Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Great pumpkins: 2,000-pounder takes top prize
Unloading giant pumpkins
Gary Miller of Napa, California, won the 40th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a pumpkin that weighed in at 1,985 pounds. Miller took home a cash prize of $11,910, or $6.00 a pound.
The winning pumpkin in the 40th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off came in at a whopping 1,985 pounds. Unfortunately, that wasn't quite large enough to beat the world record of 2,009 pounds, set at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Massachusetts in September, 2012.
The World Championship, held October 14, 2013 in Half Moon Bay, California, was offering a $25,000 "mega-prize" if a pumpkin at the contest broke the record, according to the event's website. The contest's first winning pumpkin, in 1974, only weighed 132 pounds. Giant pumpkins can gain as much as 25-30 pounds a day, on their best day, according to the website.
In this photo: Workers use a forklift to move giant pumpkins during the 40th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. Gary Miller of Napa, California, won the contest with a gigantic pumpkin that weighed in at 1,985 pounds. Miller took home a cash prize of $11,910, or $6.00 a pound.
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