Tag Archives: 20 feet of meat

I don’t ask for much… but now’s the time, for the good of Ypsi’s kids, to dig deep and make the Wurst Challenge a success

By Mark | May 12, 2016

I rarely ask you, my loyal readers, to actually do anything. I may, every once in a while, ask you to consider sharing an article, if it’s about something that I feel as though people should really know about, but I rarely ask for more than that. But, today, I’ve got a favor to ask […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Are Fuller, call to action, eating challenges, eating competitions, giving to charity, Jim Cherewick, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, sausage, Team Smoot, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 5 Comments

Who should I back in this year’s Wurst Challenge?

By Mark | March 24, 2015

I’ve got $20 set aside to support this year’s Wurst Challenge, but I’m torn as to which competitor I should back… Should I put my money behind defending champion Jason “Knifebeard SausageHawk” Youngs, reclusive roboticist Cre Fuller, local midwife turned professional sausage eater Kate Stroud, or one of the many others who are presently locked […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged competitive eating, fundraisers, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Kate Stroud, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 9 Comments

The Washington Post on last night’s Wurst Challenge

By Mark | March 21, 2014

A more comprehensive post will come later, once I’ve had a little more time to process the whirlwind of insanity that was last night, but I wanted to pass along this image from today’s Washington Post… How awesome is it that Ypsi is getting positive national press? And how surreal is it that it took […]

Posted in Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Cre Fuller, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wust Challenge | 7 Comments

Participants in Thursday’s Wurst Challenge already raise $3,624 for Ypsilanti’s FLY Creativity Lab, aim for even more

By Mark | March 18, 2014

We’re now just two days away from our big bratwurst eating challenge at the Wurst Bar to benefit FLY Children’s Art Center, and things are really beginning to heat up. As of right now, according to the donation page, we’ve already raised $3,624, which, if I’m not mistaken, is enough to keep the FLY Creativity […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged beer, bratwurst, Cre Fuller, Dragon's Milk Reserve, Eastern Michigan University, El Mole, EMU, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, fundraisers, Mad Hatter, Monkey King, New Holland Brewing, Night Tripper, Paleooza, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Susan Martin, Wurst Bar | 9 Comments

Consuming 20 feet of meat is apparently newsworthy… Seattle and San Francisco take notice of the Wurst Challenge

By Mark | March 10, 2014

Earlier today, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on a video screen before a large group of individuals gathered at South by Southwest (SXSW) to discuss civil rights in an era of rampant domestic spying. My intention had been to watch the ACLU’s video of the event this evening, after putting the kids to bed, and […]