Floridans participate in Fourth of July pie eating contest
KEY WEST, Flor. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - A Fourth of July pie eating contest was held in Florida on Tuesday.
Contestants scarfed down key lime pie in Key west. The contest was won by 38-year-old Joshua Mogle from Altoona, Iowa.
He plunged face-first into a nine-inch pie smothered with whipped cream during the challenge, whose rules forbid contestants to use their hands.
It took Mogle three minutes and 35 seconds to consume the confection, beating out 24 rivals.
The competition took place less than 24-hours after a key lime pie measuring more than 13-feet in diameter, to be submitted for certification as the world's largest, was created for the Florida Key's bicentennial celebration.
