Dessert Pies, Ranked

Deadspin has a spinoff called Foodspin, where(in) they deliver food-related articles, commentary, and rankings. I take issue with their selections and created my own. Theirs are further down, if you are curious/bored.

So, my rankings: 

1. Pumpkin
2. Pear - As made using the recipe for pear pie from the Silver Palate Cookbook. So good. And surprisingly easy. I have never made it for a social gathering because it's cheating.
3. Apple - benefits from a homemade crust since it's got a covering.
4. Mixed berry
5. Cherry
6. Strawberry Rhubarb
7. Peach*
8. Pecan - Grandfather had a recipe for this that produced a pie that weighed in excess of 8 pounds. I think if you made it today Michael Bloomberg would try and legislate the portion size. It was great.
9. Rhubarb
10. Key lime**
11. Lemon meringue
12. Banana Cream
13. Coconut cream
14. Mississippi mud
15. A baked crust filled with rocks and sadness
16. Cheesecake

*Peach would be higher if cobbler counted as pie. Alas, it does not. In my rankings it would immediately vault to number 2. Nothing can touch pumpkin.

** I'm not sure that Key Lime and the cream pies (Banana, Chocolate, Coconut, etc) should be on the list. They are puddings dumped into a crust. Whatever.


The Foodspin rankings:

1. Cherry

2. Pumpkin

3. Apple

4. Mixed berry

5. Key lime

6. Cheesecake

7. Peach*

8. Chocolate cream

9. Sweet potato

T-10. Banana cream
T-10. Coconut cream

12. Lemon meringue

13. Shoofly

14. Strawberry rhubarb

15. Rhubarb

16. Mississippi mud

17. Mincemeat

18. Being hit by a car

19. Pecan

*Peach would be higher if cobbler counted as pie. Alas, it does not.