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The annual World Pie Eating Championships England ended disaster on Friday because the pies were too big. A competition worker made a mistake and ordered pies that were the wrong size. fact, the pies used the contest were twice as big as the rules say they should be. The pies the competition Wigan, England, got delivered a nearby divorce party. The competition was stopped when organisers said the rules had been broken. The competition pies should be a diameter of 12cm and a depth of 3.5cm. The meat and potatoes the pies should be no more than cubes 1cm. Barry Rigby, 37, a part-time fitness instructor, had set the fastest time 42.6 seconds.

The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually held Harry's Bar Wigan, England. It has been held since 1992. It started competitors trying to eat meat and potato pies as fast as they could. However, 2006, a vegetable pie was added pressure m England's Vegetarian Society. The speed-eating competition has had a few problems the past. In 2005, there were protests because the pies were not Wigan. A year later, the competition had to change to meet government healthy-eating guidelines. Contestants then had to eat one pie as quickly as they could instead as many pies as they could. And in 2007, disaster happened when the competition ran of pies.

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