Two MIT Students, Cheese, and a Dream
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A reader recently sent in this picture and suggested we write a story about it. Not content with simply commenting on a photo, we were compelled to venture to the source. We wanted to find the person responsible for such a glorious handcrafted piece of cheesy machinery. Our search lead us to Chris Vogt and Schuyler Senft-Grupp - two Electrical Engineering and Environmental Engineering alums from MIT. Chris gives Schuyler credit for coming up with the idea after watching the movie Talladega Nights and recounts that, after it was suggested, they were both "on a mission from the Nacho Gods" to create "the beast."
The next four hours were spent at Home Depot looking for supplies. 4 gallons of water, 6 feet of copper tube, 1 plumbers torch, 4 hose clamps, 4 plastic bowls, 1 aluminum water heater drip pan, 1 emergency drill pump, 1 power drill, various PVC bits, some string, 2 heating plates, a wooden spoon, several bags of chips, and 6 gallons of cheese later, they were ready to begin. If you think this is beginning to sound like a MasterCard commercial, you're absolutely right. Because after 6 hours over 3 days, what these two visionaries created was "priceless."
We stumbled across this article while we were researching fountains before building our six-cheese nacho cheese fountain we built for my son;s recent wedding. That's right, we actually made a SIX-CHEESE NACHO CHEESE FOUNTAIN! ("That really happened!") Check-out our build blog. Click the link on the name "Scott" below to check it out.
Posted by: Scott | October 23, 2008 at 08:30 PM
i just want to dive on in and swim in the cheesy goodness
Posted by: Brick | October 17, 2007 at 07:01 PM
didnt you know you needed to thin the cheese with hot water to get it to flow?
Posted by: d | June 25, 2007 at 03:40 PM
all i can say is wow...........
Posted by: kay | March 31, 2007 at 09:00 PM
This fountain looks more like it works.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48199512@N00/203446802/
Posted by: alcuin | March 10, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Shake and Bake, baby!
THAT JUST HAPPENED!!!
Posted by: Cal Naughton Jr. | March 07, 2007 at 09:28 PM
clearly MIT is lowering their standard entry requirements.
Posted by: zef | March 07, 2007 at 04:29 PM
FYI guys, good cheese is NOT a liquid
Posted by: Andrew | March 07, 2007 at 10:26 AM
What's with the cheese hatin'? This is way better than those silly chocolate fountains that are so "popular" these days.
Posted by: mike | March 07, 2007 at 07:41 AM
dude, that chesse makes me sick, reminds me of the nacho cheese at work.... gross
Posted by: Andrew Peter Chobaniuk | March 06, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Wow. To think you ended your attempt in utter failure. Not what I might expect from determined college students.
Posted by: Miah | March 06, 2007 at 08:34 PM
hey, that's me.
Posted by: the girl with the pink hair | March 06, 2007 at 07:49 PM
make a vid!
Posted by: ray | March 06, 2007 at 05:59 PM
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Posted by: a | March 06, 2007 at 05:22 PM