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"Big 10 Inch" takes a world record shot in Moab, Utah, September 9, 2010. Punkin chunkin or pumpkin chucking is the sport of hurling a pumpkin by mechanical means for distance. The devices used include slingshots, catapults, centrifugals, trebuchets, and pneumatic (air) cannons.
The Punkin Chuckin’ Contest turned out various machines, [22] from trebuchets to air cannons, [23] with one machine holding a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. [24] The Q-36 Pumpkin Modulator is a 100-foot (30 m) long air cannon that fired a pumpkin 4,680 feet (1,430 m) for a world record (the record as of November 2010 is held by ...
Pumpkin chunking is a competitive activity in which teams build various mechanical devices ... The record for the world's heaviest pumpkin, 1,247 kg (2,749 lb), was ...
A Minnesota horticulture teacher won the world record for heaviest pumpkin at a competition in California.
According to the Punkin Chunkin website, the contest has been around since at least 2001, the first year for which results are posted. In addition to tossing pumpkins, the event also includes ...
A pumpkin named after basketball legend Michael Jordan weighed 2,749 pounds, set a world record and won the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.
In the US, pumpkin chucking is practiced competitively, with machines such as trebuchets and air cannons designed to throw intact pumpkins as far as possible. [174] [175] The Keene Pumpkin Fest is held annually in New Hampshire; in 2013 it held the world record for the most jack-o-lanterns lit in one place, 30,581 on October 19, 2013. [176]
The gourd weighed 2,560 pounds and netted a Minnesota teacher $23,000.