The Atlantic giant named Rocky won this year's competition, Image: Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off via Facebook

For the fifth time, pumpkin legend Travis Gienger won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off today in Half Moon Bay, California. The gigantic gourd named Rocky weighed 2,389 pounds . It could be baked into approximately 1,194 pumpkin pies, and weighs about the same as an American bison ( Bison bison ) or a 2015 Chevy Spark.

The biggest gourd from this event tipped the scales 2,749 pounds and was grown by Gienger in 2023 . On October 10, a new world record was set at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-Off. Ron Wallace of Greene, Rhode Island’s pumpkin weighed 3,156 pounds , beating the previous record-holder by about 300 pounds.

As champion, Geigner will earn $9 per pound in prize money, so $21,900 total. He also will receive a Pumpkin King Champion Ring, the Mel Mello Sr.…