The city of Half Moon Bay, California takes pumpkins very seriously and just wrapped up its 49th Arts and Pumpkin Festival. The big event, however, is a real pumpkin weigh-off competition. This year's winner, a Napa, California hobbyist took home 15,000 U.S. dollars and boasting rights for the heaviest gourd that weighed 2,175 pounds (986 kilograms.) It's a record for the largest in the state.