Categories
  • Fruit Pie (i.e., cherry, apple, peach etc.) Pies may have single or double crust. Pies may have crumb topping instead of top crust.
  • Chess Pie (i.e. , pecan, buttermilk, lemon, etc.) Recipes vary, but all the variations call for the preparation of a single crust and a filling composed of eggs, butter, sugar, usually cornmeal and other ingredients added to a single crust and baked together.
  • Custard Pie (i.e., lemon meringue, coconut custard, pumpkin, etc.) Custard pies include any type of uncooked custard mixture of milk, eggs, sugar, salt, and other ingredients added to an uncooked or partially cooked crust and baked together.
Because we have no access to refrigeration for the pies, no pies will be accepted that require refrigeration, such as cream pies, ice box pies, or pies topped with whipped cream.  Final say on acceptability of pies will be made at the check-in table the day of the contest.
 
Schedule, June 16, 2018
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. – Pie, entry fee and entry form for each pie are to be brought to the Community Room at Prosperity Bank, 418 Conrad Hilton, Cisco, TX.
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. – Judging
1:00 p.m. – Winners announced at the Pavilion; prizes and ribbons awarded; photos taken
2:00 p.m. – Pie Auction benefitting Cisco Senior Nutrition Program
 
Judging Criteria                                                                             Points
  • Overall Appearance                                                              1 to 5
  • Crust color, texture, doneness and flavor                        1 to 5
  • Filling consistency, doneness and flavor                          1 to 5
  • Overall taste                                                                           1 to 5
    In case of a tie, those pies will be re-judged. Decision of the judges is final. Judges will not know the contestants names.
Prizes

Each Category
1st Prize = $100.00 and a ribbon
2nd Prize = $50.00 and a ribbon
3rd Prize =  $25.00 and a ribbon
 
Grand Prize = Engraved Pie Server

Rules:
  1. Each pie must be made from scratch.
  2. Pie must be entered in the name of the person who made it. All pies entered become the property of Cisco Strong Inc.
  3. Pie must be submitted in disposable 9” aluminum pie pan with a cover. (Aluminum pie pans with a clear plastic cover can be purchased at the Cisco Brookshire's Grocery.
  4. No pies will be accepted that require refrigeration, i.e. cream pie, ice box pie, pie topped with whipped cream, etc. Final say on acceptability will be determined at the check-in table.
  5. Bakers may enter more than one pie in each category and bakers may enter more than one category.
  6. An entry form and $10.00 entry fee must be submitted with each entry.
  7. Baker must submit 2 examples of each pie entry. One will be used in the judging and the other will be auctioned off at the Pavilion, with the proceeds benefitting the Cisco Senior Nutrition Program.

We would appreciate a copy of your recipe. This recipe, credited with the name of the baker, may be used in a Cisco TX Pie Fest Cookbook published at a later date.
 
If you have any questions, email us at ciscotxpiefest@gmail.com.

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