3,156-pound pumpkin grown in Rhode Island could break world record

This is truly the Great Pumpkin -- certainly, the heaviest.A Rhode Island man is staking a claim to a world record for the heaviest pumpkin, presenting a 3,156-pounder on Saturday at the Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Warren, WFXT reported.Read more trending news Ron Wallace, of Coventry, entered the giant gourd, which squashed other competitors at the annual event.Now the pumpkin will have to be certified by Guinness World Records to claim its place in the pumpkin pantheon. “It’s truly massive, it was a pleasure to grow,” Wallace told The Associated Press on Monday by phone.A Coventry man broke a world record on Saturday after growing the first pumpkin ever weighed at over 3,000 pounds. https://t.co/m9E7eg8Ues https://t.co/WQHXyl05aZ WPRI 12 (@wpri12) October 11, 2026 The current record, which was certified on Oct. 3, is 2,856 pounds, presented by United Kingdom resident Ian Paton, Guinness notes. The pumpkin was entered in the Wargrave Nursery Giant Vegetable Weigh-