While the half moon bay contest bills itself as the world championship , the current world record - holder is a 1 , 469 - pounder entered in a pennsylvania contest on oct . 1 , grown by larry checkon of pennsylvania . growers from oregon and washington have won most of the half moon bay contests in recent years , but growers around napa are coming on strong 盡管半月灣藝術節的南瓜比賽號稱是南瓜的“世界錦標賽” ,然而,目前最重的南瓜世界紀錄保持者一個重達1469磅的南瓜參加的是10月1日在賓夕法尼亞州舉行的比賽,這只南瓜是賓夕法尼亞州的拉里切肯種植的。