Rocky the pumpkin wins 'Superbowl of Pumpkin Weigh Offs' at 2,389 pounds
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Travis Gienger of Minnesota won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off for the fifth time with a giant Atlantic pumpkin named Rocky weighing 2,389 pounds, earning $21,900 in prize money at the 53rd annual Half Moon Bay competition.
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