Pie-eating competition

Food eating competitions are widely known to exist, but these tend to concentrate on speed, amount or other difficulty. That's a bit gross so I'm not interested in them.

Pie making competitions are widely known to exist, with top pie-makers vying for status and recognition in the rarefied echelons of culinary discrimination. Crust colour and texture, crumb, flavour of gravy, texture of filling, symmetry, spiciness and overall presentation are all scrutinised by pie-expert judges, and the jubilant winner is metaphorically crowned pie-maker of the year in a glittering awards ceremony attended by heads of state, popes, Emperors and towering historical figures from previous centuries*

*slight exaggeration

Anyway, this leads me to consider that the eating of such world-class pies is somewhat neglected. I propose that, starting as a fringe event, but possibly graduating over the years to outdo its parent, there be a pie-eating competition. Competitors have unlimited budget but limited space and time. i.e. there is a stage perhaps 5 yards square, and a time limit of 10 minutes (to include setup and tear-down time of any props or equipment required for the performance).

The judges sit in a special row, and the rest of the audience as usual at this kind of event.

Contestants are scored on style, efficiency and general grace and presentation. The individual who is judged to have eaten their pie best is the winner, and is awarded a special trophy.