Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could produce at least 687 pies.

The big picture: A giant gourd grown by Travis Gienger of Anoka was crowned the winner of the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Northern ... come-from-behind win, Fox9 reports.

Minnesota horticulture teacher Travis Gienger's 2,749lb (1,247kg) pumpkin beat the previous record by 47lb. "It was quite the feeling," said Mr Gienger at the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off ...

Travis Gienger won first prize in the 47th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh ... weigh-off, according to the contest website. Gienger told CNN he felt honored to win.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) TRAVIS GIENGER ... PFEIFFER: Gienger took the top prize at the 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., ...

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