Peach Cobbler Capital of the World

I was in the “Peach Cobbler Capital” of the world today believe it or not.  Yes it’s  true, I was in the small town of Porter, Oklahoma with a population of 574 people today to take care of some personal business.  There is not a whole lot of town in Porter as you can see from the photo here.

Porter is located in the northeastern part of Oklahoma and is also the “Peach Capital” of Oklahoma as well. Every year for the past 50 years Porter has hosted their annual “Peach Festival” on the streets of downtown Porter.

On July 16th of this past year during the Peach Festival, Porter, Oklahoma set a new world record for the largest peach cobbler in the world weighing in at a whopping 2902 pounds. The winning cobbler which is now in the Guinness Book of World Records was 18 feet long and 8 feet wide and beat the previous record of 2195 pounds.  The cooking pan that was built to cook the cobbler in was 6 inches deep.

It took 7 long hours to cook the peach cobbler cooked on kerosene burners in a permanent oven built right next to City Hall.  The ingredients consisted of 405 pounds of flour, 300 pounds of butter, 87 gallons of milk, 537 pounds of sugar, and 966 pounds of Porter Peaches.  So if you ever get hungry for some good peach cobbler and a lot of it, you might want to visit this little town during the middle of July. I am sure they might have some good peach cobbler and even a little ice cream to go with it!