Our 16th Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off is now in the books!
This year’s weigh-off attracted dozens of growers from all over region with participants from Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. The contest was our biggest yet with 7 entries passing the 1,000 lb. mark and a staggering three entries weighing in at over 2,000 lbs! Fort Collins grower Brad Bledsoe wrapped up his amazing 2024 growing season with a winning entry and another Colorado state record with a monster 2,190 lb. pumpkin! Also a huge shoutout to Utah grower Ralph Laub for his second place pumpkin finishing just 1 lb. shy of first place at 2,189 lbs. Cheyenne growers Andy & Amy Corbin rounded out the top three with a 2,014 lb. pumpkin giving us three separate entries weighing in over a ton!
The competition featured entries from several different categories including pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes, green squash, bushel gourds, long gourds and sunflowers.
Here is a list of this year’s entries:
Heaviest Pumpkin
- 1st Place- Brad Bledsoe (2,190 lbs) *New Colorado State Record
- 2nd Place- Ralph Laub (2,189 lbs)
- 3rd Place- Andy & Amy Corbin (2,014 lbs)
- 4th Place- France Stinchcomb (1,700 lbs)
- 5th Place- Jim “The Biz” Grande (1,481 lbs)
- 6th Place- John Stellern (1,273 lbs)
- 7th Place- Jay Richard (1,114 lbs)
- 8th Place – Chad New (950 lbs)
- 9th Place – Dustin & Amanda Grubbs (799 lbs)
- 10th Place- Dave Lind (811 lbs)
- 11th Place- Jason Serna (709 lbs)
- 12th Place- Charlie Nystrom (568 lbs)
- 13th Place- Veronica & Daniel Willis (463 lbs)
- 14th Place – Leif Ritter (304 lbs)
- 15th Place- Helen Frisby (281 lbs)
- Exhibition- Charlie Nystrom (263 lbs)
- Exhibition – Lance Frisby (256 lbs)
- 16th Place- Joe Notario (243 lbs)
- 17th Place – Rjeyna Vaillancourt & Colton Comer (112 lbs)
Kids Division Heaviest Pumpkin
- 1st Place – Martin (289 lbs)
- 2nd Place – Violet Bledsoe (83 lbs)
Click here to see a list of competition results from previous years.
Originally published on October 14th, 2024. Updated on October 18th, 2024.