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California Contest Dubs 1,969-Pound Pumpkin the Plumpest - IceWizard - 10-16-2015 OCT 12 2015, 11:00 PM ET A rippled white whopper weighing 1,969 pounds took the title for plumpest pumpkin at the 42nd annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. 01. John Hawkley, of Napa, sits by his pumpkin in the back of his truck during the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California on Oct. Growers gathered with their gargantuan offerings to try to break the world record of 2,323 pounds, which was set by a Swiss grower during a competition in Germany last year. It didn't happen. 02. Judges and crew members measure a pumpkin in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay. With California in its fourth year of drought, some said the dry soil deflated their pumpkin- growing dreams. 03. An official measures a pumpkin during the annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off. 04. Farmer John (L) speaks with his granddaughter Delfina Bianchi, 7, as they wait next to their pumpkins. 05. A square pumpkin is displayed during the 42nd annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Contest in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay, California. 06. Forklifts and special harnesses carefully placed the massive pumpkins on an industrial- strength digital scale with a capacity of 5 tons as officials from the county agricultural commissioner's Office of Weights, Sealers, and Measures kept close watch. 07. A group of children watch the weighing of pumpkins. 08. The winning entry was no small feat. Steve Daletas of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, won $12,000 for his lumpy, 1,969-pound pumpkin. "It's been a good year," he said after the contest. "I've never grown an official 1,900- pound pumpkin before."