In the Family Guy Halloween special Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater, the Griffins (and Quahog) dive into spooky season - and it ends with a crazy double‑twist.

The giant-pumpkin contest kicks off events on Columbus Day, and they’re capped by the weekend festival, which has put the town on the map. Now going into its 52nd edition, ...

The average giant pumpkin weighs around 1,000 pounds, though the world record currently stands at 2,749 pounds – slightly heavier than a Honda Fit.

Like all giant pumpkins, its flesh was warped by all that mass—sort of like Jabba the Hutt with a spray tan. It is hard to imagine how a pumpkin could get any bigger.

He said he abandoned the hobby until the mid-’90s, when he read and clipped out a Newsday article about growing giant pumpkins. His first attempt yielded a “softball-sized” pumpkin, he recalled.

But, since giant pumpkin growing is a sport, he said, they might hold back their deepest growing secrets. As Ford puts it, "I like to say I have 'pumpkin friends' 11 months out of the year, then ...

Aug. 27—Dale Marshall of Anchorage continued his streak of giant pumpkin-growing supremacy at the Alaska State Fair's weigh-off on Monday in Palmer, taking first place with a pumpkin that ...

But, since giant pumpkin growing is a sport, he said, they might hold back their deepest growing secrets. As Ford puts it, "I like to say I have 'pumpkin friends' 11 months out of the year, then ...

Elk Grove's undeniably quirky fall festival is returning once again for 2024. It's almost time for the Giant Pumpkin Festival. It'll be another year of music, food, fun and memories — all with a ...

Howard Dill, a Canadian pumpkin grower known as “the father of giant pumpkin growing,” patented the modern Atlantic Giant variety in 1979. He set a 1980 world record with a 459-pound pumpkin.

Dale Marshall of Anchorage reacts to his Atlantic Giant pumpkin coming in at 2,035 pounds during the weigh-off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Monday, August 26, 2024.