Pie Fans Gather in Key West for Fourth of July Pie Eating Contest

The Key Lime Pie Eating Championship was held in Key West, Florida, to celebrate Independence Day.

Video released by the Florida Keys News Bureau (FKNB) shows goggle-wearing competitors indulging in the tarty desert.

FKNB said that the competition was won by Joshua Mogle, a 38-year-old tire manufacturer from Iowa. Mogle ate his pie in just three minutes and 35 seconds.

“My strategy today was just don’t breathe and just keep eating, constantly bringing food to the mouth — just eat, eat, eat,” Mogle told FKNB. Credit: Florida Keys News Bureau via Storyful

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[AIR HORN]

- Here we go. We're off and running. And tonight is--

- Hands behind your backs.

- Come on, guys!

[CHEERING]

- Don't worry about getting messy, because that's what it's all about.

- He's really got his face in that pie.

- Let's go, guys!

[CHEERING]

- Get in there! Come on, guys. Eat away, eat away, eat away.

- I can't see.

- Get in there, guys!

- Come on, let's go, let's go.

[CHEERING]

- He's gonna eat off the table!

- You got this.

[LAUGHTER]

[PA ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CHEERING]

- Eat it! Faster, faster, faster! Come on!

- Where do you think you're going?

- Come on!

- Come on, guys!

- You can do it!

- You got it! Look over here!

- You got it. Look on the edge. I need that bit on the edge gone. Good job! Good job!

[CHEERING]

[WHISTLE BLOWING]

- Both hands up! Both hands up!

[CHEERING, WHISTLE BLOWING]

- Yeah!

[CHEERING]

- Yep, yep.

- Look at that belt! Whoo!

- [WHISTLING]

[CHEERING]

[CHEERING]

- --hands behind your back.

- Yeah, they cannot use their hands here in the contest.

- Put the goggles on now.

- --25 contestants.

[CHEERING]

[WHISTLE BLOWING]

- Who is going to win the world champion--