The heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,749 pounds (1,246.9 kilograms) when it was presented by Travis Gienger (USA) at the 50th Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off held in Half Moon Bay, California, USA, on 9 October 2023. The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth confirmed the record.
As it is the year 2023, Gienger named the gigantic gourd “Michael Jordan” (a nod to the iconic basketball player’s shirt number), plus because the pumpkin “started out basketball round, and I said this is going to be a perfectly round basketball-shaped pumpkin”. As it transpired, it ended up far from spherical, but nevertheless a record-breaking size.
Recent Guinness World Records:
Record – Largest playing card structure
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