America's first pizza ATM finds a home

New York has the cupcake ATM, and now an Ohio college has the pizza ATM.

Xavier University in Cincinnati is home to the United States' first pizza ATM that delightfully dispenses hot pizza to hungry students at any hour.

As reported by Cincinnati.com, the $55,000 Paline ATM is located in the dorm Fenwick Hall and will be open 24/7 come fall.

"We were looking for a way to solve this problem of having a late-night pizza option on campus," Assistant Vice President for Auxiliary Services Jude Kiah told Cincinnati.com.

Seventy artisan pizzas of various flavors will be prepared by the Xavier University's dining staff each day and put into the ATM.

If you're thinking that 70 pizzas may not be enough for everyone on campus, have no fear: the machine sends notifications to employees' phones when it's is running low on pizzas so they can refill it.

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The machine works very simply. Twelve-inch personal pizzas chill in a refrigerator until someone inserts $9 and makes a selection. Then, the pizza is transferred into a convection oven, where it spends three minutes evolving into hot gooey goodness.

Xavier had no interest in sacrificing quality for convenience – the school's dining program is award-winning, and they even consulted with a French chef, so the pizza is expected to taste great.

Students will be moving onto campus for the fall semester by the end of the month. Those who chose to live in Fenwick Hall will be arriving with big appetites.