Oak Park, IL - Saturday, October 15, 2011: Oak Park Arms' Jill Wagner introduces the the judges to each other before the start of the Inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park, IL - Saturday, October 15, 2011: Judge Ruth Palmer (Oak Park Arms Queen) inspects the pies entered in the Inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park Police Chief Rick Tanksley was one of several village officials to serve as a "celebrity judge" in the inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms in October of 2011. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park, IL - Saturday, October 15, 2011: Some of the pies entered in the Inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park, IL - Saturday, October 15, 2011: Joel Martinez slices up the first pie for the judges to taste during the Inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park, IL - Saturday, October 15, 2011: Judge Kevin Wiley (Oak Park Battalion Chief) inspects one of the apple pies before tasting it during the Inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park Police Chief Rick Tanksley fills in his judging form during the inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms in October of 2011. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media

Oak Park, IL - Saturday, October 15, 2011: Judge John Heflin (Oak Park Arms King) gets himself another fork to taste one of the apple pies entered in the Inaugural Pie-Baking Contest at the Oak Park Arms. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media