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FirCRUST PIE BAKE-OFF
July 19 @ 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
The 2025 FIRCREST FUN DAYS FirCRUST Pie Bake-Off was a BEARY-y delicious time as local bakers competed for the top title! Over 30 entries made the competition fierce but a champion emerged from within all the excellent competitors.
Congratulations to the GRAND CHAMPION of the 2025 FIRCREST FUN DAYS FirCRUST Pie Bake-Off Contest: Laura Mersmann!
And congratulations to the winners of each category:
Apple: Dutch apple -Mary Barnes
Custard: pistachio raspberry custard – Emmy McBride
Stone fruit: peach crumble – Christina Solia
Cream: key lime – Hannah Franklin
People’s Choice: macadamia nut – Ryann Nelson
Bear-y: strawberry rhubarb – Laura Mersmann
BEST IN SHOW: Bear-y: strawberry rhubarb – Laura Mersmann
Thank you Espresso Yourself for your generous support as our Title Sponsor.
Our esteemed judges had a delightful time trying the delicious entries! It was a big challenge to award the winners since everything was fantastic! Thank you Bryce Kalland, Dawn Masko, Ivy Lee and Nathan Carnahan.
And SPECIAL THANKS to our AWESOME, creative and fantastic (or as they say on the Great British Bake- off … BRILLIANT!) FirCRUST Bake-off Chair extraordinaire Sue Schoettler for organizing every detail of this contest to perfection! And thanks to her Team for all their work to help make the vision happen!
Stay tuned for more Fircrest Fun Days highlights coming soon!
Ken Schmidtke
4th Annual FirCRUST PIE BAKE-OFF
Do you like to bake pies? Do you have what it takes to bring home the Blue Ribbon? Or maybe even the Championship Title? Enter the 4th Annual FirCRUST Pie Bake-Off and find out!
This year we’re celebrating our Fircrest Centennial! In honor of this milestone celebration, our special flavor for 2025 is Murphy’s Bear-y favorite: BERRY Pies & more! Who will make the BEST berry pie? Will it be YOU? Berries not your thing? No worries! We’re bringing back the community favorites as well!
Our Team of “Celebrity” judges are excited to sample and judge your specialty pie. Prizes and bragging rights included!
Sign up begins May 15 for Fircrest residents.* There’s NO registration fee.
DATE: Saturday, July 19, 2025
LOCATION: Fircrest Community Center
TIMELINE for the Pie Bake-off: Saturday, July 19th
- 8:00 – 9:30 am Deliver your pie to Multi-Purpose Room at the Fircrest Community Center. Pies delivered after 9:30 am will not be accepted.
- Attach your name, phone number, and email address to the bottom of your pie plate
- 10:45 am Judging Begins
- 12:30 pm Award Presentation
- 12:40 pm Pick-up pies/pie plates
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Thursday, July 10th at 5:00 pm (or until registration is full)
Please join us in giving a BIG THANK YOU to our FirCRUST Pie Bake-Off Sponsor Espresso Yourself for their generous support!
OFFICIAL RULES:
Final pies may not contain raw or uncooked eggs
No professional bakers permitted
Pies must be 8-10” and home-made (including crust)
Pies must be 8-10” and home-made (including crust)
All pies and crust must be home-made and made from scratch
Please place baker’s name on bottom of pie plate
Plaques will be awarded, one per category, AND one for over-all Grand Champion
All winners will be announced at 12:30 P.M. at the Community Center Multi-Purpose Room. Please join us (not required)!
A list of award winners will be posted on the Community Center Multi-Purpose Room Window and also the Fircrest Fun Days Facebook page
JUDGING CRITERIA:
1) Over-all appearance
2) Texture and taste of crust and/or topping
3) Taste and consistency of the filling
CATEGORIES:
• BEARY PIES: Blackberry, Raspberry, Blueberry or Marion Berry
• Classic Apple
• Dutch Apple
• Cream: banana, key lime, lemon
• Stone Fruit: cherry, peach, coconut
• Custard: Pumpkin, pecan
• People’s Choice: visual
Categories subject to change based on entries received
• Classic Apple
• Dutch Apple
• Cream: banana, key lime, lemon
• Stone Fruit: cherry, peach, coconut
• Custard: Pumpkin, pecan
• People’s Choice: visual
Categories subject to change based on entries received
NO SAVORY PIES
Complete on-line JotForm registration
OR deliver / mail a printed copy of the registration form to: Fircrest Community Center, 555 Contra Costa Ave, Fircrest WA 98466. No cost to enter.
ENTRY DEADLINE: Thursday, July 10th at 5:00 pm (or until registration is full)
* Non-resident registration begins June 30th.
QUESTIONS? Please contact Judy at jschmidtke@cityoffircrest.net
Just another FUN way to celebrate Fircrest FUN DAYS! Come join the FUN!
* Space is limited to 36 bakers. Only one entry per person