This year is Half Moon Bay’s 48th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. 1st place prize money has been increased to $9/pound, plus the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off is offering a special $30,000 mega-prize for the world record breaking pumpkin at the prestigious Half Moon Bay event.
Half Moon Bay’s 48th Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off returns Monday, October 11 and this year organizers, in association with Safeway, are upping the ante big time to celebrate the world’s greatest gourd growers and hopeful revival of live events.
The world’s biggest top prize has been increased to $9/pound (from $7/pound) for the 2021 weigh-off champion plus there’s the standing $30k total prize package for a new world record so bring it on burly behemoths!
