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

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

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