This pie was legend in my ex's family. His grandmother Irene had made it for years and once she'd entered the State Fair of Texas pecan pie contest, she won it for 7 years straight. The only reason she stopped winning, they told me, was because she stopped entering.
That's a good enough reason to make this pie. It's been proven over generations, and even for the seal of approval from a big pecan state. The pecan state, as far as I'm concerned.