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 ...

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.

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 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 ...