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A food preparation and delivery system can include a plurality of cooking units such as ovens, each containing one or more prepared, but partially or completely uncooked, food items. The food items in the cooking units are for delivery to each of a corresponding plurality of consumer delivery destin

A food preparation and delivery system can include a plurality of cooking units such as ovens, each containing one or more prepared, but partially or completely uncooked, food items. The food items in the cooking units are for delivery to each of a corresponding plurality of consumer delivery destinations. The cooking units are loaded into a cargo compartment of a delivery vehicle for delivery to the plurality of consumer delivery destinations. The cooking conditions within the cooking unit are controlled such the each food item is cooked prior to arrival at the consumer destination location. In at least some embodiments, the estimated delivery time for each consumer destination location can be dynamically updated and the cooking conditions within the cooking unit adjusted.

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1. A method of operation in a food preparation and delivery system, the method comprising: loading each of a plurality of food items in a respective one of a plurality of ovens;subsequent to the loading of each of the plurality of food items in a respective one of the plurality of ovens, positioning

1. A method of operation in a food preparation and delivery system, the method comprising: loading each of a plurality of food items in a respective one of a plurality of ovens;subsequent to the loading of each of the plurality of food items in a respective one of the plurality of ovens, positioning the plurality of ovens in a cargo compartment of a vehicle with the food items loaded therein; andfor each of the ovens, automatically controlling by at least one controller a temperature based at least in part on an estimated time to destination for the respective food item to cook the food items in the ovens while the vehicle travels to each of at least two destinations which are different from one another. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating a signal by the at least one controller that stops the cooking of the contents of the respective oven of the plurality of ovens when a defined cooking time is reached for a set of temperatures at which the respective oven was operated during at least part of a transit of the vehicle. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically controlling a temperature based at least in part on an estimated time to destination for the respective food item includes automatically controlling by the at least one controller the temperature based at least in part on a dynamically estimated time to destination, updated as the vehicle travels to the destinations. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: generating a signal by the at least one controller that stops the cooking of the contents of the respective oven of the plurality of ovens when a defined cooking time is reached for a set of temperatures at which the respective oven was operated during at least part of a transit of the vehicle. 5. The method of claim 3, further comprising: generating a signal by the at least one controller that stops the cooking of the contents of the respective oven of the plurality of ovens when a defined cooking time is reached for a set of temperatures at which the respective oven was operated during at least part of a transit of the vehicle based on the dynamically updated estimated transit time to a delivery destination of the contents of the respective oven. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: automatically mechanically transferring, by at least one transfer mechanism, the contents of the respective oven of the plurality of ovens to a respective package held by a packaging rack. 7. The method of claim 6, generating a signal by the at least one controller that causes the at least one transfer mechanism to automatically mechanically transfer the contents of the respective oven to the respective package in response to a defined time being reached. 8. The method of claim 6 generating a signal by the at least one controller that causes the at least one transfer mechanism to automatically mechanically transfer the contents of the respective oven to the respective package in response to a defined time being reached for cooking the contents of the respective oven at a defined temperature as specified by a cooking schedule. 9. The method of claim 6 generating a signal by the at least one controller that causes the at least one transfer mechanism to automatically mechanically transfer the contents of the respective oven to the respective package in response to a defined time being reached for a set of temperatures at which the respective oven was operated during at least part of a transit of the vehicle based on a dynamically updated estimated transit time to a delivery destination of the contents of the respective oven. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the ovens includes an ejector moveable between a retracted configuration and an expanded configuration, and further comprising: moving the ejector from the retracted configuration toward the expanded configuration to move the contents of the respective oven of the plurality of ovens out of the respective oven without the contents being touched by a human. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the ovens includes an ejector moveable between a retracted configuration and further comprising: positioning the ejector based on a dimension of the contents of the respective oven of the plurality of ovens to bias the contents of the respective oven against movement during transit of the vehicle. 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising: securing the plurality of ovens in at least one oven rack before positioning the plurality of ovens in the cargo compartment of the vehicle; andsecuring the at least one oven rack in the cargo compartment of a vehicle to position the plurality of ovens in the cargo compartment of the vehicle. 13. The method of claim 1, further comprising: producing the plurality of food items without the food items being touched by a human, and wherein the loading each of a plurality of food items in the respective oven of the plurality of ovens occurs without the food items being touched by a human. 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the producing the plurality of food items is responsive only to receipt of new orders for the food item. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: analyzing previously delivered orders for food items to predict future orders for food items, and wherein the producing the plurality of food items is responsive to receipt of new orders for the food item and to predicted future orders for food items. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising: caching at least one unordered food item in an oven on the vehicle in anticipation of a new order for the food item. 17. The method of claim 13, further comprising: for each of a number of customers, providing images of at least one of the producing or cooking of a specific instance of the food item to be delivered to the customer. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: capturing images of the producing of the food items; andcapturing images of the cooking of the food items in respective ovens of the plurality of ovens; andproviding a selectable link selection of which provides access to the captured images of the specific instance of the food item to be delivered to the respective customer. 19. The method of claim 1, further comprising: tracking a location of at least one of the vehicle or the food items; andfor each of a number of customers, providing a selectable link selection of which provides access to the location of the vehicle carrying the food item to be delivered to the respective customer or the location of the food item to be delivered to the respective customer. 20. The method of claim 1, further comprising: tracking a location of at least one of the vehicle or the food items; andfor each of a number of customers, providing an indication of a dynamically adjusted estimated delivery time for delivery of the respective food item to be delivered to the respective customer. 21. The method of claim 20 wherein providing an indication of a dynamically adjusted estimated delivery time for delivery of the respective food item to be delivered to the respective customer includes providing the indication with a representation of a confidence interval. 22. The method of claim 1, further comprising: in response to reaching each destination, presenting a visual identification via at least one light source to a delivery person of at least one oven which contains the food item intended for delivery at the respective destination. 23. The method of claim 22, further comprising: in response to reaching at least one destination, presenting a set of information associated with the destination via at least one user interface to a delivery person. 24. The method of claim 23 wherein presenting a set of information associated with the destination via at least one user interface to a delivery person includes presenting a set of information that identifies a customer name, customer specific preferences, customer birth date, or a most recent previous order. 25. The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting at least one operational condition of at least one of the ovens;wirelessly transmitting the detected at least one operation condition to a fixed site remote from the vehicle; andwirelessly receiving updated cooking information from the fixed remote site. 26. The method of claim 25 wherein detecting at least one operational condition of the at least one of the ovens includes detecting at least one of a temperature in an interior of the at least one of the ovens, a temperature of the food item in the at least one of the ovens, a respective temperature at a plurality of locations inside the at least one of the ovens, or a moisture content inside the at least one of the ovens. 27. The method of claim 1, further comprising: adjusting routing of a plurality of vehicles based dynamically adjusted estimated transit times to load balance between the vehicles. 28. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving an indication as to which food item of a set of at least two food items a customer identifies as likely to be delivered first out of the set of at least two food items;determining which of the food items of the set of at least two food items is actually delivered first; andawarding the customer if the customer correctly identified the food item that is actually delivered first of the set of at least two food items. 29. The method of claim 28, further comprising: providing the set of at least two food items to the customer for identification, the set including at least one instance of a food item to be delivered to the customer. 30. The method of claim 29 wherein providing the set of at least two food items to the customer for identification includes providing at least one instance of a food item to be delivered to a random selected customer.