A horticulture instructor from Minnesota set a brand new U.S. document Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after elevating an enormous gourd weighing 2,560 kilos.
Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minn., set the brand new document after driving the gargantuan gourd for 35 hours and seeing his exhausting work repay on the forty ninth World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay.
Gienger, who additionally received the identical contest in Northern California in 2020, broke a document set final week in New York, the place a grower raised a large pumpkin weighing 2,554 kilos.
A grower in Italy holds the world document for the heaviest pumpkin. He grew a 2,702-pound squash in 2021, in keeping with Guinness World Information.
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Cindy Tobeck, a 3rd grade instructor from Olympia, Washington, sits on her 1,671 pound pumpkin through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, on his 2,560 pound pumpkin that beat the document for largest pumpkin grown in North America through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, celebrates after his 2,560 pound pumpkin beat the document for largest pumpkin grown in North America through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, celebrates after his 2,560 pound pumpkin beat the document for largest pumpkin grown in North America through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Cindy Tobeck, a 3rd grade instructor from Olympia, Washington, sits on her 1,671 pound pumpkin through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Individuals stare as a pumpkin is moved to the dimensions through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Spectators watch as a pumpkin, owned by Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, is moved to the dimensions through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. Gienger’s pumpkin took 1st place with a weight of 2560 kilos. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Pumpkins are moved on forklifts through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: A pumpkin is measured through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: A pumpkin is lifted onto a scale through the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Essential Avenue in Half Moon Bay, Calf., on Monday, October 10, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Space Information Group)