Last year, my chemist’s brother set a European record for the largest pumpkin. This year – well, his pumpkin shattered the metric ton mark, but it won’t count because it has a thumb-sized hole on the bottom.
So what do you do with a disqualified one-ton-berry? Carve the sucker! I’d mentioned Ray Villafane before: here’s what he does with a giant pumpkin:
World’s heaviest pumpkin (unofficially) in Ludwigsburg
As for my pumpkins: the largest butternut weighed in at 976 grams, and the lone pumpkin is probably around 7-8 kilograms, too heavy for the kitchen scale to tell. So I’ve beaten my own record – and would beat Beni Meier’s giant in an official contest, too!
Awesome pumpkin!
And great job on your own endeavors!
Sarah
Thanks! According to my chemist, big giant pumpkins don’t taste well anyway. They do, however, make fun boats.
A friend at church grows giant pumpkins and when I told him about this one, he already knew. He, however, was very excited about it, and in his mind, it’s still a record-breaker. He was careful to say “the unofficial world record” but he was totally thrilled with it.
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