Preheat oven to 375 degrees. If you have convection bake, use this feature.
In a greased pie dish, roll out the room temperature pie crust. Pinch edges of the dough to make a rippled edge.
In a mixer, add 3 eggs, 2/3 cups of sugar and 1/3 tsp salt. Mix on medium until blended.
Turn down to low and add in 1/3 cup melted butter, 1 cup of dark corn syrup & 1 tbsp of vanilla extract. Blend until smooth.
Break pecan halves in half long ways. This will make it so it is easier to cut the pecan pie.
Turn off blender and add the pecan pieces. Mix on lowest setting for 15 seconds.
Pour mix into pie crust and put in oven for 40 minutes. Tip: Try to move the pecans away from the center so it is easier to cut.
At 40 minutes, cover pie with foil to make sure it does not get too brown.
Cook for an additional 15 minutes. Check the pie. If you jiggle the pie, you want it to move a little but not jiggle like it is made out of pudding. If it is too jiggly, add an additional 8 minutes. In my oven, on convection, it takes about an hour total.
Let cool and serve the family treat within a week.