A Killie pie (or Kilmarnock pie) is a steak and gravy

pie A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit (as in an apple pie), nuts ( pecan pie), fruit preserves ( jam tart ...

, created initially for

Kilmarnock Football Club Kilmarnock Football Club, commonly known as Killie, is a Scottish professional Association football, football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire that currently plays in the . The club has achieved several honours since its form ...

and sold at their stadium,

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. Local bakery Brownings has produced the pie for the club since 2003, and it is also sold in

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, SPAR and selected

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stores in Scotland. Following a trademark dispute between the bakery and the football club, the bakery’s retail product was renamed to "Kilmarnock Pie" in 2017. The pie is somewhat unusual for being a

steak pie A steak pie is a traditional meat pie served in Britain. It is made from stewing steak and beef gravy, enclosed in a pastry shell. Sometimes mixed vegetables are included in the filling. The dish is often served with "chunky chips" (thickly s ...

and not a

Scotch pie A Scotch pie is a double-crust meat pie, traditionally filled with minced mutton (whereby also called a mutton pie) but now generally beef, sometimes lamb. It may also be known as a shell pie to differentiate it from other varieties of savoury ...

, the type of pie normally associated with

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History

It won the award for best pie in football two years running and is popular among away fans for its quality. It is made by Brownings the Bakers of Kilmarnock,Brownings The Bakers Website
- www.browningsbakers.co.uk who sponsored

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

from 2020–2023.

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