{"id":5258,"date":"2026-10-15T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/worlds-biggest-pumpkin-record-squashed-twice-in-a-week\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:11:08","slug":"worlds-biggest-pumpkin-record-squashed-twice-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/worlds-biggest-pumpkin-record-squashed-twice-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#039;s biggest pumpkin record squashed twice in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-10-15 11:11:06<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Pumpkin fans have had barely enough time to catch their breath after the world record was broken for a second time in just one week.<BR><br \/>\nRon Wallace, 60, claimed the crown with his enormous 1,431.5kg (3,156lb) pumpkin, which was officially confirmed as the world\u2019s heaviest by Guinness World Records just weeks before Halloween.<BR><br \/>\nThe staggering squash was weighed at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off in Rhode Island, seven days after Hampshire twins Ian and Stuart Paton became the first Britons to hold the title.<BR><br \/>\nThe brothers\u2019 1,296kg (2,857lb) pumpkin smashed the previous record on October 3.<BR><br \/>\nBut Wallace\u2019s gourd dwarfed it, coming in almost 200kg heavier and weighing roughly the same as a small car or three concert grand pianos.<BR><br \/>\nIt could also provide enough pumpkin to make more than 3,000 pies.<BR><br \/>\nWallace, who has spent 35 years growing giant pumpkins, won \u00a32,650 ($3,500) at his local contest.<BR><br \/>\nOther competitions have offered prizes worth around \u00a353,000 ($70,000), but the veteran grower said he wanted to celebrate the achievement surrounded by his hometown supporters.<BR><br \/>\nDescribing the moment his pumpkin was weighed, Wallace said: \u201cI was just ecstatic, the place just exploded.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nHe added: \u201cThe only way you create a 3,000-pound pumpkin is a community working together.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nThe giant gourd was inspected by officials from the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth before Wallace was officially declared the winner.<BR><br \/>\nMatthew DeBacco, the event\u2019s head judge, said: \u201cIt is astonishing to see what nature can produce under the helping hands of an expert horticulturist.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nWallace is no stranger to the record books.<BR><br \/>\nAccording to GWR, this is his third time holding the heavyweight pumpkin title.<BR><br \/>\nHe first claimed the record in 2006 with a 681.3kg (1,502lb) pumpkin, before taking it again in 2012 with a 911.27kg (2,009lb) specimen.<BR><br \/>\nDespite his latest triumph, Wallace is already considering a break.<BR><br \/>\nHe said: \u201cI&#8217;m contemplating taking next year off to finish some projects around my farm.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nFor now, though, the giant pumpkin crown is firmly back in Rhode Island.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-10-15 11:11:06 Pumpkin fans have had barely enough time to catch their breath after the world record was broken for a second time in just one week. 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