Pumpkin Weigh Off

2023 Pumpkin Weigh-Off Winners

Jeremy Cook, 1093lbs

Grayson Fritz, 3 ounces

Lexi Cook, 475 pounds

Kendal Roth, 107.5 pounds

Cheyenne Hurwitz, 73.5 pounds

Kendal Roth, 107.5 pounds

Jean Updegraff, 56 pounds

2023 Pumpkin Weigh-Off

Chair:  Jim Ackerman
Date:  Tuesday, September 12
Time:  4:00 – 5:30 PM
Place:  Corner of First Street and Jefferson Street

Hope your pumpkins are fairing these hot summer days, check out the Chamber’s pumpkin at the Morton Public Library!

The Pumpkin Weigh-Off, sponsored by LIBBY’S Pumpkin, is a competition showcasing pumpkins of all sizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the Giant King Pumpkin, the Queen Pumpkin, and the Tiniest Pumpkin grown by Morton children.

Anyone can enter the Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 57 Lbs. or the Open Class Giant Pumpkin competitions. The Open Class Winner will receive a $300 cash prize! Winners will be announced and/or recognized on the Pumpkin Festival Entertainment Stage on Thursday, September 14 beginning at 6:30pm.

Categories open to anyone are:

  • Open Class Giant Pumpkin
  • Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 57 Pounds

Categories open to Morton children are: 

  • Giant King Pumpkin
  • Queen Pumpkin (½ size of King)
  • Tiniest Pumpkin

Weigh Off Rules:

  1. The entry must be a minimum of 75% orange in color.  All others will be considered squash.
  2. The specimen must be sound, healthy, and undamaged; free of rot, holes/cracks through to the cavity, chemical residue (fungicides), and serious soft spots.
  3. No foreign material is permitted to be included in the weighing.
  4. Vine must be no longer than one inch from the stem of the fruit.
  5. The judges reserve the right to fully inspect each specimen before, or after, the weight is announced.  Refusal to allow the inspection of an entry will cause said entry to be deemed “exhibition only”.
  6. Winners are deemed officially determined upon the close of the Weigh-Off.
  7. In the event of a tie in a cash-prize category, the prize money for those two places will be combined and split equally.
  8. Growers will not be permitted to challenge or touch any other competitor’s pumpkin.
  9. Decisions of the judges are final in all cases.
  10. The Morton Chamber of Commerce shall not be liable for compensation for loss or damage to any exhibit or personal property.

Please help us thank our sponsor:

Thank you to Walz Scale for donating a scale:

2021 Winners:

1st Place Open Class – 757 lbs (Joe House)
Pumpkin Closest to 55 lbs – 55.5 lbs (Jesse Sauder)
Tiniest – 0.3 lbs (Marley Mills)
Morton Students:
King Pumpkin
1st – 182.50 lbs (Michele DeCouto)
2nd – 98 lbs (Carley Schmidgall)
3rd – 68 lbs (Brody Tindall)

The Pumpkin Weigh-Off, sponsored by LIBBY’S Pumpkin, is a competition showcasing pumpkins of all sizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the Giant King Pumpkin, the Queen Pumpkin, and the Tiniest Pumpkin grown by Morton children.

Anyone can enter the Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 53 Lbs. or the Open Class Giant Pumpkin competitions. The Open Class Winner will receive a $300 cash prize!

Winning pumpkins will be in the Business Expo throughout Festival and will ride in the parade on Saturday morning!

To participate, bring your pumpkin to the parking lot across from PNC Bank at the corner of North First Avenue and Jefferson Street on the Tuesday before Festival between 4 and 5:30 pm.

Hope your pumpkins are fairing these hot summer days, we look forward to posting online registration late summer.  Check out the Chamber’s pumpkin at the Morton Public Library!

The Pumpkin Weigh-Off, sponsored by LIBBY’S Pumpkin, is a competition showcasing pumpkins of all sizes! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for the Giant King Pumpkin, the Queen Pumpkin, and the Tiniest Pumpkin grown by Morton children.

Anyone can enter the Mature Pumpkin Weighing Exactly 54 Lbs. or the Open Class Giant Pumpkin competitions. The Open Class Winner will receive a $300 cash prize!

Winning pumpkins will be displayed in the Morton Public Library parking lot after the event.

To participate, bring your pumpkin to the parking lot across from PNC Bank at the corner of North First Avenue and Jefferson Street on the Tuesday September 15 between 4:00 – 5:30 PM.

Chairman:  Jim Ackerman
Date:  Tuesday, September 15
Time:  4:00 – 6:30 PM
Place:  Corner of First and Jefferson Streets

The categories open to anyone are:

1. Open Class Giant Pumpkin 

2. Mature Pumpkin Weighing exactly 51 pounds

The categories open to Morton children are: 

1. Giant King Pumpkin 

2. Queen Pumpkin (½ size of King) 

3. Tiniest Pumpkin

The Open Class Giant Pumpkin winner will receive a $300 cash prize.

There is no pre-registration.  Register when you bring your pumpkin to the Weigh Off.

Weigh Off Rules:

1) The entry must be a minimum of 75% orange in color.  All others will be considered squash.

2) The specimen must be sound, healthy, and undamaged; free of rot, holes/cracks through to the cavity, chemical residue (fungicides), and serious soft spots.

3) No foreign material is permitted to be included in the weighing.

4) Vine must be no longer than one inch from the stem of the fruit.

5) The judges reserve the right to fully inspect each specimen before, or after, the weight is announced.  Refusal to allow the inspection of an entry will cause said entry to be deemed “exhibition only”.

6) Winners are deemed officially determined upon the close of the Weigh-Off.

7) In the event of a tie in a cash-prize category, the prize money for those two places will be combined and split equally.

8) Growers will not be permitted to challenge or touch any other competitor’s pumpkin.

9) Decisions of the judges are final in all cases.

10) The Morton Chamber of Commerce shall not be liable for compensation for loss or damage to any exhibit or personal property.

Please help us thank our sponsor