Ben Hooper Fri, October 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM UTC 1 min read Watch: Scrapple sculptors create meaty masterpieces in Philadelphia Oct. 16 (UPI) — Amateur sculptors descended on a Philadelphia market to create works of art from scrapple — a breakfast mush of pork scraps and organ meat — in an annual contest. The Reading Terminal Market hosted its third annual Scrapple Sculpting Contest on Thursday, with sculptors competing to see who could form the most appealing masterpiece out of 6 pounds of meat mush in the 90-minute time limit.
The market itself was this year's theme, and the judge's vote went to Toni Lee, who created a scrapple sculpture of market mascot Philbert the pig. The people's vote will take place on Saturday, during the Reading Terminal Market's annual Scrapple & Apple Festival. Both Lee and the winner of the people's vote will receive a trophy , a swag bag and a $100 Reading Terminal Market gift card.