Last weekend, DeMarco and a 367-pound gourd he grew wound up ... t get back into gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic to compete with other pumpkin growers; he just loves being outdoors.

pumpkin from the fields of a renowned giant pumpkin farmer in New Hampshire. The group carts their prize back to campus — no small feat. Chang has long had the dream to sail a giant pumpkin down ...

Last year, Travis Gienger, a horticulture and landscape teacher at Anoka Technical College, grew a 2,749 pound pumpkin, breaking the world record for plumpest pumpkin on the planet. Gienger won ...

The U.S. record had belonged to a New Hampshire man who grew a 2,528-pound pumpkin in 2018, according to The Boston Globe. Andrusz's winning gourd will be on display at the fall festival through Oct.

Gienger, of Anoka, Minn., shifted on his feet. Two growers had just broken a California record with their 2,497-pound pumpkin, and Gienger remembers hoping he could just squeeze by and win.

Gienger also took first place in 2020 with a 2,350-pound pumpkin. The prize pumpkin set a new North American record, according to organizers, but it did not beat the current world record ...

According to the event's website, first place receives the "world's biggest prize" of $9 per pound. A special $30,000 mega-prize would be offered for a world record-breaking pumpkin at the event.

When life gives you a 2,350-pound pumpkin, Travis Gienger figures you should carve it. Gienger grew the gourd that won the 47th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off this month in ...

[Related: How do you breed a 2,624-pound pumpkin?] According to Guinness World Records, the previous world record holder for heaviest pumpkin was a 2,702 pound squash grown in Italy in 2021.

One is an NBA legend. The other is a pumpkin. In 2023, the 2,749-pound Goliath set the world record for heaviest pumpkin. Michael Jordan weighed as much as a small car and was even more massive ...