Pizza, pizza! (Pizza...pizza...pizza...pizza...)

From one type of pie to another, the IFOCE has added the Three Brothers Pizza World Pizza Eating Championship to its list of upcoming events. The contest will be held on August 12 in Greenbelt, Maryland (just outside Washington D.C.) and packs a healthy $5,000 in prize money, including a rare payout to the fourth place finisher.

Maybe this is my event. Liz herself told me that I picked a tough debut food with shoofly pie and I have to agree. From shoofly pie to pizza pie? I mean, how can two foods be so different yet so similar? Both are pies, both have crusts, both have gooey centers, and both are adored by the Amish!

Despite their similarities, I have to think I'll have a better chance in this event. I've eaten entire large pizzas (with extra cheese and pepperoni) on several occasions with room to spare. The same can't be said of shoofly pie (I've done that...once). I've even eaten whole pizzas while not under the influence of alcohol or other substances!

Actually, if anyone can win this, it's Humble Bob or Eater X. The pair became the first duo ever to finish the 28-inch meat lovers Pizza Challenge at Paulie's Pizza in New Brunswick, NJ. Bob himself has a good set of photos here. Other contenders include the 62-year-old ageless wonder himself, Rich LeFevre, who holds the IFOCE pizza record with 7-and-a-half extra large Bacci pizza slices in 15 minutes. It's hard to say how large those slices are, but you can bet they're probably the size of traffic cones...if they were flat and covered with cheese and a zesty blend of herbs and spices. A year prior, Sonya Thomas set the women's mark with 6-and-a-half slices. Here's some pics of that event.

In fact, it's pretty much a guarantee that Sonya will be at this year's pizza contest. The event is, after all, taking place just 15 miles from her place of employment on the Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Hell, she can do it on her lunch break.