bag and the kneading means so that the ingredients are kneaded into a dough-like substance, heat treatment means for baking the kneaded dough-like substance, and programmable control means for controlling the sequential operation of the kneading means and heat treatment means, wherein the apparatus further comprises scanning means located adjacent the path of the bag as moved by the moving means for reading machine-readable indicia on a bag and for providing an output coupled to the control means to command operation of the control means.