The current world record pumpkin, grown by Joe Jutras of Scituate, Rhode Island weighed 1,689 pounds but the title is in jeopardy. An Ohio couple has grown a pumpkin weighing 1,725 pounds, but that potential record may not last long enough to be certified.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27046565http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2009/10/07/2009-10-07_recordbreaking_pumpkin_thought_to_be_worlds_largest_weighs_in_at_.html
Steve Connolly of Sharon, Massachusetts has grown a pumpkin that may weigh over 1,900 pounds. A new record would not be official until the pumpkin's weighing in Warren, Rhode Island on October 11, 2009.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27046565