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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 ...
Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could produce at least 687 pies ...
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 heaviest pumpkin ever to win the contest was the champion in 2023, which weighed 2,749 pounds (1,247 kg).
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.
For the remainder of the year, the exhibition grounds hosts many other events in their various buildings on the property including the main Exhibition Arena with 2,500 seats, 4 large barns, and other exhibit building. [6] There is a pumpkin weigh-off featuring pumpkins grown with Atlantic Giant seeds.
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 annual Maine State Pumpkin and Squash Weigh-Off is held at the fair. [1] The winner of the event receives $500. An adult is limited to one entry in the giant squash and pumpkin weigh-off. [1] The 2015 winner of this event was Edwin Pierpont, who harvested a 1,046 pound pumpkin. [2]