Random Utah Records & Trivia

Barrier Breakers

First growers to reach these milestones

Female Barrier Breakers

Most Weigh-Off 1st Place Wins

• 🥇 1st Place (5 Wins)
  Kenny Blair & Matt McConkie
• 🥈 2nd Place (4 Wins)
  Ray Tolman & Mohamed Sadiq
• 🥉 3rd Place (3 Wins)
  Gordon Tanner

Most Weigh-Off 2nd Place Wins

• 🥇 1st Place (5 Wins)
  Andrew Israelsen & David Bradley
• 🥈 2nd Place (3 Wins)
  Bruce Orchard
• 🥉 3rd Place (2 Wins)
  DJ Steffler, Mohamed Sadiq, Brent Wolfley & Kenny Blair

Most Weigh-Off 3rd Place Wins

• 🥇 1st Place (5 Wins)
  Ross Bowman
• 🥈 2nd Place (3 Wins)
  Ron Hoffman
• 🥉 3rd Place (2 Wins)
  Andrew Israelsen, Alan Gebert, Ken Kolb, Ralph Laub, Joey Hogan & Clint Urry

Top Husband & Wife Teams

Combined weight of largest entries

• 1. Ralph & Juana Laub
  2828 lbs (1514 + 1314)
• 2. Kyle & Carrie Fox
  1840.5 lbs (1171.5 + 669)
• 3. Richard & Lynne Glassford
  1740 lbs (825.5 + 914.5)

High Weight Single Year Totals

Combined weight of multiple entries

Notable Achievements

First to Grow 3 Over 1000#: Ross Bowman (2011) - 1174, 1082, and 1013 lbs!

Largest for First-Time Grower: Sam Barnes (2020) - 1156 lbs!

Oldest Competitors: Ross Bowman (weighed in at age 88, 2022) & Ross Fullmer (weighed 2 pumpkins at age 83, 2006).

Consistent Competitors

Growers appearing in most seasons

• Andrew Israelsen & David Bradley
  15 Years
• Ross Bowman & Cliff Warren
  13 Years
• Kenny Blair
  11 Years

Most Pumpkins/Squash Weighed In

Entries over 300 lbs (undamaged)

• 🥇 1st Place (26 Entries)
  Gordon Tanner
• 🥈 2nd Place (22 Entries)
  David Bradley
• 🥉 3rd Place (20 Entries)
  Andrew Israelsen

Global Participation

Total Utah Growers: 372 have brought pumpkins to a weigh-off!

Out-of-State Growers: 19 (ID, WY, MT, CO).

Farthest Distance: 516 miles (Jim West, Pinesdale, MT).

Massive Events

Most Specimens: 80 entries at Thanksgiving Point (2012). It was the largest weigh-off in the world that year!

Most over 1000#: 8 entries (2020, 2021, 2022).

Average Weight (1st): Top 10 averaged 1,213.5 lbs (12,135.5 lbs total) at Thanksgiving Point (2020).

Average Weight (2nd): Top 10 averaged 1,181 lbs (11,811 lbs total) at Logan Center Street (2023).

Average Weight (3rd): Top 10 averaged 1,179 lbs (11,796 lbs total) at Hee Haw Farms (2021).

Quick Records

2011 Thanksgiving Point: The state record was broken 4 times in just 20 minutes!

2001 Thanksgiving Point: Three state records (UT, ID, WY) set in a single afternoon.

Most Successful Growing Years

Total weight of top 10 pumpkins grown in Utah

• 🥇 1st Place (14,372 lbs)
  2021 Season
• 🥈 2nd Place (13,241 lbs)
  2023 Season
• 🥉 3rd Place (13,020.5 lbs)
  2020 Season

Weigh-Off Ties

Pumpkins with identical weights in the same year

• 1st Place (1165 lbs - 2022)
  David Bradley & Jay Richard (Hee Haw Farms)
• 2nd Place (519.5 lbs - 2006)
  Brent & Jenna Wolfley (tied themselves)
• 3rd Place (817.5 lbs - 2013)
  Brent Evans & Paul Roper
• 4th Place (444 lbs - 2014)
  Kevin Mullennax & James Nielson