Anoka Man Grows Pumpkin Weighing 2,749 Pounds, Sets World Record For Biggest Gourd

CBS Minnesota

October 10, 2023

A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a new world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds.

Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could produce at least 687 pies.

"I was not expecting that. It was quite the feeling," said Ginger, 43, who has been growing pumpkins for nearly 30 years and last year set a new U.S. record for growing a giant gourd.

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