Anoka man sets pumpkin weight record in California with 2,560-pound gourd 00:39. HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- It's very fitting: A Minnesota man from the "Halloween Capital of the World" has set a ...

Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 pounds to clinch the victory at the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds.

Travis Gienger, a horticulture teacher from Anoka, won the contest in Half Moon Bay, California with a pumpkin weighing in at 2,560. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

An Anoka man with a knack for growing large gourds will learn Monday if he won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off for the second straight year and set a new world record.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds. Travis Gienger, of ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — An Anoka teacher took home a blue ribbon and thousands of dollars in prize money after setting a new U.S. record for heaviest pumpkin at the 49th Safeway World ...