The largest pumpkin in the world, weighing 1,810.5 pounds, is hooked up to a forklift by its grower, Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wis., center, and New York Botanical Garden ...

Winners of the pumpkin weigh-off competition are paid $9 per pound or $30,000 for breaking a world record. How much do giant pumpkins weigh? A pumpkin is considered giant if it weighs over 150 pounds.

As for individual pumpkins, the heaviest pumpkin on the list in the U.S. — and the world — was grown in Minnesota last year and weighed 2,749 lbs. Grown by Travis Gienger out of Anoka, he also ...