YPSILANTI, Mich. — A fundraising event for children’s art in Michigan has pitted participants with big appetites against 20-foot-long bratwursts that weigh close to 6 pounds.

Twelve competitors and hundreds of onlookers turned out Thursday night for the Wurst Challenge, raising about $7,000 for the FLY Children’s Art Center.

The Wurst Bar hosted the event and contributed the bratwursts.

Among the brat-biting competitors were Mayor Paul Schreiber and Eastern Michigan University President Susan Martin.