Today, the Fond du Lac Fondue Festival was held downtown. Eva and Paul entertained with "Music Man" selections. Brenner Tank Company made the largest fondue pot supposedly in the world. It broke some kind of record, but I actually didn't see it. Here's the accompanying article from the newspaper last week.
Life's just a bowl of cheese for one Fond du Lac business.
Employees at Brenner Tank, 450 Arlington Ave., have been busy the last few weeks preparing a giant fondue pot for Fond du Lac's upcoming Fondue Festival. Event organizers will use the pot to try and break a world record for the largest fondue at the Fond du Lac Fondue Festival from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, in downtown Fond du Lac.
Rick Peterson, vice president of purchasing and materials, said building the world's largest fondue is no small task. Planning started last October, and construction began on Aug. 13. Company officials expected it to take about 20 days. They hope to complete the whole project by Wednesday.
The finished product, which could cost more than $10,000, will be 8 feet wide and 36 inches deep. The pot will be large enough to hold an estimated 275 gallons of cheese or chocolate, said Project Engineer Tom Hitchcock. It will weigh about 2,000 pounds empty and about 4,500 pounds when full.
"There's a lot of room in that thing once you start filling it," he said. "We can probably break the record."
He added that such a big pot requires big utensils. The two dipping forks could be six to seven feet long, and the lid is 8-feet, 2-inches in diameter.
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