Anoka man sets pumpkin weight record in California with 2,560-pound gourd

Anoka man sets pumpkin weight record in California with 2,560-pound gourd

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- It's very fitting: A Minnesota man from the "Halloween Capital of the World" has set a North American pumpkin weight record.

On Monday, the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weight-Off was held in Half Moon Bay, California. There, Travis Gienger of Anoka was crowned the "pumpkin king" after his gourd weighed in at record-setting 2,560 pounds. 

Two time winner Travis Gienger 💪 of Anoka MN is 2022 Pumpkin King! His 2560-pound Rhinoceros-sized Mega-Gourd set a new...

Posted by Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Monday, October 10, 2022

Gienger's "Rhinoceros-sized mega-gourd" beat the second-place winner by 135 pounds, and was good enough to set a new North American record, the event said. 

According to the event's website, the first-place winner gets $9 a pound, which means $23,040 for Gienger's pumpkin weight.

The pumpkin was short of the world record, which would have scored a $30,000 prize. 

HALF MOON BAY, CA - OCTOBER 10: Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minnesota won with his giant pumpkin weighted 2,560 pound and breaks the North America record at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off as he gets $9 per pound (total $23,040), in Half Moon Bay, California, United States on October 10, 2022. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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