If you weren’t at the Wurst Bar last night for the second annual Wurst Challenge, you missed a hell of a good time. Ungodly amounts of sausage were eaten, many laughs were had, and, by the end of the night, we’d raised just over $6,000 for the FLY Children’s Art Center Creativity Lab in downtown […]
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Challengers take on 200 feet of meat and raise $6,000 for Fly Children’s Art Center at Ypsilanti’s second annual Wurst Challenge
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged bratwurst, competitive eating, Cre Fuller, eating challenges, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Jesse Kranyak, Jim Engman, Julian Weisenel, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, Nick Azzaro, Patrick Dunn, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Team Smoot, William Henderson, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 10 Comments
Who should I back in this year’s Wurst Challenge?
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 20 feet of meat, competitive eating, fundraisers, Jason Tallant, Jason Youngs, Quinn Phillips, sausage, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 9 Comments
Wurst Challenge II • Ypsilanti • March 29
The eyes of the world are about to be on us again, Ypsilanti. Last year’s Wurst Challenge, as you may remember, was probably the biggest non-murder-related media event in the history of Ypsilanti. Our “20 Feet of Meat” challenge, for whatever reason, captured the imagination of folks around the world. People were talking about it […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Associated Press, big news, Cre Fuller, Depot Town Tattoo, eating competitions, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, FOX News, fundraisers, Jason Youngs, Jesse Kranyak, Knifebeard Sausagehawk, New Holland Brewing, press releases, sausages, tattoos, Washington Post, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge, WXYZ | 4 Comments