Question: what is the difference between a cooking pumpkin and a carving pumpkin?
Answer: Pie pumpkins tend to be smaller than carving pumpkins. ... The biggest difference is what is inside the pumpkin. Carving pumpkins (or jack-o-lantern pumpkins) tend to have pale orange flesh, and not very much of it. That makes it easy to carve through the flesh and make your fancy designs.