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Rowers race in paddling pumpkin parade
Utah - Oct 22, 2016

Rowers race in paddling pumpkin parade
Oct 22, 2016

Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-In at Harvest Festival
Utah - Oct 8, 2016

Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-In at Harvest Festival
Lehi, UT - Sept 30, 2016

Pumpkin Regatta Rows to Daybreak
South Jordan UT - Sept 28, 2016

Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers hold annual weigh offLocal Growers aim to squash competition at giant pumpkin weigh off
Australia - Sept 25, 2016

Local Growers aim to squash competition at giant pumpkin weigh off
Salt Lake City - Sept 25, 2016

Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers hold annual weigh off
Salt Lake City - Sept 24, 2016

Take a look at Utah's biggest watermelon
Salt Lake City - Sept 23, 2016

One of the Largest Pumpkins in Utah
Salt Lake City - Sept 20, 2016

Man carves 700-pound pumpkin to celebrate fall months
Salt Lake City, UT - Oct 27, 2015

Giant Pumpkin Photos
Denver, CO - Oct 22, 2015

Utah Pumpkin Growers Race in Giant Carved Pumpkins For Annual Event
National Website - Oct 20, 2015

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1491.5 DennisEd Dennis Wins the 2016 Thanksgiving Point Weigh-Off - 1491.5 lbs!

Ed Dennis won the 2015 Utah Giant Pumpkin Grower weigh off at Thanksgiving point with an enormous 1491.5 pound pumpkin. Although there was no questions who would win from the beginning, the main question was exactly how much would Ed win by. In the end, Ed's pumpkin weighed in at 1491.5, beating out his closest competitor by nearly 500 pounds and making him the #2 all-time pumpkin grower in the state of Utah, based on size.

Ed's pumpkin, grown from the 2230.5 Wallace seed, smashed his personal best by nearly 540 pounds. Ed brought his first pumpkin to a UGPG wiegh-off in 2011 and it weighed in at just 184 lbs. This is Ed's 4th year participating in the Thanksgiving Point Weigh-off. His previous best finish was 7th place in 2015. Congratulations to Ed on his very first weigh-off win at Thanksgiving Point!!

This is competitive pumpkin-growing and its practitioners call it alternately a sport and an addiction.