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The Half Moon Bay weigh-off had started in 1974, when the California town barely edged out Circleville, Ohio, in an amiable contest for the fictitious title of pumpkin capital of the world.
Aug. 4—Established more than 100 years ago at the Nut Tree in Vacaville, the National Pumpkin Weigh Off is moving to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland starting on Sept. 30. This all-day event ...
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – An annual event dubbed as “The Greatest Free Show on Earth” returns to central Ohio, celebrating all things pumpkin. The 117th Circleville Pumpkin Show kicks off ...
The weigh-off is held the Monday prior to the festival and the winners are on display during the festival weekend. In 2019 the Weigh-Off was awarded the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth's "World's Top Weigh-Off Site" award for having the ten heaviest pumpkins among the 114 GPC-sanctioned weigh-off sites worldwide.
The World Record setting pumpkin from 2007. Grown by Joe Jutras it weighed in at 1689 pounds. One of the most well known competitions at the fair is the Great Pumpkin Weigh Off. Each year the pumpkin weigh off takes place of the first day of the fair in the arena. [15] The weigh off began in 1984 with the winning pumpkin weighing 433 pounds.
Every Pumpkin Show officially kicks off with the weigh-in of large pumpkins from around the area. The largest pumpkin to date was grown by Bob & Jo Liggett, with their entry from 2023 weighing in at 2,388.5 pounds (1,083.4 kg). It is the current Ohio state record holder. Recent weigh-ins have had multiple entries that go over 1,000 pounds (450 kg).
A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Travis ...
The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival holds its annual weigh-in on the Wednesday preceding the event. The event has seen pumpkins with weights breaking and matching state and local records. [ 4 ] The King Pumpkin contenders are too heavy to be weighed on a conventional scale, weighing in at over 650 kg (1400 lbs), and thus a local funeral home scale ...