The 39-year-old resident of Mountain Green set the Utah state record in 2014 by growing a pumpkin that tipped the scales at 1,817 pounds. He figures that at the 12th Annual Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh Off at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi this Saturday, he’ll have that number beat.
“This one, I expect, will weigh in somewhere between 1,900 and 2,000 pounds,” McConkie said. “We take different measurements on the pumpkins, we have charts and dimensions that translate into an estimated weight. The vast majority of times, it’s within 5-10 percent. It can go either way. But this pumpkin is substantially bigger than that one was.