Kuchenstuck - Tyler Hudson by Pelikan

Tyler knocked this unique board burr ‘out of the park’!  Its cool looking shape of a ‘piece of cake’ caught my eye at its release at Pelikan.  As Kevin mentions below, the fun quickly escalates into a full on serious solve that caught me by surprise, its very reminiscent of a Stephan Baumegger burr (which is high praise in case you’re not familiar).  Unfortunately this puzzle sold out very quickly at launch so hopefully more will be made again, or appear on the secondary market at resellers such as ‘Puzzlemaster’..

Kevin Sadler wrote about it:

“Yes, it’s a piece of cake complete with layers of sponge and a glacé cherry on top! Beautifully made from Wenge, Maple, Padauk and Cherry woods, this design from Tyler Hudson is anything but a piece of cake to solve. The puzzle is actually a trio of maze plates that interact with each other and with the outer box producing a maze that effectively changes as you navigate it. Initially there are a few options for the pathway before you will find the one that proceeds further into the solution. Once you have set out on this path the options open out. I found mapping impossible because everything changed with every move. The exploration is fun and gradually you get a feel and then a glimpse for how the plates are interacting with each other and even can see the gaps in the pates where presumably they will come apart from each other. There are quite a few dead ends and loops in the solution and I got lost many times. Despite this, it seems to always be quite easy to find your way back to the beginning again. I was beginning to lose hope because I could not find any new openings and put it down for a while. I picked it up again the next day and suddenly found something new and a whole new section of the puzzle pathway opened out. The sequence is a huge 28.2 for disassembly and will leave you with a whole new sense of achievement when you finally manage it. This one definitely required the use of Burrtools for the reassembly.”