Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off (17 images)

Steve Daletas (L) of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, looks over his winning entry in the 42nd Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California on October 12, 2015. Top honors went to Daletas with his 1969 pound pumpkin. Photo by Terry Schmitt

A pumpkin lifted from a trailer for weighing at the 42nd Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California on October 12, 2015. in the hight of growing season the gargantuan gourds can add 50 pounds in a single day. Photo by Terry Schmitt

A pumpkin is brought to the scales to be weighed at the 42nd Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California on October 12, 2015. Photo by Terry Schmitt

A giant pumpkin is brought to the scales at the 42nd Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California on October 12, 2015. Photo by Terry Schmitt