TownDawg Is A Mean Man.

“"Formerly known as the UPS Outdoors' "Titanium Chef" competition, the name was changed to Tungsten after legal threats from a copyright owner. In the cook-off, participants used traditional camping ingredients and supplies to create authentic "camp food.""

http://asups.ups.edu/trail/Articles/DispForm.aspx?ID=462

It's weird. I write these guys a letter last year. I was VERY nice. I explained that Titanium Chef was a trademarked name, and asked that they would refrain from its use.

(NOTE: This is the same letter I had to send to Backpacker Magazine, of course. I'm sure most of you remember that, but you probably didn't know about ups.edu.)

What's weird is that I never made any "legal threats." In fact I suggested that we hold a West Coast version of Titanium Chef in Spring 2005. I even offered to help them set it up. That was a year ago.

Oh well. I guess TownDawg is a mean man.”

“Like I tell my kids, somebody's gotta be.”

“Whatta bunch of little snots! Of course ya know that UPS is hoem to all the hard core christian do-gooders in WA state...explains a lot!
I was hoping we'd get a Ti cookoff in WA state! I'd have shown up!”

“Tungsten Chef! What a stupid name. No wonder hardly anyone showed up.

Titanium Chef, often imitated, but never duplicated.”

“They should have named it "Whiny-College-Brat Chef"”

“heh.. you should write them sarbar.”